Mountain Camp zoning & planning overlays
Mountain Camp's 29 ha lots slope at 8.8%, 37.4% bushfire-mapped.
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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 on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
9.1 km² - this suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mountain Camp's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Mountain Camp properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 35 analysed Mountain Camp properties; no individual property result is identified.
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.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Mountain Camp
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
typical observed square 1 a day
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.
Mountain Camp at a glance
Schools in and near Mountain Camp
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: 4.91 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 4.91 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 Mountain Camp address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
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 the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 37% 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.
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: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.
Mountain Camp data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Not 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 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 →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 Mountain Camp. 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 Mountain Camp lot.
Mountain Camp planning - frequently asked
Is Mountain Camp flood-prone?
We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Mountain Camp, so this page can't say how much of the suburb is flood-affected - that is a gap in our data, not an indication that the suburb is free of flood risk. Toowoomba Regional is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area. Across the suburb, 0% of the 35 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Mountain Camp; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Mountain Camp bushfire-prone?
Around 37% of Mountain Camp is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.
Is Mountain Camp under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 50% of Mountain Camp in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,000 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 Mountain Camp?
The dominant planning zone in Mountain Camp is Rural.
Does Mountain Camp have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mountain Camp.
Is Mountain Camp hilly or flat?
Mountain Camp is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 9%, and 17% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 576 m to 669 m AHD across the suburb.
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 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Gully | 3.8 km | Not mapped | 69% |
| Pierces Creek | 4.3 km | Not mapped | 86% |
| Pinelands | 5.2 km | Not mapped | 20% |
| Glenaven | 6.8 km | Not mapped | 46% |
| Upper Pinelands | 7.5 km | 0% | 30% |
| Crows Nest | 7.6 km | 2% | 71% |
| Whichello | 10.4 km | 9% | 29% |
| Plainby | 10.5 km | 7% | 46% |
| The Bluff | 10.8 km | Not mapped | 46% |
| Pechey | 12.3 km | 4% | 66% |