Rockville flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Rockville
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 1.94 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is relatively unconstrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
1.94 km² - this suburb is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Rockville's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Rockville properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,648 Rockville properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,648 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Rockville.
Rockville at a glance
Schools in and near Rockville
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: 0.75 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 Rockville is zoned
Selling in Rockville? 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 1.94 km², Rockville is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 660 m² across 1,534 parcels.
Who lives in Rockville
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Rockville 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 841, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Rockville's 3,204 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Wilsonton, the wider ABS statistical area containing Rockville. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Rockville itself.
12,691 in 2001 to 14,669 in 2025, up 16%.
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.
Rockville 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 Rockville 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 Rockville. 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 Rockville lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Rockville planning - frequently asked
Is Rockville flood-prone?
About 3% of Rockville falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 1,648 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Rockville bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Rockville and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Toowoomba Regional average is 20%).
What is the zoning in Rockville?
The dominant planning zone in Rockville is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Low-Medium Density Residential and Low Impact Industry.
Does Rockville have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Rockville.
Is Rockville hilly or flat?
Rockville is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 1% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 588 m to 637 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Rockville?
Across 1,534 surveyed parcels in Rockville, the median lot size is about 660 m². There are also 68 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Rockville have a train station?
There is no train station inside Rockville itself. The suburb is served by 13 bus stops.
What is the population of Rockville?
At the 2021 Census Rockville had 3,204 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Wilsonton statistical area, which contains Rockville, went from 12,691 people in 2001 to 14,669 in 2025, up 16%.
Is Rockville an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Rockville scores 841 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Rockville?
Median household income in Rockville was $1,157 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $280 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,250 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilsonton Heights | 1.2 km | 4% | <1% |
| Harlaxton | 1.8 km | 11% | 9% |
| North Toowoomba | 2.0 km | 17% | <1% |
| Newtown | 2.1 km | 8% | <1% |
| Wilsonton | 2.2 km | 10% | 4% |
| Toowoomba City | 2.8 km | 25% | 0% |
| Cranley | 3.0 km | 10% | 32% |
| Mount Kynoch | 3.1 km | 4% | 57% |
| Mount Lofty | 3.9 km | 0% | 61% |
| East Toowoomba | 4.0 km | 10% | <1% |