Wyreema flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Wyreema
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 40.55 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
40.55 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wyreema's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Wyreema properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 943 Wyreema properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 943 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Wyreema.
Wyreema at a glance
Schools in and near Wyreema
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: 1.99 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 Wyreema is zoned
Selling in Wyreema? 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 40.55 km², Wyreema is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 16% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 1,012 m² across 933 parcels.
Who lives in Wyreema
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wyreema 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 958, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Wyreema's 2,076 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Cambooya - Wyreema, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wyreema. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wyreema 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.
Wyreema 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 Wyreema 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 Wyreema. 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 Wyreema lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Wyreema planning - frequently asked
Is Wyreema flood-prone?
About 16% of Wyreema falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 943 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Wyreema bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Wyreema and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Toowoomba Regional average is 20%).
What is the zoning in Wyreema?
The dominant planning zone in Wyreema is Rural, though the suburb also includes Township and Community Facilities.
Does Wyreema have heritage-listed places?
Wyreema has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Wyreema hilly or flat?
Wyreema is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%. Ground level runs from roughly 497 m to 550 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Wyreema?
Across 933 surveyed parcels in Wyreema, the median lot size is about 1,012 m². There are also 41 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Wyreema?
At the 2021 Census Wyreema had 2,076 usual residents, with a median age of 30 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Cambooya - Wyreema statistical area, which contains Wyreema, went from 3,977 people in 2001 to 8,905 in 2025, up 124%.
Is Wyreema an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wyreema scores 958 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Wyreema?
Median household income in Wyreema was $1,723 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $330 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finnie | 5.5 km | 14% | 10% |
| Vale View | 5.6 km | 10% | 17% |
| Westbrook | 5.8 km | 30% | 4% |
| Mount Rascal | 7.0 km | 5% | 45% |
| Umbiram | 7.2 km | 23% | 5% |
| Cambooya | 8.1 km | 34% | 10% |
| Drayton | 8.3 km | 22% | 25% |
| Athol | 9.0 km | 15% | 2% |
| Top Camp | 9.1 km | 18% | 42% |
| Darling Heights | 9.6 km | 4% | 19% |