Sabine flood map & planning overlays
In Sabine, 1,397 m² town blocks sit 46.5% under flood mapping.
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A planning-constraint profile of Sabine
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 8.27 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
8.27 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Sabine'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 Sabine properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 105 analysed Sabine properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 105 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Sabine.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Sabine
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 1 a day
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Sabine at a glance
Schools in and near Sabine
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: 7.65 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 8.28 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 Sabine is zoned
Selling in Sabine? 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 8.27 km², Sabine is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 46% 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 1,397 m² across 105 parcels.
Who lives in Sabine
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Sabine 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 987, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Crows Nest - Rosalie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Sabine. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Sabine 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.
Sabine 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 Sabine 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 41% of Sabine. 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 Sabine. 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 Sabine lot.
Sabine planning - frequently asked
Is Sabine flood-prone?
About 46% of Sabine falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 105 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Sabine; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Sabine bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Sabine and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Toowoomba Regional average is 36%).
Is Sabine under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 41% of Sabine, and over about 98% 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 1,500 ft, with an average of 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 12 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 Sabine?
The dominant planning zone in Sabine is Rural, though the suburb also includes Limited Development (Constrained Land) and Unzoned.
Does Sabine have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Sabine.
Is Sabine hilly or flat?
Sabine is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 404 m to 421 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Sabine?
Across 105 surveyed parcels in Sabine, the median lot size is about 1,397 m².
Is Sabine an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Sabine scores 987 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood | 3.4 km | 21% | 4% |
| Devon Park | 3.6 km | 42% | 14% |
| Acland | 4.8 km | 30% | 11% |
| Kelvinhaugh | 6.3 km | 73% | 10% |
| Silverleigh | 7.8 km | 44% | 8% |
| Muldu | 9.8 km | 14% | 26% |
| Oakey | 10.6 km | 62% | 11% |
| Balgowan | 11.1 km | 45% | 10% |
| Highland Plains | 11.2 km | 15% | 38% |
| Boodua | 12.0 km | 43% | 22% |