Malling flood map & planning overlays
Malling's 46 ha lots barely register on the maps, with flood at 6% and bushfire at 20.5%.
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A planning-constraint profile of Malling
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 21.69 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
21.69 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Malling's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Malling properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 44 analysed Malling properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 44 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Malling.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Malling
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Malling at a glance
Schools in and near Malling
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual 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: 1.79 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.79 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Malling address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Malling is zoned
Selling in Malling? 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 21.69 km², Malling is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 6% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 20% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 462,750 m² across 42 parcels.
Who lives in Malling
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Malling 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 927, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Crows Nest - Rosalie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Malling. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Malling itself.
7,766 in 2001 to 9,824 in 2025, up 27%.
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.
Malling 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 |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 7 November 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 Malling 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 13% of Malling. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Malling. 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 to spin round in your browser (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Malling lot.
Malling planning - frequently asked
Is Malling flood-prone?
About 6% of Malling falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 44 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Malling; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Malling bushfire-prone?
Around 20% of Malling is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.
Is Malling under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 13% of Malling, and over about 40% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,500 ft, with an average of 5,000 ft. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Malling?
The dominant planning zone in Malling is Rural, though the suburb also includes Open Space and Unzoned.
Does Malling have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Malling.
Is Malling hilly or flat?
Malling is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%, and 2% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 473 m to 596 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Malling?
Across 42 surveyed parcels in Malling, the median lot size is about 462,750 m².
Is Malling an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Malling scores 927 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moola Western Downs Regional |
6.1 km | 20% | 28% |
| Woodleigh | 8.0 km | 30% | 11% |
| Maclagan | 8.1 km | 18% | 26% |
| Quinalow | 8.9 km | 26% | 7% |
| North Maclagan | 8.9 km | 14% | 45% |
| Rangemore | 11.4 km | 12% | 71% |
| Peranga | 11.7 km | 23% | 14% |
| Narko | 12.6 km | 11% | 32% |
| Irvingdale | 15.0 km | 45% | 13% |
| Nutgrove | 16.2 km | 1% | 56% |