Castle Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Castle Creek
(Banana Shire, QLD) - 463.7 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 October 2026.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
463.7 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Castle Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Castle Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Castle 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: 12.16 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 12.16 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 Castle Creek is zoned
Selling in Castle 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 463.7 km², Castle Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 35% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 38% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 6,148,685 m² across 53 parcels.
Who lives in Castle Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Castle 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 1078, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Castle Creek's 57 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Banana, the wider ABS statistical area containing Castle Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Castle Creek itself.
9,866 in 2001 to 9,297 in 2025, down 6%.
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.
Castle 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 | Watched, not yet sampled here | 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 5 October 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 Castle 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 →Published flood models are held over parts of Castle Creek. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Castle Creek lot.
Castle Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Castle Creek flood-prone?
About 35% of Castle Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 47%. Published flood models are held over parts of Castle Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Castle Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 38% of Castle Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Banana Shire average of 41%.
What is the zoning in Castle Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Castle Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community facilities.
Does Castle Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Castle Creek.
What is the typical lot size in Castle Creek?
Across 53 surveyed parcels in Castle Creek, the median lot size is about 6,148,685 m². There are also 2 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Castle Creek?
At the 2021 Census Castle Creek had 57 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Banana statistical area, which contains Castle Creek, went from 9,866 people in 2001 to 9,297 in 2025, down 6%.
Is Castle Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Castle Creek scores 1078 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Castle Creek?
Median household income in Castle Creek was $3,124 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,781 for the typical suburb in Banana Shire. Median rent was $125 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,708 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarramba | 16.5 km | 38% | 30% |
| Camboon | 22.1 km | 37% | 50% |
| Lonesome Creek | 27.8 km | 63% | 17% |
| Prospect | 28.9 km | 44% | 41% |
| Thangool | 31.0 km | 40% | 35% |
| Theodore | 31.8 km | 100% | 52% |
| Kianga | 33.0 km | 54% | 18% |
| Banana | 34.0 km | 40% | 13% |
| Warnoah | 43.6 km | 64% | 38% |
| Lawgi Dawes | 45.7 km | 30% | 43% |