[1] Redwood is located 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of the Toowoomba city centre.

Half of the suburb's area consists of the 2,243-hectare (5,540-acre) bushland Redwood Park,[3] after which the suburb was named in 1981;[2] the rest, to the south of the highway, is mostly crown land.

The residents of Redwood live along the suburb's western boundary with East Toowoomba along the ridge line of the Great Dividing Range at approximately 650 metres (2,130 ft) above sea level, while the rest of locality descends to the east to approximately 360 metres (1,180 ft) at the locality's eastern boundary with Withcott.

[1] The locality is home to the heritage-listed Glen Alpine villa at 32-36 East Street.

The nearest government secondary schools are Centenary Heights State High School in Centenary Heights to the south-west and Toowoomba State High School in neighbouring Mount Lofty to the north-west.