Pinelands flood & bushfire risk

Of Pinelands’s 90 mapped properties, 100% are in a mapped flood area and 13.3% are in a bushfire hazard area.

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

Check a specific Pinelands address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

100%
Of properties in a flood area
13.3%
Of properties in a bushfire area
90
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Pinelands

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

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Crime near Pinelands

Pinelands sits in the Crows Nest police division, which recorded 203 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 203 total. Figures are for the whole Crows Nest police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

School catchments in Pinelands

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

Who lives in Pinelands

At the 2021 Census, 7.4% of Pinelands’s 81 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian50.6%
English46.9%
Irish13.6%
German9.9%
Scottish6.2%

Top countries of birth

England4.9%

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

Development near Pinelands

Toowoomba council approved 1,540 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

1,540
Dwellings/yr
1,040
Houses
500
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Toowoomba council area (not just Pinelands). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

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.