Mount Molar flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Molar (Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 37.42 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Everything below is suburb-wide. Overlays change block to block - see which ones actually touch your lot. The map is free.
Constraint readout
37.42 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Molar's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. It shows where constraints fall; the interactive map shows them on your exact address.
Mount Molar flood risk at the property level
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched, from our lot-by-lot analysis of 102 Mount Molar properties.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 102 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Mount Molar.
Mount Molar at a glance
How Mount Molar is zoned
Selling in Mount Molar? 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 37.42 km², Mount Molar is moderately constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 8% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 311,284 m² across 100 parcels. These figures are suburb-wide - the overlays that actually apply to a given lot can differ block to block, which is what a property-level check tells you.
Who lives in Mount Molar
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Molar 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 1000, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Molar's 117 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Clifton - Greenmount, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Molar. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Molar itself.
3,760 in 2001 to 5,433 in 2025, up 44%.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Census of Population and Housing 2021 (General Community Profile) and SEIFA 2021, both published at the Suburbs and Localities level; Regional Population (estimated resident population) at Statistical Area Level 2. Used under CC BY 4.0. Census counts of small populations are randomly adjusted by the ABS to protect confidentiality, so figures for small suburbs are indicative.
Check a specific Mount Molar 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 →Mount Molar planning - frequently asked
Where can I see a flood map of Mount Molar?
The schematic on this page is a Mount Molar flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Mount Molar address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.
Is Mount Molar flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Mount Molar and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the Toowoomba Regional average is 13%). Looking lot by lot, 0% of the 102 properties we analysed in Mount Molar carry some level of mapped flood risk. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.
Is Mount Molar bushfire-prone?
Yes - around 8% of Mount Molar is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.
What is the zoning in Mount Molar?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Molar is Rural, though the suburb also includes Extractive Industry. Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.
Does Mount Molar have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mount Molar. Even so, it is worth confirming for an individual property before any works.
Is Mount Molar hilly or flat?
Mount Molar is largely flat: the median lot slope is about 3%, and 4% of properties sit on slopes of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 438 m to 543 m AHD across the suburb. Slope drives site costs - cut and fill, retaining walls and driveway grades - so it is worth knowing before you commit to a sloping block.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Molar?
Across 100 surveyed parcels in Mount Molar, the median lot size is about 311,284 m².
What is the population of Mount Molar?
At the 2021 Census Mount Molar had 117 usual residents, with a median age of 53 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Clifton - Greenmount statistical area, which contains Mount Molar, went from 3,760 people in 2001 to 5,433 in 2025, up 44%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Molar alone.
Is Mount Molar an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Molar scores 1000 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland - decile 1 being the most disadvantaged tenth of Australian suburbs and decile 10 the least. The national average score is 1000. SEIFA summarises income, education, occupation and housing across the whole suburb, so it describes the area, not any particular household in it.
What is the median household income in Mount Molar?
Median household income in Mount Molar was $1,812 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $270 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,383 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.
Do I need a planning report for a Mount Molar property?
A Mount Molar planning report pulls every overlay - zoning, flood, bushfire, heritage and environmental - that touches a single lot, on live council and state data. The interactive map preview is free; a full PDF report is $9.