Toolooa flood map & planning overlays
Toolooa's 748 m² lots and median age of 35 sit beside 75.3% bushfire mapping.
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A planning-constraint profile of Toolooa
(Gladstone Regional, QLD) - 2.95 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
2.95 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Toolooa'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 Toolooa
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 3 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,000 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.
Toolooa at a glance
Schools in and near Toolooa
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: 0.63 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.24 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 Toolooa is zoned
Selling in Toolooa? 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 2.95 km², Toolooa is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 17% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 75% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Special Purpose. The median lot measures about 748 m² across 536 parcels.
Who lives in Toolooa
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Toolooa 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 785, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Toolooa's 992 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Telina - Toolooa, the wider ABS statistical area containing Toolooa. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Toolooa itself.
3,979 in 2001 to 6,828 in 2025, up 72%.
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.
Toolooa 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 Toolooa 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 96% of Toolooa. 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 Toolooa. 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 Toolooa lot.
Toolooa planning - frequently asked
Is Toolooa flood-prone?
About 17% of Toolooa falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Published flood models are held over parts of Toolooa; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Toolooa bushfire-prone?
Around 75% of Toolooa is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gladstone Regional average of 64%.
Is Toolooa under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 96% of Toolooa, and over about 100% 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 500 ft, with an average of 1,500 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 Toolooa?
The dominant planning zone in Toolooa is Special Purpose, though the suburb also includes Low Impact Industry and Low Density Residential.
Does Toolooa have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Toolooa.
What is the typical lot size in Toolooa?
Across 536 surveyed parcels in Toolooa, the median lot size is about 748 m². There are also 71 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Toolooa have a train station?
There is no train station inside Toolooa itself. The suburb is served by 4 bus stops.
What is the population of Toolooa?
At the 2021 Census Toolooa had 992 usual residents, with a median age of 35 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Telina - Toolooa statistical area, which contains Toolooa, went from 3,979 people in 2001 to 6,828 in 2025, up 72%.
Is Toolooa an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Toolooa scores 785 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Toolooa?
Median household income in Toolooa was $988 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,361 for the typical suburb in Gladstone Regional. Median rent was $189 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Valley | 1.4 km | 30% | 54% |
| Telina | 1.6 km | 33% | 60% |
| Glen Eden | 2.0 km | 29% | 87% |
| South Gladstone | 2.3 km | 27% | 37% |
| Kin Kora | 2.4 km | 50% | 48% |
| South Trees | 2.7 km | 87% | 23% |
| Kirkwood | 3.5 km | 23% | 92% |
| New Auckland | 3.6 km | 43% | 44% |
| West Gladstone | 3.6 km | 50% | 29% |
| Barney Point | 4.4 km | 88% | 0% |