Newlands flood map & planning overlays
Newlands tops Whitsunday Regional for income, at $2,624 a week.
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A planning-constraint profile of Newlands
(Whitsunday Regional, QLD) - 2938.0 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
2938.0 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Newlands'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
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Newlands
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
Night movements: observed, lowest 7,500 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.
Newlands at a glance
Schools in and near Newlands
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: 13.07 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 13.07 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 Newlands address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Newlands is zoned
Selling in Newlands? 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 2938.0 km², Newlands is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 42% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 52% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 735,404 m² across 145 parcels.
Who lives in Newlands
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Newlands 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 960, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Newlands's 99 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Collinsville, the wider ABS statistical area containing Newlands. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Newlands itself.
4,111 in 2001 to 4,008 in 2025, down 3%.
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.
Newlands 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 Newlands 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 →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 Newlands. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Newlands lot.
Newlands planning - frequently asked
Is Newlands flood-prone?
About 42% of Newlands falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Published flood models are held over parts of Newlands; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Newlands bushfire-prone?
Around 52% of Newlands is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Whitsunday Regional average of 34%.
Is Newlands under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Newlands in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,000 ft. 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 Newlands?
The dominant planning zone in Newlands is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community facilities.
Does Newlands have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Newlands.
What is the typical lot size in Newlands?
Across 145 surveyed parcels in Newlands, the median lot size is about 735,404 m². There are also 66 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Newlands?
At the 2021 Census Newlands had 99 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 3.3 people. The wider Collinsville statistical area, which contains Newlands, went from 4,111 people in 2001 to 4,008 in 2025, down 3%.
Is Newlands an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Newlands scores 960 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Newlands?
Median household income in Newlands was $2,624 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,499 for the typical suburb in Whitsunday Regional.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottville | 38.2 km | 44% | 38% |
| Collinsville | 41.4 km | 36% | 29% |
| Springlands | 48.7 km | 49% | 62% |
| Eungella Hinterland Mackay Regional |
52.6 km | 21% | 89% |
| Eungella Dam Mackay Regional |
55.8 km | 24% | 83% |
| Bogie | 59.3 km | 41% | 82% |
| Eungella Mackay Regional |
63.2 km | 19% | 39% |
| Andromache | 64.6 km | 29% | 57% |
| Dalrymple Heights Mackay Regional |
65.3 km | 20% | 52% |
| Broken River Mackay Regional |
67.4 km | 26% | 44% |