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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
New Chum is an outer-metropolitan suburb of Brisbane, Australia, with a population of approximately 3, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 25 km from the Brisbane CBD, New Chum is a outer metro area in Queensland. The median household income is $86,000 per year.
Moderate income levels in New Chum indicate steady rental demand from working households.
Official Australia Post postcode for New Chum. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near New Chum on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
New Chum is a smaller community of 3 — about 0% of the Queensland suburb median (5,474) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. At $86,000/year, household income in New Chum is within 5% of the Queensland median ($90,298), placing the suburb firmly in the state's mainstream demographic band. 25 km from Brisbane places New Chum in the middle commuter belt, close enough for daily trips by car or rail but at a materially lower price point than inner suburbs.
How New Chum stacks up against the median of all Queensland suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean New Chum sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | New Chum | QLD median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 3 | 5,474 | -100% |
| Median household income | $86,000/yr | $90,298/yr | -5% |
| Distance to CBD | 25 km | 62 km | -60% |
Pre-inspection briefing for New Chum — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 3 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Queensland market over full cycles.
Median rental data was not captured for New Chum. Use current realestate.com.au and Domain listings to triangulate a realistic weekly rent before committing, then feed that number into our rental yield calculator.
With a population of 3, the resale market in New Chum may not reliably reward cosmetic renovations — a longer hold is typically a better strategy at this scale, letting land-value appreciation do the work instead.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for New Chum are modest for 2026 — incomes 5% below the QLD median of $90,298 and a population of 3 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental fundamentals will need to be verified against live listings, as a clean median rent was not recorded for New Chum. The EquitySight investment score of 51/100 places New Chum in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
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New Chum scores 51/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 3, median household income of $86,000/year. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in New Chum are proximity to Brisbane (25 km), a median household income of $86,000/year, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
New Chum has a usual resident population of approximately 3, compared with a Queensland suburb median of 5,474 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
New Chum sits 25 km straight-line from the Brisbane CBD. This is comfortable commuter territory, with reasonable rail and road access to the city.
A reliable median rent was not captured for New Chum. Benchmark expected weekly rent on realestate.com.au and Domain, or the state rental tribunal's rent dashboard. Most Australian investors target a 4–5% gross yield as a baseline.
A reliable median mortgage figure was not captured for New Chum. Use our loan serviceability calculator to estimate a realistic monthly repayment for your target purchase price and deposit.
Census data was not complete enough in New Chum to compute a clean rent-to-mortgage coverage. Use current listings to benchmark weekly rent, then plug your expected purchase price into our rental yield calculator to see whether the investment runs cash-flow positive or negative.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (3 residents), interest-rate sensitivity, the broader Queensland market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.