Mountain Camp flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mountain Camp (Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 9.1 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Everything below is suburb-wide. Overlays change block to block - see which ones actually touch your lot. The map is free.
Constraint readout
9.1 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mountain Camp'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.
Mountain Camp 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 35 Mountain Camp properties.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 35 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Mountain Camp.
Mountain Camp at a glance
How Mountain Camp is zoned
Selling in Mountain Camp? 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 9.1 km², Mountain Camp is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 28% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 292,283 m² across 28 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 Mountain Camp
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mountain Camp 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 954, and decile 5 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 Mountain Camp. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mountain Camp itself.
7,766 in 2001 to 9,824 in 2025, up 27%.
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 Mountain Camp 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 →Mountain Camp planning - frequently asked
Where can I see a flood map of Mountain Camp?
The schematic on this page is a Mountain Camp 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 Mountain Camp address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.
Is Mountain Camp flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Mountain Camp and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the Toowoomba Regional average is 13%). Looking lot by lot, 0% of the 35 properties we analysed in Mountain Camp 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 Mountain Camp bushfire-prone?
Yes - around 28% of Mountain Camp 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 Mountain Camp?
The dominant planning zone in Mountain Camp is Rural. Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.
Does Mountain Camp have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mountain Camp. Even so, it is worth confirming for an individual property before any works.
Is Mountain Camp hilly or flat?
Mountain Camp is gently undulating: the median lot slope is about 9%, and 17% of properties sit on slopes of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 576 m to 669 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 Mountain Camp?
Across 28 surveyed parcels in Mountain Camp, the median lot size is about 292,283 m².
Is Mountain Camp an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mountain Camp scores 954 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 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.
Do I need a planning report for a Mountain Camp property?
A Mountain Camp 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.