Rosalie Plains flood map & planning overlays
Rosalie Plains' 1,783 m² lots are 35.8% flood-mapped, median age 39.
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A planning-constraint profile of Rosalie Plains
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 38.84 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
38.84 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Rosalie Plains's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Rosalie Plains properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 130 analysed Rosalie Plains properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 130 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Rosalie Plains.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Rosalie Plains
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 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 5,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Rosalie Plains at a glance
Schools in and near Rosalie Plains
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: 1.07 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 10.87 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 Rosalie Plains address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Rosalie Plains is zoned
Selling in Rosalie Plains? 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 38.84 km², Rosalie Plains is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 36% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 21% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 1,785 m² across 127 parcels.
Who lives in Rosalie Plains
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Rosalie Plains 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 942, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Rosalie Plains's 54 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Crows Nest - Rosalie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Rosalie Plains. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Rosalie Plains 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.
Rosalie Plains 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 |
| 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 Rosalie Plains 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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 68% of Rosalie Plains. 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 Rosalie Plains. 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 Rosalie Plains lot.
Rosalie Plains planning - frequently asked
Is Rosalie Plains flood-prone?
About 36% of Rosalie Plains falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 130 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Rosalie Plains; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Rosalie Plains bushfire-prone?
Around 21% of Rosalie Plains is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.
Is Rosalie Plains under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 68% of Rosalie Plains, and over about 94% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Rosalie Plains?
The dominant planning zone in Rosalie Plains is Rural, though the suburb also includes Limited Development (Constrained Land).
Does Rosalie Plains have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Rosalie Plains.
Is Rosalie Plains hilly or flat?
Rosalie Plains is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%. Ground level runs from roughly 428 m to 486 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Rosalie Plains?
Across 127 surveyed parcels in Rosalie Plains, the median lot size is about 1,785 m².
What is the population of Rosalie Plains?
At the 2021 Census Rosalie Plains had 54 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Crows Nest - Rosalie statistical area, which contains Rosalie Plains, went from 7,766 people in 2001 to 9,824 in 2025, up 27%.
Is Rosalie Plains an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Rosalie Plains scores 942 and sits in decile 3 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 Rosalie Plains?
Median household income in Rosalie Plains was $1,437 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $248 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,242 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balgowan | 4.1 km | 45% | 10% |
| Kulpi | 5.0 km | 26% | 8% |
| Mount Darry | 6.1 km | 18% | 32% |
| Highland Plains | 6.5 km | 15% | 38% |
| Muldu | 6.5 km | 14% | 26% |
| Evergreen | 8.1 km | 17% | 19% |
| Peranga | 10.2 km | 23% | 14% |
| Brymaroo | 10.4 km | 53% | 10% |
| Kilbirnie | 10.4 km | 11% | 61% |
| Acland | 11.1 km | 30% | 11% |