Mena Creek flood map & planning overlays
A median age of 37, joint 7th-youngest in Cassowary Coast Regional.
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 Mena Creek
(Cassowary Coast Regional, QLD) - 24.53 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
24.53 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mena 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 Mena 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.
Mena Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Mena 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
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: 13.95 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 Mena Creek address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Mena Creek is zoned
Selling in Mena 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 24.53 km², Mena Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 53% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 2% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 48,569 m² across 154 parcels.
Who lives in Mena Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mena 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 907, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mena Creek's 210 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Johnstone, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mena Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mena Creek itself.
8,075 in 2001 to 8,281 in 2025, up 3%.
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.
Mena 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 Mena 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 Mena 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 Mena Creek lot.
Mena Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Mena Creek flood-prone?
About 53% of Mena Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 66%. Published flood models are held over parts of Mena Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Mena Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 2% of Mena Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cassowary Coast Regional average of 16%.
Is Mena Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Mena Creek in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 9,500 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 Mena Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Mena Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Township.
Does Mena Creek have heritage-listed places?
Mena Creek has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mena Creek?
Across 154 surveyed parcels in Mena Creek, the median lot size is about 48,569 m². There are also 23 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Mena Creek?
At the 2021 Census Mena Creek had 210 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Johnstone statistical area, which contains Mena Creek, went from 8,075 people in 2001 to 8,281 in 2025, up 3%.
Is Mena Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mena Creek scores 907 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mena Creek?
Median household income in Mena Creek was $1,264 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,319 for the typical suburb in Cassowary Coast Regional. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,386 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utchee Creek | 5.3 km | 40% | <1% |
| Bombeeta | 7.2 km | 55% | 4% |
| Japoonvale | 7.3 km | 58% | 15% |
| Mamu | 8.2 km | 30% | <1% |
| Germantown | 8.5 km | 44% | 0% |
| Camp Creek | 8.8 km | 51% | 1% |
| Gulngai | 9.1 km | 30% | 2% |
| East Palmerston | 9.7 km | 36% | 2% |
| Walter Lever Estate | 10.4 km | 71% | 1% |
| No. 6 Branch | 10.9 km | 46% | 4% |