Ashfield flood map & planning overlays
A median age of 32, the youngest in Bundaberg Regional, and its highest household income, $2,315 a week.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Ashfield
(Bundaberg Regional, QLD) - 4.9 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
4.9 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Ashfield's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Ashfield
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Ashfield at a glance
Schools in and near Ashfield
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual address to a catchment.
Inside the suburb boundary
1 school providing primary years and 1 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Ashfield address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Ashfield is zoned
Selling in Ashfield? The lot-level zone is the zoning Part 3 of Queensland's Form 2 seller disclosure statement asks for - see our Form 2 planning data guide.
Across its 4.9 km², Ashfield is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 77% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 33% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Emerging community. The median lot measures about 805 m² across 536 parcels.
Who lives in Ashfield
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Ashfield suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Socio-economic standing
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.
Score 1012, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Ashfield's 1,152 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ashfield - Kepnock, the wider ABS statistical area containing Ashfield. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Ashfield itself.
4,549 in 2001 to 5,891 in 2025, up 30%.
Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.
Ashfield data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Zoning | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 7 November 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
Check a specific Ashfield address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 35% of Ashfield. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Ashfield. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Ashfield lot.
Ashfield planning - frequently asked
Is Ashfield flood-prone?
About 77% of Ashfield falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 50%. Published flood models are held over parts of Ashfield; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Ashfield bushfire-prone?
Around 33% of Ashfield is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Bundaberg Regional average of 56%.
Is Ashfield under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 35% of Ashfield, and over about 49% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 3,000 ft. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Ashfield?
The dominant planning zone in Ashfield is Emerging community, though the suburb also includes Low density residential and Community facilities.
Does Ashfield have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Ashfield.
What is the typical lot size in Ashfield?
Across 536 surveyed parcels in Ashfield, the median lot size is about 805 m². There are also 190 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Ashfield have a train station?
There is no train station inside Ashfield itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Ashfield?
At the 2021 Census Ashfield had 1,152 usual residents, with a median age of 32 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Ashfield - Kepnock statistical area, which contains Ashfield, went from 4,549 people in 2001 to 5,891 in 2025, up 30%.
Is Ashfield an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ashfield scores 1012 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Ashfield?
Median household income in Ashfield was $2,315 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,125 for the typical suburb in Bundaberg Regional. Median rent was $393 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,740 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kepnock | 2.2 km | 78% | 14% |
| Bundaberg East | 2.8 km | 100% | 17% |
| Woongarra | 3.1 km | 18% | 4% |
| Kalkie | 3.5 km | 80% | 10% |
| Bundaberg South | 3.6 km | 100% | 2% |
| Windermere | 3.7 km | 19% | 4% |
| Avenell Heights | 3.8 km | 76% | <1% |
| Walkervale | 4.1 km | 72% | 0% |
| Bundaberg Central | 4.8 km | 98% | 0% |
| Rubyanna | 5.2 km | 80% | 5% |