Pelham flood map & planning overlays
Pelham spreads 1,031 ha holdings across country that is 86.8% bushfire-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Pelham
(Western Downs Regional, QLD) - 573.18 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
573.18 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Pelham'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 Pelham
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: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Pelham at a glance
Schools in and near Pelham
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: 15.26 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 21.50 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 Pelham address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Pelham is zoned
Selling in Pelham? 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 573.18 km², Pelham is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 40% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 87% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 10,308,085 m² across 29 parcels.
Who lives in Pelham
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Pelham 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 1058, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Miles - Wandoan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Pelham. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Pelham itself.
3,917 in 2001 to 4,394 in 2025, up 12%.
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.
Pelham 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 Pelham 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 Pelham. 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 Pelham lot.
Pelham planning - frequently asked
Is Pelham flood-prone?
About 40% of Pelham falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 49%. Published flood models are held over parts of Pelham; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Pelham bushfire-prone?
Around 87% of Pelham is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Western Downs Regional average of 43%.
Is Pelham under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 2% of Pelham in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 6,500 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 Pelham?
The dominant planning zone in Pelham is Rural, though the suburb also includes Recreation and open space.
Does Pelham have heritage-listed places?
Pelham has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Pelham?
Across 29 surveyed parcels in Pelham, the median lot size is about 10,308,085 m². There are also 20 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Pelham an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Pelham scores 1058 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guluguba | 20.2 km | 40% | 24% |
| Gurulmundi | 20.5 km | 35% | 98% |
| Hookswood | 27.9 km | 47% | 87% |
| Roche Creek | 28.9 km | 38% | 31% |
| Kowguran | 30.8 km | 27% | 88% |
| Barakula | 33.4 km | 46% | 98% |
| Myall Park | 34.8 km | 49% | 87% |
| Auburn | 37.9 km | 53% | 59% |
| Dalwogon | 38.8 km | 26% | 86% |
| Blackswamp | 40.5 km | 38% | 65% |