Pinelands flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Pinelands
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 27.76 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
27.76 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Pinelands's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Pinelands properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 120 Pinelands properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 120 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Pinelands.
Pinelands at a glance
Schools in and near Pinelands
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: 3.35 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 3.35 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 Pinelands is zoned
Selling in Pinelands? 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 27.76 km², Pinelands is moderately constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 6% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 310,816 m² across 95 parcels.
Who lives in Pinelands
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Pinelands 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 965, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Pinelands's 81 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Crows Nest - Rosalie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Pinelands. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Pinelands 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.
Pinelands 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 Pinelands 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 Pinelands. 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 Pinelands lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Pinelands planning - frequently asked
Is Pinelands flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Pinelands and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 24%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 120 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Pinelands bushfire-prone?
Around 6% of Pinelands is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Pinelands?
The dominant planning zone in Pinelands is Rural, though the suburb also includes Unzoned.
Does Pinelands have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Pinelands.
Is Pinelands hilly or flat?
Pinelands is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 8%, and 12% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 548 m to 694 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Pinelands?
Across 95 surveyed parcels in Pinelands, the median lot size is about 310,816 m².
What is the population of Pinelands?
At the 2021 Census Pinelands had 81 usual residents, with a median age of 58 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Crows Nest - Rosalie statistical area, which contains Pinelands, went from 7,766 people in 2001 to 9,824 in 2025, up 27%.
Is Pinelands an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Pinelands scores 965 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Pinelands?
Median household income in Pinelands was $1,042 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $268 a week and the median mortgage repayment $975 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Pinelands | 4.1 km | 0% | 9% |
| Mountain Camp | 5.2 km | 0% | 28% |
| Plainby | 5.3 km | 7% | 26% |
| Whichello | 6.0 km | 9% | 18% |
| Jones Gully | 6.9 km | 0% | 56% |
| Glenaven | 7.5 km | 0% | 36% |
| Crows Nest | 7.9 km | 2% | 60% |
| Pierces Creek | 9.1 km | 0% | 75% |
| Pechey | 9.1 km | 4% | 51% |
| Bergen | 10.0 km | 6% | 18% |