Toowoomba Region: planning zones and hazard overlays by address
What a WattleAddr Property report reads for an address in Toowoomba Region, and how many of its 106,128 addresses sit in each of the council’s mapped overlays. The council’s planning data is dated 9 September 2026. ‘Toowoomba Region’ here means the whole Toowoomba Regional Council area, not just the city.
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What a report reads at an address in Toowoomba Region
The report tests the address point against each of these layers of the council’s planning scheme, and prints what it finds with the council’s data date:
- Aircraft noise
- Bushfire hazard overlay
- Flood hazard overlay
- Heritage overlay
- Landslide hazard overlay
- Transport noise corridor
- Land zone
What each reading means
Aircraft noise. If the address point is inside an aircraft noise band of the council’s Airport Environs Overlay, which protects Toowoomba Airport and the Oakey Army Aviation Centre, the report gives the band.
Bushfire hazard overlay. If the address point is in the council’s bushfire hazard overlay, the report says whether the council rates it high or medium fire risk. The overlay is a planning trigger, not a statement that the land cannot burn.
Flood hazard overlay. If the address point is in the council’s flood hazard overlay, the report names the category: a flood risk area (FR1 to FR4), overland flow path 1 or 2, flood island, or the balance (mixed) flood risk area. A point outside the overlay says nothing about flooding the council has not mapped, or about depth.
Heritage overlay. The report says whether a heritage place is mapped on the land in the council’s heritage overlay.
Landslide hazard overlay. The report says whether the address point is in the council’s landslide hazard overlay. The council maps only the areas in its ‘High Risk’ class, so a point outside the overlay says nothing about moderate slopes. The overlay can call for a geotechnical report when development is assessed; it is not a site assessment.
Transport noise corridor. If the address point is inside a transport noise corridor the council maps, the report gives its category. Corridors designated by the State may not all be in the council’s layer.
Land zone. The report names the council’s planning scheme zone. A few address points sit on roads, waterways or other land that carries no zone in the council’s file; the report then says Not established.
How many addresses are inside each overlay
These are counts of addresses in the national address file (G-NAF, May 2026 release). We counted the 106,128 addresses in Toowoomba Region, each address as G-NAF records it (an apartment building has one per unit), whose G-NAF point is on the property, and tested each point as a report does. A further 7,513 addresses (6.6% of the 113,641 in G-NAF) have their G-NAF point on the street or at a locality, so they are not counted here; a zone or overlay may not be found at such a point, and a “not in the overlay” reading for those addresses says little about the property. Every share below is of those 106,128. Where the council’s data gives a report nothing to read at the point, it prints Not established; the tables call that “No reading at the address point”.
A count says where the council’s map falls at an address point. It is not a rating of any address or of Toowoomba Region, and an address outside an overlay is not shown to be free of the hazard: the map is a planning map, and an address point outside an overlay does not show that no part of the lot is inside it.
Aircraft noise (Australian Noise Exposure Forecast bands)
2,110 of 106,128 addresses (2.0%) have their address point inside an aircraft noise band. The council’s Airport Environs Overlay maps bands of the Australian Noise Exposure Forecast, from 20 to over 40, and a higher number means more aircraft noise.
| A report reads | Addresses | Share of 106,128 |
|---|---|---|
| Aircraft noise band 40 or higher | 27 | under 0.1% |
| Aircraft noise band 35 to 40 | 64 | under 0.1% |
| Aircraft noise band 30 to 35 | 141 | 0.1% |
| Aircraft noise band 25 to 30 | 392 | 0.4% |
| Aircraft noise band 20 to 25 | 1,486 | 1.4% |
| Inside the layer, any class | 2,110 | 2.0% |
| Not inside the overlay | 104,018 | 98.0% |
Bushfire hazard overlay
6,088 of 106,128 addresses (5.7%) have their address point inside the council’s “Bushfire hazard overlay” layer.
| A report reads | Addresses | Share of 106,128 |
|---|---|---|
| High fire risk | 311 | 0.3% |
| Medium fire risk | 5,777 | 5.4% |
| Inside the layer, any class | 6,088 | 5.7% |
| Not inside the overlay | 100,040 | 94.3% |
Flood hazard overlay
8,308 of 106,128 addresses (7.8%) have their address point inside the council’s “Flood hazard overlay” layer. FR1 is the lowest and FR4 the highest flood risk category.
| A report reads | Addresses | Share of 106,128 |
|---|---|---|
| Level FR4 - Extreme | 447 | 0.4% |
| Level FR3 - High | 211 | 0.2% |
| Overland Flow Path 2 - High | 206 | 0.2% |
| Level FR2 - Medium | 1,577 | 1.5% |
| Level FR1 - Low | 782 | 0.7% |
| Overland Flow Path 1 - Low | 1,435 | 1.4% |
| Flood island | 78 | under 0.1% |
| Balance (mixed) flood risk area | 3,572 | 3.4% |
| Inside the layer, any class | 8,308 | 7.8% |
| Not inside the overlay | 97,820 | 92.2% |
Heritage overlay
873 of 106,128 addresses (0.8%) have their address point inside the council’s “Heritage overlay” layer.
