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Blue Mountain Heights flood & bushfire risk

Of Blue Mountain Heights’s 451 mapped properties, 100% are in a mapped flood area and 44.3% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Blue Mountain Heights’s flood exposure is above the QLD average of 49.9%, and bushfire exposure is above the QLD average of 17.2%.

100%
In a flood area
44.3%
In a bushfire area
451
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Blue Mountain Heights

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

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Crime near Blue Mountain Heights

Blue Mountain Heights sits in the Highfields police division, which recorded 538 reported offences in the 12 months to Jun 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 538 total. Figures are for the whole Highfields police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

School catchments in Blue Mountain Heights

PrimaryHarlaxton SS · Highfields SS
JuniorHighfields State Secondary College · Toowoomba SHS
SeniorHighfields State Secondary College · Toowoomba SHS

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

Who lives in Blue Mountain Heights

At the 2021 Census, 12.8% of Blue Mountain Heights’s 988 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian41.9%
English39.5%
Scottish16.8%
Irish14.5%
German12%
Italian2.3%

Top countries of birth

England2.9%
New Zealand1.9%
South Africa1.9%
Canada0.6%
Germany0.6%
PNG0.6%

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

Development near Blue Mountain Heights

Toowoomba council approved 1,505 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.

1,505
Dwellings/yr
1,028
Houses
477
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Toowoomba council area (not just Blue Mountain Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Blue Mountain Heights address:

Nearby suburbs

Mount Kynoch · 100% floodBallard · 100% floodHarlaxton · 100% floodBirnam (Toowoomba) · 100% floodCranley · 100% floodRockville · 100% 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.