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Harristown flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Harristown (Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 7.24 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is relatively unconstrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.

Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Harristown's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Harristown properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 4,872 Harristown properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Harristown at a glance

Parcels 4,350 Median lot 674 m² Mapped easements 307 Bus stops 56 Schools in suburb 6

Schools in and near Harristown

Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb. These figures do not rate schools and do not assign a particular address to a catchment.

Inside the suburb boundary

6

4 schools providing primary years and 3 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: inside the suburb

Secondary: inside the suburb

Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.

How Harristown is zoned

Low Density Residential 27%
Low-Medium Density Residential 21%
Medium Impact Industry 17%
Community Facilities 15%
Low Impact Industry 11%
Open Space 4%

Selling in Harristown? The lot-level zone is the zoning Part 3 of Queensland's Form 2 seller disclosure statement asks for - see our Form 2 planning data guide.

Across its 7.24 km², Harristown is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays. About 9% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 9 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 674 m² across 4,350 parcels.

Who lives in Harristown

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Harristown suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
9,081
usual residents, 2021
Median age
38
years
Median household income
$1,158
per week, Toowoomba Regional suburb typical $1,583
Median rent
$295
per week, Toowoomba Regional suburb typical $270
Median mortgage
$1,300
per month
Household size
2.2
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 887, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Harristown's 9,081 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.4%
5-14 12.1%
15-19 6.1%
20-24 7.6%
25-34 14.5%
35-44 11.3%
45-54 9.7%
55-64 9.9%
65-74 9.5%
75-84 8.3%
85+ 4.8%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Drayton - Harristown, the wider ABS statistical area containing Harristown. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Harristown itself.

9,433 in 2001 to 11,514 in 2025, up 22%.

Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.

Harristown data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government

Profile last materially updated 19 September 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.

Check a specific Harristown address

See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.

Published flood models are held over parts of Harristown. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.

The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot (+$9 with the planning report).

Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Harristown lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Harristown planning - frequently asked

Is Harristown flood-prone?

About 9% of Harristown falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 2% of the 4,872 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 34 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Harristown bushfire-prone?

Bushfire mapping covers Harristown and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Toowoomba Regional average is 20%).

What is the zoning in Harristown?

The dominant planning zone in Harristown is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Low-Medium Density Residential and Medium Impact Industry.

Does Harristown have heritage-listed places?

Harristown has 9 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Harristown hilly or flat?

Harristown is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%. Ground level runs from roughly 620 m to 683 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Harristown?

Across 4,350 surveyed parcels in Harristown, the median lot size is about 674 m². There are also 307 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Harristown have a train station?

There is no train station inside Harristown itself. The suburb is served by 56 bus stops.

What is the population of Harristown?

At the 2021 Census Harristown had 9,081 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Drayton - Harristown statistical area, which contains Harristown, went from 9,433 people in 2001 to 11,514 in 2025, up 22%.

Is Harristown an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Harristown scores 887 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Harristown?

Median household income in Harristown was $1,158 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $295 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
South Toowoomba 2.6 km 13% 0%
Newtown 2.7 km 8% <1%
Darling Heights 3.1 km 4% 19%
Toowoomba City 3.2 km 25% 0%
Kearneys Spring 3.2 km 11% 14%
Drayton 3.4 km 22% 25%
Glenvale 3.4 km 25% 18%
Centenary Heights 3.7 km 9% 0%
Wilsonton 4.1 km 10% 4%
East Toowoomba 4.4 km 10% <1%

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