Armstrong Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Armstrong Creek
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 24.59 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
24.59 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Armstrong Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Armstrong Creek properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 144 Armstrong Creek properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 144 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Armstrong Creek.
Armstrong Creek flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 144 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Armstrong Creek; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
122 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 122
Source: Moreton Bay Regional Council flood mapping, aggregated by LayeredGeo. Categories are only shown where at least five analysed properties share them. An address-level check is still required to determine whether a particular lot is mapped.
Armstrong Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Armstrong Creek
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb. These figures do not rate schools and do not assign a particular 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: 1.92 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 9.17 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 Armstrong Creek is zoned
Selling in Armstrong Creek? 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 24.59 km², Armstrong Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 16% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 92% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is steep, and the median lot measures about 38,930 m² across 149 parcels.
Recent development applications in Armstrong Creek
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Moreton Bay Regional Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
No geocoded application submissions were found for this suburb in the period.
Counts depend on applications that the council publishes and that can be assigned to a suburb. Categories can overlap when one application covers several types. Totals below five and their latest dates are suppressed. Register last synchronised 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Armstrong Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Armstrong 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 1085, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Armstrong Creek's 328 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Dayboro, the wider ABS statistical area containing Armstrong Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Armstrong Creek itself.
5,554 in 2001 to 10,103 in 2025, up 82%.
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.
Armstrong Creek property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Dayboro, the wider statistical area containing Armstrong Creek. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 135 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Source: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO). View the source profile. The same SA2 figure can appear on several suburb pages within that statistical area.
Armstrong 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 | 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 |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
| Market statistics | Available at SA2 level | Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO) |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Moreton Bay Regional Council |
Profile last materially updated 19 September 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 Armstrong 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.
Published flood models are held over parts of Armstrong Creek. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Armstrong Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Armstrong Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Armstrong Creek flood-prone?
About 16% of Armstrong Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 46% of the 144 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 61 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Armstrong Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 92% of Armstrong Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Armstrong Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Armstrong Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Community facilities.
Does Armstrong Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Armstrong Creek.
Is Armstrong Creek hilly or flat?
Armstrong Creek is steep: the median ground slope is about 20%, and 72% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 52 m to 216 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Armstrong Creek?
Across 149 surveyed parcels in Armstrong Creek, the median lot size is about 38,930 m². There are also 39 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Armstrong Creek?
At the 2021 Census Armstrong Creek had 328 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Dayboro statistical area, which contains Armstrong Creek, went from 5,554 people in 2001 to 10,103 in 2025, up 82%.
Is Armstrong Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Armstrong Creek scores 1085 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Armstrong Creek?
Median household income in Armstrong Creek was $2,166 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $415 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,500 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dayboro | 3.8 km | 38% | 56% |
| Kobble Creek | 4.3 km | 11% | 99% |
| Rush Creek | 7.2 km | 23% | 93% |
| King Scrub | 7.2 km | 14% | 66% |
| Laceys Creek | 7.3 km | 11% | 90% |
| Samsonvale | 7.5 km | 40% | 82% |
| Mount Pleasant | 9.3 km | 15% | 77% |
| Mount Samson | 9.5 km | 29% | 76% |
| Mount Glorious | 10.9 km | 5% | 91% |
| Ocean View | 11.1 km | 8% | 93% |