Motley flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Motley
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 6.05 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
6.05 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Motley's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Motley properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 19 Motley properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 19 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Motley.
Motley at a glance
Schools in and near Motley
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: 3.49 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 13.42 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 Motley is zoned
Selling in Motley? 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 6.05 km², Motley is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 44% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 70,072 m² across 21 parcels.
Who lives in Motley
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Motley 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 976, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Jondaryan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Motley. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Motley itself.
7,104 in 2001 to 7,826 in 2025, up 10%.
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.
Motley 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 Motley 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 Motley. 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 Motley lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Motley planning - frequently asked
Is Motley flood-prone?
About 44% of Motley falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 19 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Motley bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Motley and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Toowoomba Regional average is 20%).
What is the zoning in Motley?
The dominant planning zone in Motley is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities and Unzoned.
Does Motley have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Motley.
Is Motley hilly or flat?
Motley is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%. Ground level runs from roughly 408 m to 443 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Motley?
Across 21 surveyed parcels in Motley, the median lot size is about 70,072 m².
Is Motley an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Motley scores 976 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purrawunda | 2.8 km | 27% | 0% |
| Mount Tyson | 4.0 km | 42% | 5% |
| Mount Irving | 4.5 km | 66% | <1% |
| Aubigny | 6.4 km | 27% | 8% |
| Yargullen | 6.8 km | 78% | 0% |
| Rossvale | 9.6 km | 13% | 14% |
| Evanslea | 9.9 km | 61% | 3% |
| Linthorpe | 10.5 km | 16% | 20% |
| Biddeston | 12.1 km | 16% | 4% |
| Stoneleigh | 12.3 km | 10% | 28% |