Bulli Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Bulli Creek
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 195.24 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
195.24 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bulli Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Bulli 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 15 Bulli Creek properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 15 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Bulli Creek.
Bulli Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Bulli 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: 8.94 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 33.57 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 Bulli Creek is zoned
Selling in Bulli 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 195.24 km², Bulli Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 2% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Open Space. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 4,608,015 m² across 16 parcels.
Who lives in Bulli Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bulli 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 776, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Millmerran, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bulli Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bulli Creek itself.
3,413 in 2001 to 3,351 in 2025, down 2%.
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.
Bulli 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 |
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 Bulli 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 Bulli 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 Bulli Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Bulli Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Bulli Creek flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Bulli Creek and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 24%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 15 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Bulli Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 2% of Bulli Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Bulli Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Bulli Creek is Open Space, though the suburb also includes Rural and Unzoned.
Does Bulli Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Bulli Creek.
Is Bulli Creek hilly or flat?
Bulli Creek is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 337 m to 403 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Bulli Creek?
Across 16 surveyed parcels in Bulli Creek, the median lot size is about 4,608,015 m². There are also 15 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Bulli Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bulli Creek scores 776 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condamine Farms | 10.9 km | 0% | 2% |
| The Pines | 11.2 km | 0% | 1% |
| Wattle Ridge | 11.3 km | 0% | 2% |
| Cypress Gardens | 16.7 km | 0% | <1% |
| Forest Ridge | 16.7 km | 0% | 4% |
| Western Creek | 17.6 km | 0% | 2% |
| Millmerran Woods | 17.8 km | 0% | 8% |
| Millmerran Downs | 19.6 km | 0% | 2% |
| Woondul | 23.7 km | 0% | 13% |
| Captains Mountain | 25.7 km | 0% | 11% |