Gumlow flood map & planning overlays
Gumlow's $2,849 weekly household income is 2nd only to Castle Hill in Townsville City.
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 Gumlow
(Townsville City, QLD) - 34.35 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
34.35 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Gumlow'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 Gumlow properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 81 analysed Gumlow properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 81 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Gumlow.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Gumlow
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 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 2,000 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.
Gumlow at a glance
Schools in and near Gumlow
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
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 0.97 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.93 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 Gumlow address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Gumlow is zoned
Selling in Gumlow? 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 34.35 km², Gumlow is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 51% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 50% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 101,071 m² across 85 parcels.
Recent development applications in Gumlow
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Townsville City Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
Latest included submission: 29 October 2026.
Previous 12 months: 25 (4% lower in the latest period).
Counts depend on applications that the council publishes and that can be assigned to a suburb. Categories can overlap when one application covers several types. Totals below five and their latest dates are suppressed. Register last synchronised 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Gumlow
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Gumlow 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 1032, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Gumlow's 142 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Condon - Rasmussen, the wider ABS statistical area containing Gumlow. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Gumlow itself.
8,579 in 2001 to 11,457 in 2025, up 34%.
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.
Gumlow 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Townsville City Council |
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 Gumlow 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 44% of Gumlow. 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 Gumlow. 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).
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 Gumlow lot.
Gumlow planning - frequently asked
Is Gumlow flood-prone?
About 51% of Gumlow falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 57%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 81 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Gumlow; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Gumlow bushfire-prone?
Around 50% of Gumlow is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
Is Gumlow under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 44% of Gumlow, and over about 64% 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 500 ft, with an average of 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 72 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 Gumlow?
The dominant planning zone in Gumlow is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Unzoned.
Does Gumlow have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Gumlow.
Is Gumlow hilly or flat?
Gumlow is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 15 m to 38 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Gumlow?
Across 85 surveyed parcels in Gumlow, the median lot size is about 101,071 m². There are also 31 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Gumlow?
At the 2021 Census Gumlow had 142 usual residents, with a median age of 36 and an average household size of 3.5 people. The wider Condon - Rasmussen statistical area, which contains Gumlow, went from 8,579 people in 2001 to 11,457 in 2025, up 34%.
Is Gumlow an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Gumlow scores 1032 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Gumlow?
Median household income in Gumlow was $2,849 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $275 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,535 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmussen | 3.9 km | 82% | 16% |
| Condon | 4.4 km | 85% | 27% |
| Kelso | 4.9 km | 86% | 40% |
| Thuringowa Central | 6.4 km | 78% | 10% |
| Kirwan | 6.6 km | 93% | 8% |
| Alice River | 7.0 km | 17% | 72% |
| Bohle Plains | 7.4 km | 44% | 59% |
| Douglas | 7.5 km | 56% | 65% |
| Rangewood | 8.7 km | 61% | 60% |
| Pinnacles | 8.8 km | 6% | 74% |