Pie Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Pie Creek
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 21.36 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
21.36 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Pie Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Pie Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Pie 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: 2.02 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 2.07 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 Pie Creek is zoned
Selling in Pie 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 21.36 km², Pie Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 37% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 67% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 6,448 m² across 662 parcels.
Who lives in Pie Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Pie 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 966, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Pie Creek's 1,137 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gympie Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Pie Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Pie Creek itself.
14,915 in 2001 to 22,707 in 2025, up 52%.
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.
Pie 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 19 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 Pie 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 Pie Creek. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Pie Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Pie Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Pie Creek flood-prone?
About 37% of Pie Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%.
Is Pie Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 67% of Pie Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
What is the zoning in Pie Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Pie Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Residential and Limited Development (Constrained Land).
Does Pie Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Pie Creek.
What is the typical lot size in Pie Creek?
Across 662 surveyed parcels in Pie Creek, the median lot size is about 6,448 m². There are also 221 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Pie Creek?
At the 2021 Census Pie Creek had 1,137 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Gympie Surrounds statistical area, which contains Pie Creek, went from 14,915 people in 2001 to 22,707 in 2025, up 52%.
Is Pie Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Pie Creek scores 966 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Pie Creek?
Median household income in Pie Creek was $1,635 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,314 for the typical suburb in Gympie Regional. Median rent was $310 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,595 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nahrunda | 2.8 km | 69% | 27% |
| McIntosh Creek | 3.7 km | 22% | 65% |
| Marys Creek | 3.7 km | 28% | 49% |
| Widgee Crossing South | 3.9 km | 46% | 84% |
| Southside | 4.1 km | 68% | 35% |
| Jones Hill | 4.2 km | 48% | 50% |
| Scrubby Creek | 5.0 km | 17% | 47% |
| Widgee Crossing North | 5.5 km | 92% | 51% |
| Long Flat | 5.6 km | 36% | 45% |
| The Palms | 6.1 km | 52% | 75% |