Burnett Creek zoning & planning overlays
Burnett Creek reaches 663 m, with 81.3% essential habitat and 5 heritage places.
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A planning-constraint profile of Burnett Creek
(Scenic Rim Regional, QLD) - 119.45 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.
Constraint readout
119.45 km² - 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.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Burnett 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 Burnett Creek properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 76 analysed Burnett Creek properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 76 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Burnett Creek.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Burnett 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 0 a day
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.
Burnett Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Burnett 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 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 7.88 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 22.06 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 Burnett Creek address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Burnett Creek is zoned
Selling in Burnett 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 119.45 km², Burnett 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, 94% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 5 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is steep, and the median lot measures about 381,101 m² across 115 parcels.
Who lives in Burnett Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Burnett 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 1016, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Boonah, the wider ABS statistical area containing Burnett Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Burnett Creek itself.
9,556 in 2001 to 13,450 in 2025, up 41%.
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.
Burnett 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 | Not 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 Burnett 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 →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 Burnett 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 Burnett Creek lot.
Burnett Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Burnett Creek flood-prone?
We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Burnett 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. Scenic Rim Regional is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area. Across the suburb, 0% of the 76 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Burnett Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Burnett Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 94% of Burnett Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Scenic Rim Regional average of 52%.
Is Burnett Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 54% of Burnett Creek in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,000 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 Burnett Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Burnett Creek is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Special Purpose.
Does Burnett Creek have heritage-listed places?
Burnett Creek has 5 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Burnett Creek hilly or flat?
Burnett Creek is steep: the median ground slope is about 26%, and 75% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 232 m to 663 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Burnett Creek?
Across 115 surveyed parcels in Burnett Creek, the median lot size is about 381,101 m². There are also 2 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Burnett Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Burnett Creek scores 1016 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carneys Creek | 8.7 km | 2% | 77% |
| Mount Barney | 10.8 km | 2% | 93% |
| Maroon | 12.1 km | 2% | 64% |
| Croftby | 12.7 km | 12% | 63% |
| Mount Lindesay | 15.2 km | Not mapped | 94% |
| Coochin | 16.9 km | 10% | 64% |
| Barney View | 18.0 km | 3% | 51% |
| Moogerah | 19.6 km | 9% | 80% |
| Palen Creek | 19.6 km | 4% | 70% |
| Mount Alford | 20.9 km | 15% | 56% |