Chinghee Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Chinghee Creek
(Scenic Rim Regional, QLD) - 22.54 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
22.54 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Chinghee Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Chinghee Creek properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 43 Chinghee Creek properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 43 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Chinghee Creek.
Chinghee Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Chinghee 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: 5.71 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 22.56 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 Chinghee Creek is zoned
Selling in Chinghee 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 22.54 km², Chinghee Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 66% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is steep, and the median lot measures about 219,774 m² across 54 parcels.
Who lives in Chinghee Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Chinghee 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 933, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Beaudesert, the wider ABS statistical area containing Chinghee Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Chinghee Creek itself.
9,977 in 2001 to 16,642 in 2025, up 67%.
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.
Chinghee 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 |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 19 September 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 Chinghee 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.
Published flood models are held over parts of Chinghee 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 (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Chinghee Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Chinghee Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Chinghee Creek flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Chinghee Creek and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 12%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 43 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Chinghee Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 66% of Chinghee Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Scenic Rim Regional average of 52%.
What is the zoning in Chinghee Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Chinghee Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation.
Does Chinghee Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Chinghee Creek.
Is Chinghee Creek hilly or flat?
Chinghee Creek is steep: the median ground slope is about 33%, and 91% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 181 m to 616 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Chinghee Creek?
Across 54 surveyed parcels in Chinghee Creek, the median lot size is about 219,774 m². There are also 1 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Chinghee Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Chinghee Creek scores 933 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamington | 4.5 km | 4% | 86% |
| Mount Gipps | 4.9 km | 3% | 89% |
| Hillview | 7.3 km | 6% | 71% |
| Running Creek | 8.0 km | 6% | 70% |
| Oaky Creek | 10.0 km | 4% | 63% |
| Darlington | 10.4 km | 6% | 74% |
| Christmas Creek | 11.6 km | 14% | 66% |
| Innisplain | 14.3 km | 36% | 42% |
| Southern Lamington | 14.6 km | <1% | 45% |
| O'Reilly | 16.6 km | 1% | 44% |