New Chum flood map & planning overlays
A 9.8% median lot slope, joint 6th-steepest in Ipswich City.
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A planning-constraint profile of New Chum
(Ipswich City, QLD) - 5.95 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
5.95 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to New Chum'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 New Chum properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 51 analysed New Chum properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 51 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in New Chum.
Has New Chum flooded? Flood history and overland flow
Yes. Recorded flood mapping reaches into New Chum: 5 of the 51 properties we analysed (9.8%) sit at least partly inside a mapped historical flood extent (Historic Flood 1974: 5). The free address check says whether a given lot is inside one.
Suburb-wide totals across 51 analysed properties; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
5 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Historic Flood 1974: 5
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 New Chum
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 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.
New Chum at a glance
Schools in and near New Chum
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 1 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 0.45 km from the suburb boundary
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 New Chum is zoned
Selling in New Chum? 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 5.95 km², New Chum is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 26% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 58% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Industry investigation. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 45,508 m² across 50 parcels.
Who lives in New Chum
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the New Chum suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of New Chum, the wider ABS statistical area containing New Chum. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than New Chum itself.
0 in 2001 to 3 in 2025.
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.
New Chum 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 New Chum 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 100% of New Chum. 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 New Chum. 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 New Chum lot.
New Chum planning - frequently asked
Is New Chum flood-prone?
About 26% of New Chum falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 46%. Across the suburb, 33% of the 51 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 9 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of New Chum; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Has New Chum flooded?
Yes. Recorded flood mapping reaches into New Chum: 5 of the 51 properties we analysed (9.8%) sit at least partly inside a mapped historical flood extent (Historic Flood 1974: 5). The free address check says whether a given lot is inside one.
Is New Chum bushfire-prone?
Around 58% of New Chum is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ipswich City average of 50%.
Is New Chum under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of New Chum, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 3 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 New Chum?
The dominant planning zone in New Chum is Industry investigation, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and Special purpose.
Does New Chum have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within New Chum.
Is New Chum hilly or flat?
New Chum is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 10%, and 26% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 30 m to 101 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in New Chum?
Across 50 surveyed parcels in New Chum, the median lot size is about 45,508 m². There are also 24 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ebbw Vale | 1.4 km | 8% | 76% |
| Collingwood Park | 2.0 km | 56% | 56% |
| Dinmore | 2.3 km | 64% | 35% |
| Bundamba | 2.7 km | 76% | 31% |
| Riverview | 3.0 km | 87% | 50% |
| Blackstone | 3.6 km | 45% | 83% |
| Redbank | 3.7 km | 88% | 60% |
| Booval | 4.2 km | 70% | 0% |
| Redbank Plains | 4.3 km | 18% | 41% |
| Silkstone | 4.7 km | 40% | 9% |