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Bulli Creek zoning & planning overlays

Bulli Creek's holdings average 461 ha, 5th-biggest in Toowoomba Regional.

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 on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bulli 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

How common is mapped flood risk across Bulli Creek properties?

Counts of properties, not share of land, across 15 analysed Bulli Creek properties; no individual property result is identified.

Aircraft noise and flight paths over Bulli 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

Under observed aircraft
21%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
2,500 ft
averaging 5,500 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.

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.

Bulli Creek at a glance

Parcels 16 Median lot 4,608,015 m² Mapped easements 15 Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Bulli 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

0

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.

Which school zone is a Bulli Creek address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.

How Bulli Creek is zoned

Open Space 59%
Rural 41%
Unzoned 0%

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 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, 76% 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.

Population
3
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 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 776, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

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.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingNot mappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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 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.

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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 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 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 Bulli Creek lot.

Bulli Creek planning - frequently asked

Is Bulli Creek flood-prone?

We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Bulli 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. Toowoomba Regional is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area. Across the suburb, 0% of the 15 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Bulli Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.

Is Bulli Creek bushfire-prone?

Around 76% of Bulli Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.

Is Bulli Creek under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 21% of Bulli Creek in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 2,500 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 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 suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Condamine Farms 10.9 km Not mapped 98%
The Pines 11.2 km Not mapped 100%
Wattle Ridge 11.3 km Not mapped 100%
Cypress Gardens 16.7 km Not mapped 100%
Forest Ridge 16.7 km Not mapped 100%
Western Creek 17.6 km 0% 91%
Millmerran Woods 17.8 km Not mapped 100%
Millmerran Downs 19.6 km Not mapped 99%
Woondul 23.7 km Not mapped 96%
Captains Mountain 25.7 km 0% 68%

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