Red Hill flood map & planning overlays
The Western Downs Red Hill earns $2,125 a week per household.
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A planning-constraint profile of Red Hill
(Western Downs Regional, QLD) - 139.49 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
139.49 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Red Hill'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 Red Hill
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.
Red Hill at a glance
Schools in and near Red Hill
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: 3.37 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 3.37 km from the suburb boundary
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 Red Hill is zoned
Selling in Red Hill? 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 139.49 km², Red Hill is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 42% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 54% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 976,349 m² across 109 parcels.
Who lives in Red Hill
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Red Hill 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 1016, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Red Hill's 160 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Chinchilla, the wider ABS statistical area containing Red Hill. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Red Hill itself.
5,677 in 2001 to 9,159 in 2025, up 61%.
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.
Red Hill 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 Red Hill 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 Red Hill. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Red Hill lot.
Red Hill planning - frequently asked
Is Red Hill flood-prone?
About 42% of Red Hill falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 49%. Published flood models are held over parts of Red Hill; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Red Hill bushfire-prone?
Around 54% of Red Hill is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Western Downs Regional average of 43%.
Is Red Hill under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 10% of Red Hill in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,500 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 Red Hill?
The dominant planning zone in Red Hill is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community facilities and Recreation and open space.
Does Red Hill have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Red Hill.
What is the typical lot size in Red Hill?
Across 109 surveyed parcels in Red Hill, the median lot size is about 976,349 m². There are also 2 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Red Hill?
At the 2021 Census Red Hill had 160 usual residents, with a median age of 36 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Chinchilla statistical area, which contains Red Hill, went from 5,677 people in 2001 to 9,159 in 2025, up 61%.
Is Red Hill an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Red Hill scores 1016 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Red Hill?
Median household income in Red Hill was $2,125 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,432 for the typical suburb in Western Downs Regional. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baking Board | 9.6 km | 43% | 64% |
| Burncluith | 10.3 km | 65% | 33% |
| Chinchilla | 12.7 km | 78% | 46% |
| Blackswamp | 13.3 km | 38% | 65% |
| Chances Plain | 14.4 km | 55% | 11% |
| Rywung | 18.6 km | 27% | 35% |
| Cameby | 19.3 km | 38% | 25% |
| Boonarga | 20.4 km | 60% | 19% |
| Pelican | 20.5 km | 83% | 25% |
| Goombi | 24.6 km | 53% | 26% |