Silverleigh flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Silverleigh
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 46.63 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
46.63 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Silverleigh's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Silverleigh properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 69 Silverleigh properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 69 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Silverleigh.
Silverleigh at a glance
Schools in and near Silverleigh
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: 4.10 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 9.57 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 Silverleigh is zoned
Selling in Silverleigh? 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 46.63 km², Silverleigh is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 44% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 6% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 533,486 m² across 78 parcels.
Who lives in Silverleigh
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Silverleigh 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.
Age profile
Share of Silverleigh's 80 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Crows Nest - Rosalie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Silverleigh. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Silverleigh 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.
Silverleigh 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 Silverleigh 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 Silverleigh. 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 Silverleigh lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Silverleigh planning - frequently asked
Is Silverleigh flood-prone?
About 44% of Silverleigh falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 69 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Silverleigh bushfire-prone?
Around 6% of Silverleigh is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Silverleigh?
The dominant planning zone in Silverleigh is Rural, though the suburb also includes Unzoned and Community Facilities.
Does Silverleigh have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Silverleigh.
Is Silverleigh hilly or flat?
Silverleigh is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%, and 1% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 422 m to 525 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Silverleigh?
Across 78 surveyed parcels in Silverleigh, the median lot size is about 533,486 m². There are also 6 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Silverleigh?
At the 2021 Census Silverleigh had 80 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 3.3 people. The wider Crows Nest - Rosalie statistical area, which contains Silverleigh, went from 7,766 people in 2001 to 9,824 in 2025, up 27%.
Is Silverleigh an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Silverleigh 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).
What is the median household income in Silverleigh?
Median household income in Silverleigh was $1,593 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $275 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,033 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood | 4.5 km | 21% | 4% |
| Goombungee | 6.7 km | 15% | 18% |
| Boodua | 7.2 km | 43% | 8% |
| Highland Plains | 7.4 km | 15% | 30% |
| Kelvinhaugh | 7.7 km | 73% | 4% |
| Sabine | 7.8 km | 46% | 7% |
| Acland | 10.1 km | 30% | 4% |
| Muniganeen | 10.6 km | 32% | 19% |
| Kilbirnie | 11.0 km | 11% | 42% |
| Yalangur | 11.0 km | 45% | 4% |