Vale View flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Vale View
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 14.51 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
14.51 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Vale View's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Vale View properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 185 Vale View properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 185 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Vale View.
Vale View at a glance
Schools in and near Vale View
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: 5.03 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 Vale View is zoned
Selling in Vale View? 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 14.51 km², Vale View is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 17% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 14,196 m² across 186 parcels.
Who lives in Vale View
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Vale View 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 1018, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Vale View's 454 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Cambooya - Wyreema, the wider ABS statistical area containing Vale View. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Vale View 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.
Vale View 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 Vale View 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 Vale View. 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 Vale View lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Vale View planning - frequently asked
Is Vale View flood-prone?
About 10% of Vale View falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 185 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Vale View bushfire-prone?
Around 17% of Vale View is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Vale View?
The dominant planning zone in Vale View is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Residential and Extractive Industry.
Does Vale View have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Vale View.
Is Vale View hilly or flat?
Vale View is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 7%, and 12% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 516 m to 658 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Vale View?
Across 186 surveyed parcels in Vale View, the median lot size is about 14,196 m². There are also 29 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Vale View?
At the 2021 Census Vale View had 454 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Cambooya - Wyreema statistical area, which contains Vale View, went from 3,977 people in 2001 to 8,905 in 2025, up 124%.
Is Vale View an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Vale View scores 1018 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Vale View?
Median household income in Vale View was $2,366 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $340 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rascal | 3.0 km | 5% | 45% |
| Finnie | 3.9 km | 14% | 10% |
| Top Camp | 4.2 km | 18% | 42% |
| Hodgson Vale | 4.7 km | 18% | 14% |
| Wyreema | 5.6 km | 16% | <1% |
| Darling Heights | 6.5 km | 4% | 19% |
| Preston | 6.7 km | 7% | 49% |
| Drayton | 6.7 km | 22% | 25% |
| Kearneys Spring | 7.5 km | 11% | 14% |
| Preston Lockyer Valley Regional |
8.4 km | <1% | 97% |