Delaneys Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Delaneys Creek
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 39.95 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
39.95 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Delaneys Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Delaneys Creek properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 706 Delaneys Creek properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 706 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Delaneys Creek.
Delaneys Creek flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 706 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Delaneys Creek; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
330 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 330
Source: Moreton Bay Regional Council flood mapping, aggregated by LayeredGeo. Categories are only shown where at least five analysed properties share them. An address-level check is still required to determine whether a particular lot is mapped.
Delaneys Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Delaneys Creek
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
1 school providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 2.74 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 Delaneys Creek is zoned
Selling in Delaneys 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 39.95 km², Delaneys Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 18% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 83% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 4,000 m² across 687 parcels.
Recent development applications in Delaneys Creek
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Moreton Bay Regional Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
Latest included submission: 14 August 2026.
Previous 12 months: 14 (0% higher in the latest 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 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Delaneys Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Delaneys 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 985, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Delaneys Creek's 1,366 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Woodford - D'Aguilar, the wider ABS statistical area containing Delaneys Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Delaneys Creek itself.
5,598 in 2001 to 10,806 in 2025, up 93%.
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.
Delaneys Creek property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Woodford - D'Aguilar, the wider statistical area containing Delaneys Creek. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 192 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Source: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO). View the source profile. The same SA2 figure can appear on several suburb pages within that statistical area.
Delaneys 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 |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
| Market statistics | Available at SA2 level | Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO) |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Moreton Bay Regional Council |
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 Delaneys 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.
Published flood models are held here: a Flood Model Report is available for about 90 Delaneys Creek addresses (+$9 with the planning report).
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot (+$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 Delaneys Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Delaneys Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Delaneys Creek flood-prone?
About 18% of Delaneys Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 37% of the 706 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 173 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Delaneys Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 83% of Delaneys Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Delaneys Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Delaneys Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural residential and Limited development.
Does Delaneys Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Delaneys Creek.
Is Delaneys Creek hilly or flat?
Delaneys Creek is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 8%, and 15% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 135 m to 285 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Delaneys Creek?
Across 687 surveyed parcels in Delaneys Creek, the median lot size is about 4,000 m². There are also 135 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Delaneys Creek?
At the 2021 Census Delaneys Creek had 1,366 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Woodford - D'Aguilar statistical area, which contains Delaneys Creek, went from 5,598 people in 2001 to 10,806 in 2025, up 93%.
Is Delaneys Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Delaneys Creek scores 985 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Delaneys Creek?
Median household income in Delaneys Creek was $1,970 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $450 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,013 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| D'Aguilar | 3.7 km | 26% | 74% |
| Mount Delaney | 6.0 km | 18% | 81% |
| Bracalba | 6.2 km | 16% | 92% |
| Wamuran Basin | 6.4 km | 10% | 99% |
| Mount Mee | 7.0 km | 9% | 82% |
| Neurum | 7.7 km | 38% | 63% |
| Campbells Pocket | 8.1 km | 9% | 99% |
| Woodford | 8.3 km | 38% | 84% |
| Wamuran | 9.7 km | 27% | 78% |
| Mount Archer Somerset Regional |
11.0 km | <1% | 75% |