Cherry Creek flood map & planning overlays
Cherry Creek carries regulated vegetation over 36.2% of the suburb.
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A planning-constraint profile of Cherry Creek
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 28.54 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
28.54 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cherry 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
How common is mapped flood risk across Cherry Creek properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 30 analysed Cherry Creek properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 30 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Cherry Creek.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Cherry 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
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.
Cherry Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Cherry 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: 1.46 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 13.87 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 Cherry Creek address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Cherry Creek is zoned
Selling in Cherry 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 28.54 km², Cherry Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 75% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 491,368 m² across 32 parcels.
Who lives in Cherry Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cherry 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 954, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Crows Nest - Rosalie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cherry Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cherry Creek itself.
7,766 in 2001 to 9,824 in 2025, up 27%.
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.
Cherry 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 Cherry 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 Cherry 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).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Cherry Creek lot.
Cherry Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Cherry Creek flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Cherry Creek and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 27%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 30 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Cherry Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Cherry Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 75% of Cherry Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.
Is Cherry Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 43% of Cherry Creek in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,000 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 Cherry Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Cherry Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Open Space and Unzoned.
Does Cherry Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Cherry Creek.
Is Cherry Creek hilly or flat?
Cherry Creek is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 9%, and 17% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 311 m to 479 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Cherry Creek?
Across 32 surveyed parcels in Cherry Creek, the median lot size is about 491,368 m². There are also 3 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Cherry Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cherry Creek scores 954 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Googa Creek | 6.5 km | 0% | 72% |
| Gilla | 9.4 km | Not mapped | 53% |
| Colinton Somerset Regional |
11.6 km | Not mapped | 65% |
| Moore Somerset Regional |
16.0 km | Not mapped | 65% |
| Anduramba | 16.4 km | Not mapped | 55% |
| Yarraman | 16.8 km | 3% | 36% |
| Kooralgin | 17.6 km | Not mapped | 45% |
| Linville Somerset Regional |
18.3 km | Not mapped | 66% |
| Mount Binga | 19.6 km | Not mapped | 73% |
| Emu Creek | 20.3 km | Not mapped | 59% |