Coal Creek zoning & planning overlays
Coal Creek locals are a seasoned lot, median age 57, joint 6th in Somerset.
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A planning-constraint profile of Coal Creek
(Somerset Regional, QLD) - 24.26 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
24.26 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 Coal 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
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Coal 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 4,000 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.
Coal Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Coal 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: 4.50 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 6.54 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 Coal Creek address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Coal Creek is zoned
Selling in Coal 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 24.26 km², Coal 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, 53% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 320,873 m² across 64 parcels.
Who lives in Coal Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Coal 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 919, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Esk, the wider ABS statistical area containing Coal Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Coal Creek itself.
4,299 in 2001 to 5,236 in 2025, up 22%.
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.
Coal 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 Coal 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 Coal 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 Coal Creek lot.
Coal Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Coal Creek flood-prone?
We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Coal 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. Somerset Regional is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area. Published flood models are held over parts of Coal Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Coal Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 53% of Coal Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Somerset Regional average of 54%.
Is Coal Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 64% of Coal Creek in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 2,500 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 Coal Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Coal Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities.
Does Coal Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Coal Creek.
What is the typical lot size in Coal Creek?
Across 64 surveyed parcels in Coal Creek, the median lot size is about 320,873 m². There are also 9 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Coal Creek?
At the 2021 Census Coal Creek had 50 usual residents, with a median age of 57 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Esk statistical area, which contains Coal Creek, went from 4,299 people in 2001 to 5,236 in 2025, up 22%.
Is Coal Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Coal Creek scores 919 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Coal Creek?
Median household income in Coal Creek was $1,249 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,312 for the typical suburb in Somerset Regional. Median rent was $90 a week and the median mortgage repayment $867 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murrumba | 3.9 km | Not mapped | 44% |
| Caboonbah | 4.5 km | Not mapped | 12% |
| Mount Beppo | 5.9 km | <1% | 13% |
| Ottaba | 6.0 km | Not mapped | 61% |
| Glen Esk | 7.5 km | Not mapped | 53% |
| Lake Wivenhoe | 8.5 km | <1% | 22% |
| Esk | 9.2 km | 4% | 63% |
| Biarra | 10.4 km | 3% | 70% |
| Cressbrook | 11.1 km | 5% | 17% |
| Toogoolawah | 11.4 km | 25% | 26% |