| A report reads | Addresses | Share of 106,128 |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage place mapped | 873 | 0.8% |
| No heritage place mapped | 105,255 | 99.2% |
Landslide hazard overlay
978 of 106,128 addresses (0.9%) have their address point inside the council’s “Landslide hazard overlay” layer.
| A report reads | Addresses | Share of 106,128 |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the overlay | 978 | 0.9% |
| Not inside the overlay | 105,150 | 99.1% |
Transport noise corridor
8,680 of 106,128 addresses (8.2%) have their address point inside the council’s “Transport noise corridor” layer.
| A report reads | Addresses | Share of 106,128 |
|---|---|---|
| Category 4 (73 decibels or more) | 52 | under 0.1% |
| Category 3 (68 to 73 decibels) | 1,214 | 1.1% |
| Category 2 (63 to 68 decibels) | 3,123 | 2.9% |
| Category 1 (58 to 63 decibels) | 3,451 | 3.3% |
| Category 0 (below 58 decibels, the lowest category) | 840 | 0.8% |
| Inside the layer, any class | 8,680 | 8.2% |
| Not inside the overlay | 97,448 | 91.8% |
Zones in Toowoomba Region
A planning zone was found at the address point for 105,314 of 106,128 addresses (99.2%). For the other 814 (0.8%) the council’s zone map has no zone at the address point. Each address is counted once, under the zone a report would print.
| Zone | Addresses | Share of 106,128 |
|---|---|---|
| Low Density Residential | 35,318 | 33.3% |
| Low-Medium Density Residential | 31,932 | 30.1% |
| Rural | 14,099 | 13.3% |
| Rural Residential | 7,013 | 6.6% |
| Township | 5,014 | 4.7% |
| Medium Impact Industry | 1,635 | 1.5% |
| Principal Centre | 1,403 | 1.3% |
| Community Facilities | 1,388 | 1.3% |
| Emerging Community | 1,356 | 1.3% |
| Mixed Use | 1,300 | 1.2% |
| Major Centre | 1,255 | 1.2% |
| Low Impact Industry | 1,152 | 1.1% |
| Open Space | 879 | 0.8% |
| Limited Development (Constrained Land) | 629 | 0.6% |
| Local Centre | 325 | 0.3% |
| District Centre | 265 | 0.2% |
| Sport and Recreation | 237 | 0.2% |
| High Impact Industry | 45 | under 0.1% |
| Specialised Centre | 45 | under 0.1% |
| Extractive Industry | 24 | under 0.1% |
| No reading at the address point | 814 | 0.8% |
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Check an address in Toowoomba RegionWhat a report does not cover in Toowoomba Region
- The extents of the council’s flood studies, and the flood Vulnerable Uses Restriction Area. They are not read.
- The regional infrastructure corridors and substations overlay (including gas and petroleum pipeline corridors), the airport sub-layers (lighting, wildlife hazard, obstacle height and public safety), agricultural land, extractive resources, environmental significance, scenic amenity, neighbourhood character, water resource catchments, the housing layers of the local planning instrument, greenfield areas, transport service catchments, priority development areas and the local plan areas. A report does not read them today.
- The State’s bushfire prone area mapping, which is separate from the council’s bushfire hazard overlay.
- State heritage. The heritage reading is the council’s overlay; the Queensland Heritage Register is separate and is not asked.
- Landslide below the council’s top class. The council’s landslide layer maps only the class its legend calls “High Risk”, so an address outside the layer says nothing about moderate slopes.
- Transport noise corridors designated by the State may not all be in the council’s layer.
A report cannot tell you who owns the land, what is registered on the title, or what it last sold for: none is on an open register. It reads the council’s planning scheme data we hold, dated 9 September 2026, so an amendment made since then is not in it. What “not mapped” means.
Sources
Source: Toowoomba Regional Council, Toowoomba Regional Planning Scheme version 29 mapping (zones and overlays), supplied to RR Sols under Data Access Agreement 2026/043. Toowoomba Regional Council's disclaimer: While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this data (information), Toowoomba Regional Council makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaim all responsibility and all liability whether in contract, negligence, tort or otherwise for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which may be incurred in any way and for any reason as a result of reliance on the data (information).
Council data dated 9 September 2026. The counts are our own calculation from that data and G-NAF, made on 21 October 2026; the council has not endorsed them.
Incorporates or developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement. Addresses counted from the G-NAF May 2026 release (GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)).
Council boundary used to place each address in Toowoomba Region: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3, 2021, Local Government Areas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.