Glamorgan Vale flood map & planning overlays
Glamorgan Vale is 12.5% inside aircraft noise contours, 3rd in Somerset Regional.
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A planning-constraint profile of Glamorgan Vale
(Somerset Regional, QLD) - 29.22 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
29.22 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Glamorgan Vale's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour. 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 Glamorgan Vale
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
12% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land between ANEF 20 and 25 is conditionally acceptable for houses, usually with noise attenuation built in. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- Defence Airfields ANEF
- Ipswich City Council ANEF
- somerset_air_transport_anef
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Glamorgan Vale at a glance
Schools in and near Glamorgan Vale
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: 2.68 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 Glamorgan Vale address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Glamorgan Vale is zoned
Selling in Glamorgan Vale? 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 29.22 km², Glamorgan Vale is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 16% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 42% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 100,324 m² across 209 parcels.
Who lives in Glamorgan Vale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Glamorgan Vale 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 1010, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Glamorgan Vale's 384 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Lowood, the wider ABS statistical area containing Glamorgan Vale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Glamorgan Vale itself.
9,538 in 2001 to 15,478 in 2025, up 62%.
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.
Glamorgan Vale 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 Glamorgan Vale 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 42% of Glamorgan Vale. 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 Glamorgan Vale. 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 the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Glamorgan Vale lot.
Glamorgan Vale planning - frequently asked
Is Glamorgan Vale flood-prone?
About 16% of Glamorgan Vale falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 19%. Published flood models are held over parts of Glamorgan Vale; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Glamorgan Vale bushfire-prone?
Around 42% of Glamorgan Vale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Somerset Regional average of 54%.
Is Glamorgan Vale affected by aircraft noise?
About 12% of Glamorgan Vale sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 20 - under AS 2021, land between ANEF 20 and 25 is conditionally acceptable for houses, usually with noise attenuation in the build. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is Glamorgan Vale under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 42% of Glamorgan Vale, and over about 80% 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 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 4 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 Glamorgan Vale?
The dominant planning zone in Glamorgan Vale is Rural, though the suburb also includes Township.
Does Glamorgan Vale have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Glamorgan Vale.
What is the typical lot size in Glamorgan Vale?
Across 209 surveyed parcels in Glamorgan Vale, the median lot size is about 100,324 m². There are also 18 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Glamorgan Vale?
At the 2021 Census Glamorgan Vale had 384 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Lowood statistical area, which contains Glamorgan Vale, went from 9,538 people in 2001 to 15,478 in 2025, up 62%.
Is Glamorgan Vale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Glamorgan Vale scores 1010 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 Glamorgan Vale?
Median household income in Glamorgan Vale was $1,442 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,312 for the typical suburb in Somerset Regional. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lark Hill | 3.0 km | 1% | 70% |
| Haigslea | 3.4 km | 2% | 42% |
| Marburg | 4.3 km | 6% | 63% |
| Fairney View | 4.4 km | 16% | 37% |
| Vernor | 5.2 km | 17% | 47% |
| Wanora | 5.3 km | 7% | 80% |
| Coolana | 5.8 km | 12% | 39% |
| Haigslea Ipswich City |
6.7 km | 2% | 34% |
| Ironbark Ipswich City |
7.0 km | 23% | 95% |
| Lowood | 7.1 km | 10% | 44% |