Fastest growing Toowoomba suburbs (2016-2021)
Cranley grew fastest in percentage terms, at +58%. Glenvale added the most residents, 1,766. Both figures are the change between the 2016-2021 Censuses, the most recent per-suburb measurement available. These 30 suburbs came from a field of 35 eligible Toowoomba suburbs.
This ranking shows which Toowoomba suburbs grew fastest between the 2016 and 2021 Censuses — once by percent change, and once by the sheer number of residents added, because those two questions have very different answers.
Percent growth and headcount growth are both real and they rarely agree. A suburb going from 100 residents to 5,000 has grown 4,900%, and a suburb going from 35,000 to 56,000 has grown 63% — but the second one added four times as many people. The first list finds the greenfield estates, the second finds the established corridors absorbing most of the actual growth. Both are ranked within Toowoomba's own pool. Note the period: the 2021 Census is the most recent per-suburb population count available in Australia, so this measures the five years to 2021 rather than the present day. Growth corridors tend to persist, but a suburb that has since filled up will still appear here.
Toowoomba suburbs that grew fastest, 2016-2021
Ranked on percent population change between the 2016 and 2021 Censuses. Percent growth favours suburbs starting from a small base, so greenfield estates built on former farmland dominate the top.
Cranley
QLD 4350 · 2,281 residents835 residents added · +58% · 2,281 residents in 2021
Cambooya
QLD 4358 · 2,260 residents676 residents added · +43% · 2,260 residents in 2021
Kleinton
QLD 4352 · 2,205 residents587 residents added · +36% · 2,205 residents in 2021
Glenvale
QLD 4350 · 8,120 residents1,766 residents added · +28% · 8,120 residents in 2021
Cotswold Hills
QLD 4350 · 1,620 residents341 residents added · +27% · 1,620 residents in 2021
Torrington
QLD 4350 · 1,070 residents191 residents added · +22% · 1,070 residents in 2021
Cabarlah
QLD 4352 · 1,307 residents231 residents added · +22% · 1,307 residents in 2021
East Toowoomba
QLD 4350 · 5,953 residents708 residents added · +14% · 5,953 residents in 2021
Westbrook
QLD 4350 · 4,408 residents522 residents added · +14% · 4,408 residents in 2021
Wyreema
QLD 4352 · 2,076 residents242 residents added · +13% · 2,076 residents in 2021
North Toowoomba
QLD 4350 · 3,332 residents378 residents added · +13% · 3,332 residents in 2021
Meringandan West
QLD 4352 · 2,488 residents277 residents added · +12% · 2,488 residents in 2021
Toowoomba City
QLD 4350 · 2,321 residents233 residents added · +11% · 2,321 residents in 2021
Harlaxton
QLD 4350 · 2,824 residents277 residents added · +11% · 2,824 residents in 2021
Kearneys Spring
QLD 4350 · 9,419 residents867 residents added · +10% · 9,419 residents in 2021
Ranked from 35 qualifying suburbs.
Toowoomba suburbs that added the most residents, 2016-2021
Ranked on the NUMBER of residents added between the 2016 and 2021 Censuses rather than the percentage, which surfaces the established growth corridors instead of small suburbs multiplying from near zero.
Glenvale
QLD 4350 · 8,120 residents1,766 residents added · +28% · 8,120 residents in 2021
Kearneys Spring
QLD 4350 · 9,419 residents867 residents added · +10% · 9,419 residents in 2021
Cranley
QLD 4350 · 2,281 residents835 residents added · +58% · 2,281 residents in 2021
East Toowoomba
QLD 4350 · 5,953 residents708 residents added · +14% · 5,953 residents in 2021
Cambooya
QLD 4358 · 2,260 residents676 residents added · +43% · 2,260 residents in 2021
Kleinton
QLD 4352 · 2,205 residents587 residents added · +36% · 2,205 residents in 2021
Harristown
QLD 4350 · 9,081 residents526 residents added · +6% · 9,081 residents in 2021
Westbrook
QLD 4350 · 4,408 residents522 residents added · +14% · 4,408 residents in 2021
Middle Ridge
QLD 4350 · 7,595 residents454 residents added · +6% · 7,595 residents in 2021
Newtown
QLD 4350 · 10,039 residents443 residents added · +5% · 10,039 residents in 2021
Highfields
QLD 4352 · 8,568 residents436 residents added · +5% · 8,568 residents in 2021
North Toowoomba
QLD 4350 · 3,332 residents378 residents added · +13% · 3,332 residents in 2021
Rangeville
QLD 4350 · 8,668 residents355 residents added · +4% · 8,668 residents in 2021
Cotswold Hills
QLD 4350 · 1,620 residents341 residents added · +27% · 1,620 residents in 2021
South Toowoomba
QLD 4350 · 5,512 residents287 residents added · +6% · 5,512 residents in 2021
Ranked from 35 qualifying suburbs.
100% population growth, ranked within Toowoomba's candidate pool — once by percent change and once by residents added, because those two questions have different answers. Nothing else is blended in: a suburb that grew is not thereby better or worse to live in. The figures are the 2016 and 2021 Censuses, the most recent per-suburb population counts published in Australia, so this measures the five years to 2021 rather than today. Suburbs missing either count are excluded rather than ranked as no-growth. See how we calculate for the full methodology.
Common questions about this ranking
What are the fastest growing Toowoomba suburbs (2016-2021)?
Cranley grew fastest in percentage terms, at +58%. Glenvale added the most residents, 1,766. Both figures are the change between the 2016-2021 Censuses, the most recent per-suburb measurement available. These 30 suburbs came from a field of 35 eligible Toowoomba suburbs.
What period does this cover?
The 2016-2021 Censuses. The 2021 Census is the most recent per-suburb population count published in Australia, so this measures the five years to 2021 rather than the present day. Growth corridors tend to persist, but a suburb that has since filled up will still appear here, and one that took off after 2021 will not.
Why are there two different lists?
Because percent growth and headcount growth rarely agree, and both are real. A suburb going from 100 residents to 5,000 grew 4,900%; one going from 35,000 to 56,000 grew 63% but added four times as many people. The percent list finds greenfield estates built on former farmland; the headcount list finds the established corridors absorbing most of the actual growth. Presenting only one would hide half the answer.
Does fast growth make a suburb a good place to live?
This ranking does not say so, and deliberately blends nothing else in. Rapid growth can mean new housing, new schools and rising demand, or it can mean construction, strained roads and services that have not caught up — often both at once in the same suburb. Check the walkability, transport, schools and risk figures on each suburb's own page.
Which suburbs are eligible?
Suburbs in Toowoomba with at least 500 residents and a population figure in both Censuses. A suburb missing either count is left out rather than ranked as no-growth, and the top 15 are shown in each list.
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Rankings last computed 28 September 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.
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