Coochin Creek zoning & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Coochin Creek
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 82.06 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - the flood share could not be calculated for it, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
82.06 km² - this suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - the flood share could not be calculated for it, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Coochin 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
How common is mapped flood risk across Coochin Creek properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 49 analysed Coochin Creek properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 49 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Coochin Creek.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Coochin 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 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,000 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.
Coochin Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Coochin 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: 1.93 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.93 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 Coochin Creek address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Coochin Creek is zoned
Selling in Coochin 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 82.06 km², Coochin 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, 63% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 62,573 m² across 77 parcels.
Recent development applications in Coochin Creek
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Sunshine Coast Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.
Counts depend on applications that the council publishes and that can be assigned to a suburb. Categories can overlap when one application covers several types. Totals below five and their latest dates are suppressed. Register last synchronised 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Coochin Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Coochin 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 931, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Coochin Creek's 76 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Beerwah, the wider ABS statistical area containing Coochin Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Coochin Creek itself.
4,796 in 2001 to 9,938 in 2025, up 107%.
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.
Coochin 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Sunshine Coast Council |
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 Coochin 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 99% of Coochin 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 Coochin 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 Coochin Creek lot.
Coochin Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Coochin Creek flood-prone?
We hold flood mapping covering Coochin Creek, but the share of the suburb it covers could not be calculated for this page - the flood overlays here are too intricate or too overlapping for our area calculation to resolve. That is a limit of our calculation, not a finding about the suburb, and it is neither an all-clear nor a sign of severe flooding. Sunshine Coast Regional publishes the flood mapping for this area, and our free interactive map still checks any individual Coochin Creek address against it. Across the suburb, 86% of the 49 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 31 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Coochin Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Coochin Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 63% of Coochin Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
Is Coochin Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 99% of Coochin Creek, and over about 100% 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 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 3 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 Coochin Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Coochin Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation and No.
Does Coochin Creek have heritage-listed places?
Coochin Creek has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Coochin Creek hilly or flat?
Coochin Creek is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%. Ground level runs from roughly 1 m to 16 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Coochin Creek?
Across 77 surveyed parcels in Coochin Creek, the median lot size is about 62,573 m². There are also 18 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Coochin Creek?
At the 2021 Census Coochin Creek had 76 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Beerwah statistical area, which contains Coochin Creek, went from 4,796 people in 2001 to 9,938 in 2025, up 107%.
Is Coochin Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Coochin Creek scores 931 and sits in decile 3 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 Coochin Creek?
Median household income in Coochin Creek was $1,624 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,677 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $395 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gagalba | 5.3 km | 24% | 3% |
| Bells Creek | 6.6 km | 78% | 46% |
| Banya | 6.7 km | 27% | 3% |
| Bribie Island North | 6.8 km | 54% | 74% |
| Aura Central | 7.3 km | 32% | 11% |
| Pelican Waters | 7.8 km | 72% | 23% |
| Nirimba | 8.2 km | 33% | 9% |
| Baringa | 9.3 km | 32% | 25% |
| Golden Beach | 9.6 km | 71% | 2% |
| Beerwah | 10.1 km | Not measured | 56% |