Bakers Creek flood map & planning overlays
87.7% flood-mapped on a dead-flat 0.7% slope. Bakers Creek sits very low.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Bakers Creek
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 20.55 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
20.55 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bakers 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
How common is mapped flood risk across Bakers Creek properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 801 analysed Bakers Creek properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 801 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Bakers Creek.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Bakers Creek
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
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Bakers Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Bakers Creek
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
1 school providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 3.75 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Bakers Creek address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Bakers Creek is zoned
Selling in Bakers 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 20.55 km², Bakers Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 88% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 4% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 741 m² across 854 parcels.
Who lives in Bakers Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bakers 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 958, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Bakers Creek's 1,590 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ooralea - Bakers Creek, 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.
2,954 in 2001 to 6,600 in 2025, up 123%.
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 | 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 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 80% of Bakers Creek. 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 Bakers 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 to spin round in your browser (+$9 with the planning report).
Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$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 Bakers Creek lot.
Bakers Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Bakers Creek flood-prone?
About 88% of Bakers Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 36%. Across the suburb, 97% of the 801 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Bakers Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Bakers Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 4% of Bakers Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.
Is Bakers Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 80% of Bakers Creek, and over about 94% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 3 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Rural, though the suburb also includes Open space and Emerging community.
Does Bakers Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Bakers Creek.
Is Bakers Creek hilly or flat?
Bakers Creek is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 4 m to 8 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Bakers Creek?
Across 854 surveyed parcels in Bakers Creek, the median lot size is about 741 m². There are also 77 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.
What is the population of Bakers Creek?
At the 2021 Census Bakers Creek had 1,590 usual residents, with a median age of 35 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Ooralea - Bakers Creek statistical area, which contains Bakers Creek, went from 2,954 people in 2001 to 6,600 in 2025, up 123%.
Is Bakers Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bakers Creek scores 958 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Bakers Creek?
Median household income in Bakers Creek was $2,161 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,937 for the typical suburb in Mackay Regional. Median rent was $398 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,820 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paget | 2.8 km | 81% | 6% |
| Rosella | 3.2 km | 25% | 0% |
| Ooralea | 4.0 km | 60% | 0% |
| McEwens Beach | 4.1 km | 93% | 10% |
| Chelona | 5.3 km | 89% | 4% |
| South Mackay | 5.8 km | 86% | 3% |
| Racecourse | 5.8 km | 68% | 2% |
| Te Kowai | 6.1 km | 63% | <1% |
| Dunnrock | 6.5 km | 93% | <1% |
| Sandiford | 6.6 km | 42% | <1% |