Bakers Creek zoning & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Bakers Creek (Mid-Coast, NSW) - 40.47 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 3 October 2026.

Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.

Planning schematicBakers Creek

Constraint readout

40.47 km² - this suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.

Flood overlay Not mapped

No flood mapping held for this area - not an all-clear

Bushfire-prone 100%

≈ council avg (94%) · #1 of 192 mapped council suburbs

Environmental<1%

below council avg (23%) · #127 of 192 in council

Heritage sites 0 Mostly Primary Production Bushfire 1st most affected of 192 →

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bakers Creek's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

Aircraft noise and flight paths over Bakers Creek

Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed overflight is what a sampled aircraft-tracking feed actually recorded over the suburb - where aircraft flew, how low and how often.

Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 2 Oct 2026

Under observed aircraft

of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft

Below 3,000 ft

of the suburb's area

Lowest measured

5,000 ft

averaging 7,000 ft

How often

not established

aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.

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.

Bakers Creek at a glance

Parcels 56 Median lot 517,624 m² Mapped easements 2 Bus stops 2

How Bakers Creek is zoned

Primary Production 99%

Environmental Management 1%

Buying in Bakers Creek? The zoning, flood and bushfire lines on the section 10.7 certificate attached to the contract are mapped controls - see our s10.7 certificate guide.

Across its 40.47 km², Bakers Creek is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Primary Production. The median lot measures about 517,624 m² across 56 parcels.

Who lives in Bakers Creek

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bakers Creek suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population

usual residents, 2021

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 5

most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 972, and decile 4 within New South Wales. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 5

most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Gloucester, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bakers Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bakers Creek itself.

4,888 in 2001 to 5,379 in 2025, up 10%.

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.

Bakers Creek data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

Dataset	Coverage	Publisher
Flood mapping	Not mapped	NSW Government spatial services, NSW ePlanning and published council flood studies
Bushfire-prone mapping	Mapped	NSW Government spatial services, NSW ePlanning and published council flood studies
Zoning	Mapped	NSW Government spatial services, NSW ePlanning and published council flood studies
Heritage and environment	Mapped where published	NSW Government spatial services, NSW ePlanning and published council flood studies
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)	Not held	NSW Government spatial services, NSW ePlanning and published council flood studies, Defence
Observed flight paths	Observed	adsb.lol, under the Open Database License
Demographics	Available	Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)

Profile last materially updated 3 October 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 Bakers Creek 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.

The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Bakers Creek lot.

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Bakers Creek planning - frequently asked

Is Bakers Creek flood-prone?

We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Bakers Creek, so this page can't say how much of the suburb is flood-affected - that is a gap in our data, not an indication that the suburb is free of flood risk. Mid-Coast is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area.

Is Bakers Creek bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Bakers Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mid-Coast average of 94%.

Is Bakers Creek under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 5% of Bakers Creek in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 5,000 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 Bakers Creek?

The dominant planning zone in Bakers Creek is Primary Production, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management.

Does Bakers Creek have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Bakers Creek.

What is the typical lot size in Bakers Creek?

Across 56 surveyed parcels in Bakers Creek, the median lot size is about 517,624 m². There are also 2 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Bakers Creek have a train station?

There is no train station inside Bakers Creek itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.

Is Bakers Creek an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bakers Creek scores 972 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within New South Wales (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburb	Distance	Flood mapped	Bushfire-prone
Gangat	5.7 km	Not mapped	100%
Back Creek	5.9 km	Not mapped	100%
Belbora	6.2 km	Not mapped	100%
Titaatee Creek	6.4 km	Not mapped	100%
Tugrabakh	9.1 km	2%	100%
Bundook	9.2 km	Not mapped	99%
Mograni	9.2 km	Not mapped	100%
Tipperary	9.6 km	Not mapped	100%
Bulliac	10.3 km	Not mapped	100%
Wallanbah	10.9 km	Not mapped	100%

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