New Chum flood map & planning overlays
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 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
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.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across New Chum properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 51 New Chum properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
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.
New Chum flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 51 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across New Chum; 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.
New Chum at a glance
Schools in and near New Chum
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
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 100% 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 |
| 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 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.
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 (+$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 New Chum lot.
See what's in the $9 report →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 44%. 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.
Is New Chum bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of New Chum is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ipswich City average of 51%.
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% | 84% |
| Redbank | 3.7 km | 88% | 60% |
| Booval | 4.2 km | 70% | 0% |
| Redbank Plains | 4.3 km | 18% | 43% |
| Silkstone | 4.7 km | 40% | 9% |