Woondul zoning & planning overlays

Woondul has the biggest holdings in Toowoomba Regional, 3,519 ha, 95.5% bushfire-mapped.

A planning-constraint profile of Woondul (Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 116.09 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Woondul's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Woondul properties?

Counts of properties, not share of land, across 2 analysed Woondul properties; no individual property result is identified.

Aircraft noise and flight paths over Woondul

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

Under observed aircraft
39%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
2,500 ft
averaging 5,000 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

Night movements: observed, lowest 5,500 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.

Woondul at a glance

Parcels 3 Median lot 35,190,913 m² Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Woondul

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

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 19.97 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 27.33 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 Woondul address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.

How Woondul is zoned

Open Space 54%
Rural 46%

Selling in Woondul? 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 116.09 km², Woondul is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 96% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Open Space. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 35,190,913 m² across 3 parcels.

Who lives in Woondul

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Woondul suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
21
usual residents, 2021

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 776, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Millmerran, the wider ABS statistical area containing Woondul. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Woondul 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.

Woondul data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingNot mappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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 Woondul 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.

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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 Woondul. 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 Woondul lot.

Woondul planning - frequently asked

Is Woondul flood-prone?

We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Woondul, so this page can't say how much of the suburb is flood-affected - that is a gap in our data, not an indication that the suburb is free of flood risk. Toowoomba Regional is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area. Across the suburb, 0% of the 2 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Woondul; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.

Is Woondul bushfire-prone?

Around 96% of Woondul is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.

Is Woondul under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 39% of Woondul in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 2,500 ft. 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 Woondul?

The dominant planning zone in Woondul is Open Space, though the suburb also includes Rural.

Does Woondul have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Woondul.

Is Woondul hilly or flat?

Woondul is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%. Ground level runs from roughly 418 m to 430 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Woondul?

Across 3 surveyed parcels in Woondul, the median lot size is about 35,190,913 m².

Is Woondul an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Woondul 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 suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Bringalily 7.3 km Not mapped 37%
Millmerran Woods 9.4 km Not mapped 100%
Millmerran Downs 12.2 km Not mapped 99%
Canning Creek 13.8 km Not mapped 46%
Cypress Gardens 13.9 km Not mapped 100%
Millwood 14.3 km 0% 11%
Wattle Ridge 14.4 km Not mapped 100%
Forest Ridge 16.1 km Not mapped 100%
The Pines 17.7 km Not mapped 100%
Kooroongarra 18.6 km <1% 56%

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