Top Camp flood map & planning overlays
Top Camp's households earn $2,530 a week, on hills averaging a 12.2% slope.
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A planning-constraint profile of Top Camp
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 4.75 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
4.75 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Top Camp'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 Top Camp properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 351 analysed Top Camp properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 351 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Top Camp.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Top Camp
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: observed, lowest 3,000 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.
Top Camp at a glance
Schools in and near Top Camp
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: 2.43 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 2.56 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Top Camp address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Top Camp is zoned
Selling in Top Camp? 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 4.75 km², Top Camp is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 18% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 29% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural Residential. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 4,454 m² across 370 parcels.
Who lives in Top Camp
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Top Camp 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 1079, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Top Camp's 902 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Cambooya - Wyreema, the wider ABS statistical area containing Top Camp. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Top Camp itself.
3,977 in 2001 to 8,905 in 2025, up 124%.
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.
Top Camp 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 Top Camp 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 34% of Top Camp. 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 Top Camp. 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 Top Camp lot.
Top Camp planning - frequently asked
Is Top Camp flood-prone?
About 18% of Top Camp falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%. Across the suburb, 30% of the 351 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 73 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Top Camp; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Top Camp bushfire-prone?
Around 29% of Top Camp is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.
Is Top Camp under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 34% of Top Camp, 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Top Camp?
The dominant planning zone in Top Camp is Rural Residential, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities.
Does Top Camp have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Top Camp.
Is Top Camp hilly or flat?
Top Camp is hilly: the median ground slope is about 12%, and 33% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 566 m to 652 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Top Camp?
Across 370 surveyed parcels in Top Camp, the median lot size is about 4,454 m². There are also 84 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Top Camp?
At the 2021 Census Top Camp had 902 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Cambooya - Wyreema statistical area, which contains Top Camp, went from 3,977 people in 2001 to 8,905 in 2025, up 124%.
Is Top Camp an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Top Camp scores 1079 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Top Camp?
Median household income in Top Camp was $2,530 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $360 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,993 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rascal | 2.2 km | 5% | 70% |
| Darling Heights | 3.4 km | 4% | 12% |
| Kearneys Spring | 3.6 km | 11% | 21% |
| Vale View | 4.2 km | 10% | 22% |
| Middle Ridge | 4.3 km | 2% | 55% |
| Finnie | 4.4 km | 14% | 15% |
| Hodgson Vale | 4.5 km | 18% | 27% |
| Preston | 4.6 km | 7% | 75% |
| Drayton | 5.1 km | 22% | 40% |
| Preston Lockyer Valley Regional |
5.5 km | <1% | 97% |