Nine Mile Creek flood map & planning overlays
Ground at Nine Mile Creek reaches 446 m, 2nd-highest in Rockhampton Regional.
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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 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
91.96 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
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?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 42 analysed Nine Mile Creek properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 42 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Nine Mile Creek.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Nine Mile 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.
Nine Mile Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Nine Mile 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: 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
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 93% 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.
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.
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.
| 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 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Published flood models are held over parts of Nine Mile 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 to spin round in your browser (+$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 Nine Mile Creek lot.
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. Published flood models are held over parts of Nine Mile Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Nine Mile Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 93% of Nine Mile Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Rockhampton Regional average of 49%.
Is Nine Mile Creek under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Nine Mile Creek in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 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 suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Creek | 6.7 km | 37% | 41% |
| Fletcher Creek | 7.0 km | 27% | 72% |
| Trotter Creek | 7.1 km | 24% | 95% |
| Walmul | 7.1 km | 26% | 94% |
| Limestone | 7.2 km | 21% | 99% |
| Horse Creek | 8.2 km | 39% | 71% |
| Mount Morgan | 9.9 km | 27% | 56% |
| Oakey Creek | 11.0 km | 26% | 85% |
| Johnsons Hill | 11.2 km | 19% | 97% |
| Struck Oil | 11.7 km | 26% | 98% |