Calico Creek flood map & planning overlays
Calico Creek's crowd is young for Gympie Regional, median age 38, joint 3rd-lowest.
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A planning-constraint profile of Calico Creek
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 16.84 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
16.84 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Calico 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
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Calico 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: observed, lowest 4,500 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.
Calico Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Calico 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: 2.06 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 4.56 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 Calico Creek address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Calico Creek is zoned
Selling in Calico 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 16.84 km², Calico Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 19% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 53% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 119,892 m² across 79 parcels.
Who lives in Calico Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Calico 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 969, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Calico Creek's 185 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gympie Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Calico Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Calico Creek itself.
14,915 in 2001 to 22,707 in 2025, up 52%.
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.
Calico 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 Calico 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 37% of Calico 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 Calico Creek. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Calico Creek lot.
Calico Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Calico Creek flood-prone?
About 19% of Calico Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%. Published flood models are held over parts of Calico Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Calico Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 53% of Calico Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
Is Calico Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 37% of Calico Creek, and over about 80% 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 1,000 ft, with an average of 5,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 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 Calico Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Calico Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management And Conservation.
Does Calico Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Calico Creek.
What is the typical lot size in Calico Creek?
Across 79 surveyed parcels in Calico Creek, the median lot size is about 119,892 m². There are also 16 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Calico Creek?
At the 2021 Census Calico Creek had 185 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Gympie Surrounds statistical area, which contains Calico Creek, went from 14,915 people in 2001 to 22,707 in 2025, up 52%.
Is Calico Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Calico Creek scores 969 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Calico Creek?
Median household income in Calico Creek was $1,437 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,314 for the typical suburb in Gympie Regional. Median rent was $210 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,400 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dagun | 2.8 km | 35% | 49% |
| Gilldora | 2.9 km | 49% | 41% |
| Mooloo | 3.4 km | 25% | 46% |
| Long Flat | 4.0 km | 36% | 45% |
| Lagoon Pocket | 4.6 km | 61% | 39% |
| McIntosh Creek | 4.6 km | 22% | 65% |
| Amamoor | 6.0 km | 39% | 47% |
| Kybong | 6.2 km | 61% | 60% |
| Langshaw | 6.7 km | 24% | 59% |
| The Dawn | 6.9 km | 61% | 39% |