Etna Creek flood map & planning overlays
The busiest sky in Livingstone Shire, 29 flights a day, over a young crowd, median age 35.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Etna Creek
(Livingstone Shire, QLD) - 69.43 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
69.43 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Etna 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 Etna 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
typical observed square 3 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 3,500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Etna Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Etna 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: 1.85 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.73 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 Etna Creek address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Etna Creek is zoned
Selling in Etna 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 69.43 km², Etna Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 79% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 45% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 42,056 m² across 166 parcels.
Who lives in Etna Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Etna Creek suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Age profile
Share of Etna Creek's 1,029 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Glenlee - Rockyview, the wider ABS statistical area containing Etna Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Etna Creek itself.
3,591 in 2001 to 6,002 in 2025, up 67%.
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.
Etna 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 Etna 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 Etna Creek. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Etna Creek lot.
Etna Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Etna Creek flood-prone?
About 79% of Etna Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Published flood models are held over parts of Etna Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Etna Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 45% of Etna Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Livingstone Shire average of 53%.
Is Etna Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 30% of Etna Creek in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 1,000 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 Etna Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Etna Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Special purpose and Environmental management and conservation.
Does Etna Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Etna Creek.
What is the typical lot size in Etna Creek?
Across 166 surveyed parcels in Etna Creek, the median lot size is about 42,056 m². There are also 20 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Etna Creek?
At the 2021 Census Etna Creek had 1,029 usual residents, with a median age of 35 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Glenlee - Rockyview statistical area, which contains Etna Creek, went from 3,591 people in 2001 to 6,002 in 2025, up 67%.
What is the median household income in Etna Creek?
Median household income in Etna Creek was $1,875 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,791 for the typical suburb in Livingstone Shire. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale | 6.3 km | 47% | 19% |
| South Yaamba Rockhampton Regional |
6.9 km | 94% | 30% |
| The Caves | 9.1 km | 35% | 73% |
| Alton Downs Rockhampton Regional |
9.9 km | 74% | 20% |
| Glenlee | 10.1 km | 76% | 35% |
| Yaamba | 10.8 km | 100% | 52% |
| Rockyview | 12.9 km | 28% | 59% |
| Milman | 13.5 km | 66% | 45% |
| Parkhurst Rockhampton Regional |
13.6 km | 60% | 34% |
| Wattlebank | 14.4 km | 65% | 25% |