Upper Pinelands flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Upper Pinelands
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 18.9 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
18.9 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Upper Pinelands's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Upper Pinelands properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 38 Upper Pinelands properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 38 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Upper Pinelands.
Upper Pinelands at a glance
Schools in and near Upper Pinelands
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: 4.62 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 8.01 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 Upper Pinelands is zoned
Selling in Upper Pinelands? 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 18.9 km², Upper Pinelands is moderately constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 9% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 388,382 m² across 49 parcels.
Who lives in Upper Pinelands
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Upper Pinelands 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 965, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Crows Nest - Rosalie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Upper Pinelands. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Upper Pinelands 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.
Upper Pinelands 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 12 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 Upper Pinelands 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.
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 Upper Pinelands lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Upper Pinelands planning - frequently asked
Is Upper Pinelands flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Upper Pinelands and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 24%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 38 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Upper Pinelands bushfire-prone?
Around 9% of Upper Pinelands is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Upper Pinelands?
The dominant planning zone in Upper Pinelands is Rural, though the suburb also includes Unzoned.
Does Upper Pinelands have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Upper Pinelands.
Is Upper Pinelands hilly or flat?
Upper Pinelands is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 9%, and 29% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 529 m to 728 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Upper Pinelands?
Across 49 surveyed parcels in Upper Pinelands, the median lot size is about 388,382 m².
Is Upper Pinelands an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Upper Pinelands scores 965 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinelands | 4.1 km | 0% | 6% |
| Plainby | 5.3 km | 7% | 26% |
| Glenaven | 5.5 km | 0% | 36% |
| Jones Gully | 6.9 km | 0% | 56% |
| Djuan | 7.0 km | <1% | 30% |
| Bergen | 7.1 km | 6% | 18% |
| Haden | 7.3 km | 5% | 28% |
| Mountain Camp | 7.5 km | 0% | 28% |
| Whichello | 8.6 km | 9% | 18% |
| Pierces Creek | 10.0 km | 0% | 75% |