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Forest Springs flood & bushfire risk

Of Forest Springs’s 113 mapped properties, 100% are in a mapped flood area and 41.6% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Forest Springs’s flood exposure is above the QLD average of 49.9%, and bushfire exposure is above the QLD average of 17.2%.

Check a specific Forest Springs address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

100%
Of properties in a flood area
41.6%
Of properties in a bushfire area
113
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Forest Springs

Flood and bushfire areas across Forest Springs. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Forest Springs

Forest Springs sits in the Allora police division, which recorded 108 reported offences in the 12 months to Jul 2026.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
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Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 108 total. Figures are for the whole Allora police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

School catchments in Forest Springs

PrimaryAllora P-10 SS
JuniorAllora P-10 SS
SeniorClifton SHS

Forest Springs can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Who lives in Forest Springs

At the 2021 Census, 5.8% of Forest Springs’s 104 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian40.4%
English31.7%
Chinese9.6%
German9.6%
Irish9.6%
Scottish9.6%

Top countries of birth

New Zealand3.8%
Japan2.9%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Forest Springs

Southern Downs council approved 269 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

269
Dwellings/yr
195
Houses
74
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Southern Downs council area (not just Forest Springs). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Forest Springs address:

Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.