Highfields flood & bushfire risk
Of Highfields’s 5,064 mapped properties, 100% are in a mapped flood area and 16.7% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Highfields’s flood exposure is above the QLD average of 49.9%, and bushfire exposure is in line with the QLD average of 17.2%.
Check a specific Highfields address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Highfields
Flood and bushfire areas across Highfields. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Highfields
Highfields sits in the Highfields police division, which recorded 541 reported offences in the 12 months to Jul 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 541 total. Figures are for the whole Highfields police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
School catchments in Highfields
Highfields can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Highfields
At the 2021 Census, 11.7% of Highfields’s 8,568 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Highfields
Toowoomba council approved 1,540 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Toowoomba council area (not just Highfields). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Toowoomba
Compare Highfields with the rest of the council area, largest first.
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.