Dalrymple Creek flood map & planning overlays
Dalrymple Creek is joint 3rd-oldest in Hinchinbrook Shire, median age 54.
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A planning-constraint profile of Dalrymple Creek
(Hinchinbrook Shire, QLD) - 112.28 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
112.28 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Dalrymple 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 Dalrymple Creek properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 62 analysed Dalrymple Creek properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 62 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Dalrymple Creek.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Dalrymple 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.
Dalrymple Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Dalrymple 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: 7.58 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 12.57 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 Dalrymple Creek is zoned
Selling in Dalrymple 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 112.28 km², Dalrymple Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 47% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 75% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Environmental management and conservation. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 130,277 m² across 90 parcels.
Who lives in Dalrymple Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Dalrymple 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 1001, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ingham Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Dalrymple Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Dalrymple Creek itself.
7,200 in 2001 to 6,723 in 2025, down 7%.
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.
Dalrymple 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 |
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 Dalrymple 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 Dalrymple 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 Dalrymple Creek lot.
Dalrymple Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Dalrymple Creek flood-prone?
About 47% of Dalrymple Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 69%. Across the suburb, 82% of the 62 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 47 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Dalrymple Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Dalrymple Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 75% of Dalrymple Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Hinchinbrook Shire average of 36%.
Is Dalrymple Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 4% of Dalrymple Creek in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 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 Dalrymple Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Dalrymple Creek is Environmental management and conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural.
Does Dalrymple Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Dalrymple Creek.
Is Dalrymple Creek hilly or flat?
Dalrymple Creek is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 26% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 19 m to 113 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Dalrymple Creek?
Across 90 surveyed parcels in Dalrymple Creek, the median lot size is about 130,277 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Dalrymple Creek?
At the 2021 Census Dalrymple Creek had 51 usual residents, with a median age of 54 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Ingham Surrounds statistical area, which contains Dalrymple Creek, went from 7,200 people in 2001 to 6,723 in 2025, down 7%.
Is Dalrymple Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Dalrymple Creek scores 1001 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Dalrymple Creek?
Median household income in Dalrymple Creek was $1,625 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,525 for the typical suburb in Hinchinbrook Shire. Median rent was $50 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,863 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Pocket | 10.3 km | 73% | 56% |
| Hawkins Creek | 10.4 km | 53% | 60% |
| Rungoo Cassowary Coast Regional |
10.9 km | 40% | 63% |
| Damper Creek Cassowary Coast Regional |
13.8 km | 46% | 48% |
| Bemerside | 15.4 km | 78% | 43% |
| Abergowrie | 16.2 km | 58% | 62% |
| Gairloch | 17.4 km | 100% | 22% |
| Trebonne | 17.9 km | 100% | 8% |
| Lannercost | 18.5 km | 65% | 78% |
| Foresthome | 20.3 km | 100% | 1% |