Crystal Brook flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Crystal Brook
(Whitsunday Regional, QLD) - 82.34 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
82.34 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Crystal Brook's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Crystal Brook at a glance
Schools in and near Crystal Brook
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: 2.57 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 2.27 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 Crystal Brook is zoned
Selling in Crystal Brook? 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 82.34 km², Crystal Brook is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 37% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 69% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 51,572 m² across 217 parcels.
Who lives in Crystal Brook
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Crystal Brook 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 952, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Crystal Brook's 237 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Proserpine, the wider ABS statistical area containing Crystal Brook. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Crystal Brook itself.
7,033 in 2001 to 9,503 in 2025, up 35%.
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.
Crystal Brook 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 Crystal Brook 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 Crystal Brook. 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 an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Crystal Brook lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Crystal Brook planning - frequently asked
Is Crystal Brook flood-prone?
About 37% of Crystal Brook falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%.
Is Crystal Brook bushfire-prone?
Around 69% of Crystal Brook is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Whitsunday Regional average of 69%.
What is the zoning in Crystal Brook?
The dominant planning zone in Crystal Brook is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural residential.
Does Crystal Brook have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Crystal Brook.
What is the typical lot size in Crystal Brook?
Across 217 surveyed parcels in Crystal Brook, the median lot size is about 51,572 m². There are also 56 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Crystal Brook?
At the 2021 Census Crystal Brook had 237 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Proserpine statistical area, which contains Crystal Brook, went from 7,033 people in 2001 to 9,503 in 2025, up 35%.
Is Crystal Brook an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Crystal Brook scores 952 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Crystal Brook?
Median household income in Crystal Brook was $1,424 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,499 for the typical suburb in Whitsunday Regional. Median rent was $283 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foxdale | 5.7 km | 100% | 18% |
| Kelsey Creek | 6.0 km | 72% | 77% |
| Dittmer | 8.9 km | 15% | 96% |
| Myrtlevale | 9.1 km | 63% | 40% |
| Silver Creek | 9.8 km | 54% | 82% |
| Proserpine | 9.9 km | 86% | 31% |
| Hamilton Plains | 10.5 km | 99% | 34% |
| Mount Pluto | 10.7 km | 20% | 62% |
| Pauls Pocket | 12.9 km | 4% | 98% |
| Mount Julian | 13.5 km | 53% | 65% |