Nine Mile Creek flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Nine Mile Creek (Rockhampton Regional, QLD) - 91.96 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 16 September 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Nine Mile Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Nine Mile 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 42 Nine Mile Creek properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Nine Mile Creek at a glance

Parcels 63 Median lot 168,714 m² Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Nine Mile 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

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 3.85 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 4.06 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 Nine Mile Creek is zoned

Rural 100%
Environmental management and conservation 0%
Sport and recreation 0%

Selling in Nine Mile 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 91.96 km², Nine Mile Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 23% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 168,714 m² across 63 parcels.

Who lives in Nine Mile Creek

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Nine Mile Creek suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
23
usual residents, 2021

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 864, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Mount Morgan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Nine Mile Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Nine Mile 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.

Nine Mile Creek data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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 Nine Mile 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.

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 Nine Mile Creek lot.

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Nine Mile Creek planning - frequently asked

Is Nine Mile Creek flood-prone?

About 23% of Nine Mile Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 53%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 42 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.

Is Nine Mile Creek bushfire-prone?

Around 99% of Nine Mile Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Rockhampton Regional average of 55%.

What is the zoning in Nine Mile Creek?

The dominant planning zone in Nine Mile Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Sport and recreation.

Does Nine Mile Creek have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Nine Mile Creek.

Is Nine Mile Creek hilly or flat?

Nine Mile Creek is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 9%, and 31% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 210 m to 446 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Nine Mile Creek?

Across 63 surveyed parcels in Nine Mile Creek, the median lot size is about 168,714 m².

Is Nine Mile Creek an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Nine Mile 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).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Hamilton Creek 6.7 km 37% 100%
Fletcher Creek 7.0 km 27% 73%
Trotter Creek 7.1 km 24% 100%
Walmul 7.1 km 26% 94%
Limestone 7.2 km 21% 100%
Horse Creek 8.2 km 39% 100%
Mount Morgan 9.9 km 27% 100%
Oakey Creek 11.0 km 26% 87%
Johnsons Hill 11.2 km 19% 100%
Struck Oil 11.7 km 26% 100%

See all Rockhampton Regional suburb profiles →