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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%.

2%
In a flood area
3.5%
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 915 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 915 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 3,007 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.

3,007
Dwellings/yr
2,201
Houses
806
Units
01,7503,5002020202120222023202420252026

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% floodMutdapilly · 37.2% floodLower Mount Walker · 25.1% floodColeyville · 8.4% floodMount Walker · 10.2% floodJeebropilly · 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.