Crystal Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Crystal Creek
(Tweed, NSW) - 11.7 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 3 October 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
11.7 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Crystal Creek'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 Crystal 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
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.
Crystal Creek at a glance
How Crystal Creek is zoned
Buying in Crystal 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 11.7 km², Crystal Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 23% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural Landscape. The median lot measures about 35,106 m² across 106 parcels.
Who lives in Crystal Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Crystal Creek 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 978, and decile 5 within New South Wales. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Crystal Creek's 263 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Murwillumbah Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Crystal Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Crystal Creek itself.
8,963 in 2001 to 10,835 in 2025, up 21%.
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.
Crystal 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 | 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 Crystal 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.
Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 24% of Crystal Creek. 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 Crystal Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Crystal Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Crystal Creek flood-prone?
About 23% of Crystal Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 29%.
Is Crystal Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Crystal Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Tweed average of 91%.
Is Crystal Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 24% of Crystal Creek, and over about 64% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 2 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 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 Crystal Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Crystal Creek is Rural Landscape, though the suburb also includes Natural Waterways.
Does Crystal Creek have heritage-listed places?
Crystal Creek has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Crystal Creek?
Across 106 surveyed parcels in Crystal Creek, the median lot size is about 35,106 m². There are also 2 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Crystal Creek?
At the 2021 Census Crystal Creek had 263 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Murwillumbah Surrounds statistical area, which contains Crystal Creek, went from 8,963 people in 2001 to 10,835 in 2025, up 21%.
Is Crystal Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Crystal Creek scores 978 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within New South Wales (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Crystal Creek?
Median household income in Crystal Creek was $1,210 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,394 for the typical suburb in Tweed. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,669 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Arm | 2.5 km | 18% | 100% |
| Nobbys Creek | 2.7 km | 17% | 100% |
| Chillingham | 2.9 km | 20% | 100% |
| Eungella | 3.9 km | 22% | 100% |
| Upper Crystal Creek | 5.1 km | 7% | 100% |
| Zara | 5.7 km | 5% | 100% |
| Kynnumboon | 5.8 km | 62% | 100% |
| Murwillumbah | 6.4 km | 71% | 61% |
| Bray Park | 6.6 km | 46% | 69% |
| Dungay | 6.6 km | 9% | 100% |