Purrawunda flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Purrawunda
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 5.63 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
5.63 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Purrawunda's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Purrawunda properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 15 Purrawunda properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 15 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Purrawunda.
Purrawunda at a glance
Schools in and near Purrawunda
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: 5.88 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 11.77 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 Purrawunda is zoned
Selling in Purrawunda? 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 5.63 km², Purrawunda is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 27% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 323,825 m² across 16 parcels.
Who lives in Purrawunda
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Purrawunda 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 976, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Jondaryan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Purrawunda. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Purrawunda itself.
7,104 in 2001 to 7,826 in 2025, up 10%.
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.
Purrawunda 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 Purrawunda 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 Purrawunda. 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 Purrawunda lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Purrawunda planning - frequently asked
Is Purrawunda flood-prone?
About 27% of Purrawunda falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 15 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Purrawunda bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Purrawunda and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Toowoomba Regional average is 20%).
What is the zoning in Purrawunda?
The dominant planning zone in Purrawunda is Rural.
Does Purrawunda have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Purrawunda.
Is Purrawunda hilly or flat?
Purrawunda is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 406 m to 429 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Purrawunda?
Across 16 surveyed parcels in Purrawunda, the median lot size is about 323,825 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Purrawunda an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Purrawunda scores 976 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motley | 2.8 km | 44% | <1% |
| Mount Irving | 3.1 km | 66% | <1% |
| Yargullen | 4.2 km | 78% | 0% |
| Aubigny | 5.1 km | 27% | 8% |
| Mount Tyson | 6.4 km | 42% | 5% |
| Evanslea | 10.1 km | 61% | 3% |
| Oakey | 12.2 km | 62% | 3% |
| Rossvale | 12.3 km | 13% | 14% |
| Biddeston | 12.6 km | 16% | 4% |
| Linthorpe | 12.7 km | 16% | 20% |