Nobby flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Nobby
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 90.93 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
90.93 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Nobby's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Nobby properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 485 Nobby properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 485 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Nobby.
Nobby at a glance
Schools in and near Nobby
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
1 school providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 6.29 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 Nobby is zoned
Selling in Nobby? 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 90.93 km², Nobby is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 25% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 10% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 17 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 41,816 m² across 461 parcels.
Who lives in Nobby
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Nobby 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 951, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Nobby's 609 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Clifton - Greenmount, the wider ABS statistical area containing Nobby. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Nobby itself.
3,760 in 2001 to 5,433 in 2025, up 44%.
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.
Nobby 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 Nobby 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 Nobby. 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 Nobby lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Nobby planning - frequently asked
Is Nobby flood-prone?
About 25% of Nobby falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 26% of the 485 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 62 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Nobby bushfire-prone?
Around 10% of Nobby is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Nobby?
The dominant planning zone in Nobby is Rural, though the suburb also includes Township and Community Facilities.
Does Nobby have heritage-listed places?
Nobby has 17 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Nobby hilly or flat?
Nobby is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%, and 1% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 446 m to 586 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Nobby?
Across 461 surveyed parcels in Nobby, the median lot size is about 41,816 m². There are also 7 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Nobby?
At the 2021 Census Nobby had 609 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Clifton - Greenmount statistical area, which contains Nobby, went from 3,760 people in 2001 to 5,433 in 2025, up 44%.
Is Nobby an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Nobby scores 951 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Nobby?
Median household income in Nobby was $1,215 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $265 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenmount | 7.0 km | 17% | 11% |
| Kings Creek | 7.5 km | 59% | 0% |
| Mount Molar | 8.3 km | 20% | 8% |
| East Greenmount | 9.3 km | 12% | 12% |
| Nevilton | 9.6 km | 16% | 5% |
| Ascot | 10.6 km | 41% | 9% |
| Manapouri | 10.8 km | 38% | 2% |
| Missen Flat | 11.2 km | 72% | 0% |
| Clifton | 11.8 km | 50% | 0% |
| Back Plains | 12.3 km | 22% | 3% |