Oyster Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Oyster Creek
(Gladstone Regional, QLD) - 41.25 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
41.25 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Oyster Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Oyster Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Oyster 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: 5.62 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 16.57 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 Oyster Creek is zoned
Selling in Oyster 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 41.25 km², Oyster Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 47% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 88% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 260,178 m² across 73 parcels.
Who lives in Oyster Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Oyster 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 830, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Agnes Water - Miriam Vale, the wider ABS statistical area containing Oyster Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Oyster Creek itself.
4,398 in 2001 to 8,267 in 2025, up 88%.
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.
Oyster 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 12 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 Oyster 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.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Oyster Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Oyster Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Oyster Creek flood-prone?
About 47% of Oyster Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%.
Is Oyster Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 88% of Oyster Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gladstone Regional average of 64%.
What is the zoning in Oyster Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Oyster Creek is Rural.
Does Oyster Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Oyster Creek.
What is the typical lot size in Oyster Creek?
Across 73 surveyed parcels in Oyster Creek, the median lot size is about 260,178 m². There are also 2 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Oyster Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Oyster Creek scores 830 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baffle Creek | 6.1 km | 66% | 93% |
| Euleilah | 7.7 km | 54% | 80% |
| Taunton | 7.8 km | 43% | 70% |
| Deepwater | 9.7 km | 58% | 70% |
| Mount Maria | 12.2 km | 50% | 90% |
| Round Hill | 14.4 km | 45% | 85% |
| Rules Beach | 17.8 km | 62% | 39% |
| Captain Creek | 18.6 km | 36% | 92% |
| Winfield Bundaberg Regional |
20.7 km | 45% | 87% |
| Agnes Water | 23.1 km | 44% | 53% |