Crystal Creek flood map & planning overlays
Crystal Creek reaches 912 m, the highest ground in Townsville City.
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A planning-constraint profile of Crystal Creek
(Townsville City, QLD) - 211.22 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
211.22 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Crystal 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 Crystal Creek properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 18 analysed Crystal Creek properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 18 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Crystal Creek.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Crystal 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.
Crystal Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Crystal 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: 1.40 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.45 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 Crystal Creek address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Crystal Creek is zoned
Selling in Crystal 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 211.22 km², Crystal Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 62% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 302,487 m² across 44 parcels.
Recent development applications in Crystal Creek
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Townsville City Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
No geocoded application submissions were found for this suburb in the period.
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 Crystal Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Crystal 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 926, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Northern Beaches, the wider ABS statistical area containing Crystal Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Crystal Creek itself.
5,363 in 2001 to 7,196 in 2025, up 34%.
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 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Townsville City 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 Crystal 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 2% of Crystal 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 Crystal 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).
Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$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 Crystal Creek lot.
Crystal Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Crystal Creek flood-prone?
About 3% of Crystal Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 57%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 18 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Crystal Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Crystal Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 62% of Crystal Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
Is Crystal Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Crystal Creek, and over about 5% 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 3,500 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 Crystal Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Crystal Creek is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Community Facilities.
Does Crystal Creek have heritage-listed places?
Crystal Creek has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Crystal Creek hilly or flat?
Crystal Creek is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 8%, and 39% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 23 m to 912 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Crystal Creek?
Across 44 surveyed parcels in Crystal Creek, the median lot size is about 302,487 m². There are also 2 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Crystal Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Crystal Creek scores 926 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mutarnee | 6.3 km | 26% | 84% |
| Rollingstone | 9.7 km | 34% | 86% |
| Paluma | 11.0 km | 7% | 14% |
| Balgal Beach | 12.1 km | 88% | 85% |
| Coolbie Hinchinbrook Shire |
13.6 km | 59% | 33% |
| Clemant | 18.7 km | 11% | 92% |
| Toomulla | 18.8 km | 72% | 96% |
| Bambaroo Hinchinbrook Shire |
19.1 km | 53% | 37% |
| Orient Hinchinbrook Shire |
25.2 km | 82% | 36% |
| Yuruga Hinchinbrook Shire |
26.5 km | 44% | 59% |