Kurrowah flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Kurrowah
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 285.61 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
285.61 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kurrowah's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Kurrowah properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 43 Kurrowah properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 43 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Kurrowah.
Kurrowah at a glance
Schools in and near Kurrowah
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
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 9.58 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 9.58 km from the suburb boundary
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 Kurrowah is zoned
Selling in Kurrowah? 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 285.61 km², Kurrowah is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 50% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 12% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 3,683,037 m² across 50 parcels.
Who lives in Kurrowah
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kurrowah suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Socio-economic standing
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.
Score 997, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Millmerran, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kurrowah. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kurrowah itself.
3,413 in 2001 to 3,351 in 2025, down 2%.
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.
Kurrowah data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Zoning | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland 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 Kurrowah 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.
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 Kurrowah lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Kurrowah planning - frequently asked
Is Kurrowah flood-prone?
About 50% of Kurrowah falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 33% of the 43 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 8 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Kurrowah bushfire-prone?
Around 12% of Kurrowah is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Kurrowah?
The dominant planning zone in Kurrowah is Rural, though the suburb also includes Open Space and Unzoned.
Does Kurrowah have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Kurrowah.
Is Kurrowah hilly or flat?
Kurrowah is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 362 m to 423 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Kurrowah?
Across 50 surveyed parcels in Kurrowah, the median lot size is about 3,683,037 m². There are also 15 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Kurrowah an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kurrowah scores 997 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turallin | 11.4 km | 42% | 7% |
| Condamine Plains | 11.7 km | 98% | 2% |
| Lemontree | 14.9 km | 90% | 1% |
| Millmerran | 19.4 km | 45% | 4% |
| Branchview | 21.1 km | 85% | <1% |
| Dunmore | 21.3 km | 2% | 7% |
| Pampas | 23.0 km | 100% | <1% |
| Cecil Plains | 23.5 km | 63% | 12% |
| Nangwee | 23.9 km | 99% | <1% |
| Captains Mountain | 24.3 km | 0% | 11% |