Chinchilla flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Chinchilla
(Western Downs Regional, QLD) - 72.25 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
72.25 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Chinchilla's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Chinchilla at a glance
Schools in and near Chinchilla
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb. These figures do not rate schools and do not assign a particular address to a catchment.
Inside the suburb boundary
3 schools providing primary years and 3 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; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.
How Chinchilla is zoned
Selling in Chinchilla? 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 72.25 km², Chinchilla is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 78% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 46% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 883 m² across 4,096 parcels.
Who lives in Chinchilla
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Chinchilla 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 927, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Chinchilla's 7,068 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Chinchilla, the wider ABS statistical area containing Chinchilla. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Chinchilla itself.
5,677 in 2001 to 9,159 in 2025, up 61%.
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.
Chinchilla 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 |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 19 September 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 Chinchilla 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.
Published flood models are held over parts of Chinchilla. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Chinchilla lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Chinchilla planning - frequently asked
Is Chinchilla flood-prone?
About 78% of Chinchilla falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 49%.
Is Chinchilla bushfire-prone?
Around 46% of Chinchilla is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Western Downs Regional average of 43%.
What is the zoning in Chinchilla?
The dominant planning zone in Chinchilla is Rural, though the suburb also includes Low density residential and Recreation and open space.
Does Chinchilla have heritage-listed places?
Chinchilla has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Chinchilla?
Across 4,096 surveyed parcels in Chinchilla, the median lot size is about 883 m². There are also 367 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Chinchilla?
At the 2021 Census Chinchilla had 7,068 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Chinchilla statistical area, which contains Chinchilla, went from 5,677 people in 2001 to 9,159 in 2025, up 61%.
Is Chinchilla an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Chinchilla scores 927 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Chinchilla?
Median household income in Chinchilla was $1,549 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,432 for the typical suburb in Western Downs Regional. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baking Board | 7.2 km | 43% | 64% |
| Boonarga | 11.7 km | 60% | 19% |
| Chances Plain | 12.3 km | 55% | 11% |
| Red Hill | 12.7 km | 42% | 54% |
| Rywung | 14.2 km | 27% | 35% |
| Hopeland | 14.5 km | 61% | 27% |
| Greenswamp | 20.0 km | 64% | 42% |
| Goombi | 20.7 km | 53% | 26% |
| Crossroads | 20.7 km | 58% | 46% |
| Cameby | 21.1 km | 38% | 25% |