Toobanna flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Toobanna
(Hinchinbrook Shire, QLD) - 39.42 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
39.42 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Toobanna's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Toobanna properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 237 Toobanna properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 237 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Toobanna.
Toobanna at a glance
Schools in and near Toobanna
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: 3.81 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 Toobanna is zoned
Selling in Toobanna? 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 39.42 km², Toobanna is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 100% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 16% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 11,708 m² across 237 parcels.
Who lives in Toobanna
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Toobanna 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 956, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Toobanna's 276 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ingham Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Toobanna. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Toobanna itself.
7,200 in 2001 to 6,723 in 2025, down 7%.
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.
Toobanna 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 Toobanna 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 Toobanna. 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 Toobanna lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Toobanna planning - frequently asked
Is Toobanna flood-prone?
About 100% of Toobanna falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 67%. Across the suburb, 86% of the 237 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 104 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Toobanna bushfire-prone?
Around 16% of Toobanna is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Hinchinbrook Shire average of 36%.
What is the zoning in Toobanna?
The dominant planning zone in Toobanna is Rural, though the suburb also includes General Residential and Community Facilities.
Does Toobanna have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Toobanna.
Is Toobanna hilly or flat?
Toobanna is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 9 m to 24 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Toobanna?
Across 237 surveyed parcels in Toobanna, the median lot size is about 11,708 m². There are also 59 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Toobanna?
At the 2021 Census Toobanna had 276 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Ingham Surrounds statistical area, which contains Toobanna, went from 7,200 people in 2001 to 6,723 in 2025, down 7%.
Is Toobanna an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Toobanna scores 956 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Toobanna?
Median household income in Toobanna was $1,562 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,525 for the typical suburb in Hinchinbrook Shire. Median rent was $190 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,343 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingham | 6.9 km | 100% | 9% |
| Blackrock | 7.4 km | 100% | 12% |
| Wharps | 8.2 km | 63% | 96% |
| Helens Hill | 8.5 km | 79% | 43% |
| Victoria Plantation | 9.9 km | 100% | 15% |
| Trebonne | 10.4 km | 100% | 8% |
| Gairloch | 12.7 km | 100% | 22% |
| Foresthome | 13.5 km | 100% | 1% |
| Peacock Siding | 14.1 km | 84% | 25% |
| Braemeadows | 14.6 km | 100% | 11% |