Toogoolawah flood map & planning overlays
Toogoolawah holds the most heritage places in Somerset Regional, 5, plus 3 schools, joint top.
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A planning-constraint profile of Toogoolawah
(Somerset Regional, QLD) - 43.39 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
43.39 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Toogoolawah'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
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Toogoolawah
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: 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.
Toogoolawah at a glance
Schools in and near Toogoolawah
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
1 school providing primary years and 2 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
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 Toogoolawah is zoned
Selling in Toogoolawah? 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 43.39 km², Toogoolawah is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 25% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 26% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 5 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 1,035 m² across 902 parcels.
Who lives in Toogoolawah
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Toogoolawah 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 886, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Toogoolawah's 1,200 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Esk, the wider ABS statistical area containing Toogoolawah. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Toogoolawah itself.
4,299 in 2001 to 5,236 in 2025, up 22%.
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.
Toogoolawah 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 Toogoolawah 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 →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 Toogoolawah. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Toogoolawah lot.
Toogoolawah planning - frequently asked
Is Toogoolawah flood-prone?
About 25% of Toogoolawah falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 19%. Published flood models are held over parts of Toogoolawah; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Toogoolawah bushfire-prone?
Around 26% of Toogoolawah is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Somerset Regional average of 54%.
Is Toogoolawah under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 80% of Toogoolawah in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 2,500 ft. 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 Toogoolawah?
The dominant planning zone in Toogoolawah is Rural, though the suburb also includes General Residential and Community Facilities.
Does Toogoolawah have heritage-listed places?
Toogoolawah has 5 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Toogoolawah?
Across 902 surveyed parcels in Toogoolawah, the median lot size is about 1,035 m². There are also 71 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Toogoolawah have a train station?
There is no train station inside Toogoolawah itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Toogoolawah?
At the 2021 Census Toogoolawah had 1,200 usual residents, with a median age of 56 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Esk statistical area, which contains Toogoolawah, went from 4,299 people in 2001 to 5,236 in 2025, up 22%.
Is Toogoolawah an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Toogoolawah scores 886 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Toogoolawah?
Median household income in Toogoolawah was $967 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,312 for the typical suburb in Somerset Regional. Median rent was $260 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,127 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Creek | 6.0 km | Not mapped | 74% |
| Ottaba | 6.3 km | Not mapped | 61% |
| Cressbrook | 6.7 km | 5% | 17% |
| Mount Beppo | 6.8 km | <1% | 13% |
| Braemore | 6.8 km | Not mapped | 51% |
| Yimbun | 7.4 km | Not mapped | 51% |
| Scrub Creek | 10.0 km | Not mapped | 55% |
| Biarra | 11.4 km | 3% | 70% |
| Coal Creek | 11.4 km | Not mapped | 53% |
| Caboonbah | 11.9 km | Not mapped | 12% |