Horse Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Horse Creek
(Rockhampton Regional, QLD) - 3.97 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 16 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
3.97 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Horse Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Horse 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 83 Horse Creek properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 83 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Horse Creek.
Horse Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Horse 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
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 1.46 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.65 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 Horse Creek is zoned
Selling in Horse 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 3.97 km², Horse Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 39% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 17,198 m² across 88 parcels.
Who lives in Horse Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Horse 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 864, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Horse Creek's 83 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mount Morgan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Horse Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Horse Creek itself.
2,887 in 2001 to 3,090 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.
Horse 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 |
Profile last materially updated 16 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 Horse 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 over parts of Horse 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 (+$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 Horse Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Horse Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Horse Creek flood-prone?
About 39% of Horse Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 53%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 83 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Horse Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Horse Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Rockhampton Regional average of 55%.
What is the zoning in Horse Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Horse Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural residential and Sport and recreation.
Does Horse Creek have heritage-listed places?
Horse Creek has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Horse Creek hilly or flat?
Horse Creek is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 8%, and 25% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 202 m to 288 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Horse Creek?
Across 88 surveyed parcels in Horse Creek, the median lot size is about 17,198 m². There are also 1 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Horse Creek?
At the 2021 Census Horse Creek had 83 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Mount Morgan statistical area, which contains Horse Creek, went from 2,887 people in 2001 to 3,090 in 2025, up 7%.
Is Horse Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Horse Creek scores 864 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Horse Creek?
Median household income in Horse Creek was $850 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,327 for the typical suburb in Rockhampton Regional. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,603 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Creek | 1.8 km | 37% | 100% |
| Trotter Creek | 2.8 km | 24% | 100% |
| Mount Morgan | 3.9 km | 27% | 100% |
| The Mine | 4.6 km | 31% | 100% |
| Limestone | 4.6 km | 21% | 100% |
| Walterhall | 4.6 km | 37% | 100% |
| Baree | 5.5 km | 44% | 100% |
| Walmul | 5.8 km | 26% | 94% |
| Johnsons Hill | 5.9 km | 19% | 100% |
| Boulder Creek | 6.8 km | 23% | 100% |