Mount Binga flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Binga
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 91.46 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
91.46 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Binga's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Mount Binga properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 117 Mount Binga properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 117 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Mount Binga.
Mount Binga at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Binga
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: 4.86 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 13.28 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 Mount Binga is zoned
Selling in Mount Binga? 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 91.46 km², Mount Binga is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 67% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Open Space. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 400,149 m² across 70 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Binga
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Binga 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 996, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Binga's 86 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Crows Nest - Rosalie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Binga. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Binga 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.
Mount Binga 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 Mount Binga 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 Mount Binga. 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 Mount Binga lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Mount Binga planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Binga flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Mount Binga and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 24%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 117 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Mount Binga bushfire-prone?
Around 67% of Mount Binga is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Mount Binga?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Binga is Open Space, though the suburb also includes Rural.
Does Mount Binga have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mount Binga.
Is Mount Binga hilly or flat?
Mount Binga is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 3% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 411 m to 606 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Binga?
Across 70 surveyed parcels in Mount Binga, the median lot size is about 400,149 m². There are also 12 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Mount Binga?
At the 2021 Census Mount Binga had 86 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Crows Nest - Rosalie statistical area, which contains Mount Binga, went from 7,766 people in 2001 to 9,824 in 2025, up 27%.
Is Mount Binga an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Binga scores 996 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mount Binga?
Median household income in Mount Binga was $1,187 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,350 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Cooyar | 6.7 km | 0% | 40% |
| St Aubyn | 8.0 km | 0% | 44% |
| Emu Creek | 8.4 km | 0% | 53% |
| Kooralgin | 9.3 km | 0% | 29% |
| Cooyar | 11.7 km | 4% | 55% |
| Thornville | 12.4 km | 0% | 47% |
| Googa Creek | 13.2 km | 0% | 56% |
| Upper Yarraman | 13.6 km | <1% | 7% |
| Wutul | 14.0 km | 0% | 33% |
| Gilla | 14.4 km | 0% | 37% |