Damper Creek flood map & planning overlays
47.7% bushfire-mapped, 12th of 124 in Cassowary Coast Regional. Damper by name, drier by map.
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A planning-constraint profile of Damper Creek
(Cassowary Coast Regional, QLD) - 164.57 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
164.57 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Damper 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
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Damper 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.
Damper Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Damper 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: 2.34 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 20.42 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 Damper Creek is zoned
Selling in Damper 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 164.57 km², Damper Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 46% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 48% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Environmental management and conservation. The median lot measures about 199,984 m² across 76 parcels.
Who lives in Damper Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Damper 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 867, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Tully, the wider ABS statistical area containing Damper Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Damper Creek itself.
11,086 in 2001 to 11,867 in 2025, up 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.
Damper 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 Damper 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 Damper 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 Damper Creek lot.
Damper Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Damper Creek flood-prone?
About 46% of Damper Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 66%. Published flood models are held over parts of Damper Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Damper Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 48% of Damper Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cassowary Coast Regional average of 16%.
Is Damper Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 2% of Damper 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 Damper Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Damper Creek is Environmental management and conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Special purpose.
Does Damper Creek have heritage-listed places?
Damper Creek has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Damper Creek?
Across 76 surveyed parcels in Damper Creek, the median lot size is about 199,984 m². There are also 10 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Damper Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Damper Creek scores 867 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardwell | 13.8 km | 55% | 64% |
| Dalrymple Creek Hinchinbrook Shire |
13.8 km | 47% | 75% |
| Rungoo | 15.6 km | 40% | 63% |
| Hinchinbrook | 15.9 km | 14% | 29% |
| Ellerbeck | 17.8 km | 85% | 61% |
| Abergowrie Hinchinbrook Shire |
20.8 km | 58% | 62% |
| Long Pocket Hinchinbrook Shire |
21.7 km | 73% | 56% |
| Lumholtz | 23.0 km | 22% | 60% |
| Hawkins Creek Hinchinbrook Shire |
23.4 km | 53% | 60% |
| Carruchan | 23.5 km | 73% | 69% |