Wattle Ridge flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Wattle Ridge
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 42.76 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
42.76 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wattle Ridge's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Wattle Ridge properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 39 Wattle Ridge properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 39 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Wattle Ridge.
Wattle Ridge at a glance
Schools in and near Wattle Ridge
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: 19.43 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 26.54 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 Wattle Ridge is zoned
Selling in Wattle Ridge? 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 42.76 km², Wattle Ridge is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 2% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 1,014,990 m² across 39 parcels.
Who lives in Wattle Ridge
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wattle Ridge 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 776, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Millmerran, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wattle Ridge. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wattle Ridge itself.
3,413 in 2001 to 3,351 in 2025, down 2%.
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.
Wattle Ridge 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 Wattle Ridge 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 Wattle Ridge. 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 Wattle Ridge lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Wattle Ridge planning - frequently asked
Is Wattle Ridge flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Wattle Ridge and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 24%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 39 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Wattle Ridge bushfire-prone?
Around 2% of Wattle Ridge is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Wattle Ridge?
The dominant planning zone in Wattle Ridge is Rural, though the suburb also includes Open Space.
Does Wattle Ridge have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Wattle Ridge.
Is Wattle Ridge hilly or flat?
Wattle Ridge is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%. Ground level runs from roughly 379 m to 426 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Wattle Ridge?
Across 39 surveyed parcels in Wattle Ridge, the median lot size is about 1,014,990 m².
Is Wattle Ridge an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wattle Ridge scores 776 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pines | 3.7 km | 0% | 1% |
| Cypress Gardens | 5.7 km | 0% | <1% |
| Millmerran Woods | 6.6 km | 0% | 8% |
| Forest Ridge | 6.6 km | 0% | 4% |
| Millmerran Downs | 8.3 km | 0% | 2% |
| Condamine Farms | 8.6 km | 0% | 2% |
| Bulli Creek | 11.3 km | 0% | 2% |
| Woondul | 14.4 km | 0% | 13% |
| Captains Mountain | 15.3 km | 0% | 11% |
| Western Creek | 16.9 km | 0% | 2% |