Ashwell flood map & planning overlays
Ashwell's median age of 47 sits joint 8th in Ipswich City.
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A planning-constraint profile of Ashwell
(Ipswich City, QLD) - 7.53 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
7.53 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Ashwell'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
How common is mapped flood risk across Ashwell properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 50 analysed Ashwell properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 50 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Ashwell.
Has Ashwell flooded? Flood history and overland flow
Yes. Recorded flood mapping reaches into Ashwell: 2 of the 50 properties we analysed (4.0%) sit at least partly inside a mapped historical flood extent. The free address check says whether a given lot is inside one.
Suburb-wide totals across 50 analysed properties; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
2 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
Source: Ipswich City Council flood mapping, aggregated by LayeredGeo. Categories are only shown where at least five analysed properties share them. An address-level check is still required to determine whether a particular lot is mapped.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Ashwell
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
typical observed square 0 a day
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.
Ashwell at a glance
Schools in and near Ashwell
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 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 1.15 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Ashwell address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Ashwell is zoned
Selling in Ashwell? 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 7.53 km², Ashwell is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 5% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 37% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 83,537 m² across 49 parcels.
Who lives in Ashwell
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Ashwell 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 941, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Ashwell's 97 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Rosewood, the wider ABS statistical area containing Ashwell. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Ashwell itself.
10,905 in 2001 to 16,825 in 2025, up 54%.
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.
Ashwell property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Rosewood, the wider statistical area containing Ashwell. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 315 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 13 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Source: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO). View the source profile. The same SA2 figure can appear on several suburb pages within that statistical area.
Ashwell 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 |
| Market statistics | Available at SA2 level | Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO) |
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 Ashwell 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 24% of Ashwell. 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 Ashwell. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot to spin round in your browser (+$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 Ashwell lot.
Ashwell planning - frequently asked
Is Ashwell flood-prone?
About 5% of Ashwell falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 46%. Across the suburb, 12% of the 50 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 6 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Ashwell; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Has Ashwell flooded?
Yes. Recorded flood mapping reaches into Ashwell: 2 of the 50 properties we analysed (4.0%) sit at least partly inside a mapped historical flood extent. The free address check says whether a given lot is inside one.
Is Ashwell bushfire-prone?
Around 37% of Ashwell is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ipswich City average of 50%.
Is Ashwell under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 24% of Ashwell, and over about 66% 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 1,500 ft, with an average of 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 0 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Ashwell?
The dominant planning zone in Ashwell is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community facilities and Tourism.
Does Ashwell have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Ashwell.
Is Ashwell hilly or flat?
Ashwell is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 18% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 51 m to 155 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Ashwell?
Across 49 surveyed parcels in Ashwell, the median lot size is about 83,537 m². There are also 1 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Ashwell?
At the 2021 Census Ashwell had 97 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Rosewood statistical area, which contains Ashwell, went from 10,905 people in 2001 to 16,825 in 2025, up 54%.
Is Ashwell an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ashwell scores 941 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Ashwell?
Median household income in Ashwell was $1,375 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,643 for the typical suburb in Ipswich City. Median rent was $363 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,598 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bluff | 2.3 km | Not mapped | 94% |
| Lanefield | 3.6 km | 43% | 27% |
| Tallegalla | 3.9 km | 7% | 63% |
| Rosewood | 4.6 km | 64% | 40% |
| Woolshed | 5.3 km | 6% | 96% |
| Calvert | 6.0 km | 29% | 64% |
| Marburg | 6.8 km | 20% | 42% |
| Mount Marrow | 7.2 km | 18% | 51% |
| Thagoona | 7.7 km | 68% | 54% |
| Minden Somerset Regional |
8.6 km | Not mapped | 48% |