Is Mount Forbes flood prone?

2% of mapped properties in Mount Forbes fall within a mapped flood area.

Is Mount Forbes in a bushfire zone?

3.5% of mapped properties in Mount Forbes fall within a mapped bushfire hazard area.

What is the zoning in Mount Forbes?

Mount Forbes is mostly industrial (most common zone: Regional Business and Industry Investigation).

Which schools is Mount Forbes in the catchment for?

Mount Forbes falls within these school catchments: Mutdapilly SS, Rosewood SS, Rosewood SHS.

What is the cultural makeup of Mount Forbes?

At the 2021 Census 3.1% of Mount Forbes residents were born overseas. The most common ancestries were English (50.8%), Australian (37.8%), German (13%).

How much new development is there near Mount Forbes?

Ipswich council approved 3,522 new dwellings (2,674 houses, 848 units) in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

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Mount Forbes flood & bushfire risk

Of Mount Forbes’s 198 mapped properties, 2% are in a mapped flood area and 3.5% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Mount Forbes’s flood exposure is below the QLD average of 49.9%, and bushfire exposure is below the QLD average of 17.2%.

Check a specific Mount Forbes address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

Of properties in a flood area

3.5%

Of properties in a bushfire area

198

Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Mount Forbes

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

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Crime near Mount Forbes

Mount Forbes sits in the Rosewood police division, which recorded 937 reported offences in the 12 months to Jul 2026.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.

Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 937 total. Figures are for the whole Rosewood police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Zoning in Mount Forbes

Mount Forbes is mostly industrial. The most common zones:

Industrial50% of properties

Industrial / employment — factories, warehouses and trade uses; not intended for homes.

Zone: Regional Business and Industry Investigation

Rural34.8% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Rural B

Rural7.6% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Rural E

School catchments in Mount Forbes

PrimaryMutdapilly SS · Rosewood SS

JuniorRosewood SHS

SeniorRosewood SHS

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

Who lives in Mount Forbes

At the 2021 Census, 3.1% of Mount Forbes’s 262 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English50.8%

Australian37.8%

German13%

Irish8.8%

Scottish5.7%

Australian Aboriginal4.6%

Top countries of birth

England1.9%

New Zealand1.9%

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

Development near Mount Forbes

Ipswich council approved 3,522 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

3,522

Dwellings/yr

2,674

Houses

848

Units

New dwellings approved across the whole Ipswich council area (not just Mount Forbes). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Mount Forbes address:

Nearby suburbs

Ebenezer · 3.6% flood Mutdapilly · 37.2% flood Lower Mount Walker · 25.1% flood Coleyville · 8.4% flood Mount Walker · 10.2% flood Jeebropilly · 35.1% flood

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.