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Pine Creek flood map & planning overlays

88.6% bushfire-mapped and 58.7% flood-mapped, on 10 ha lots. Pines and creeks, both mapped.

A planning-constraint profile of Pine Creek (Bundaberg Regional, QLD) - 46.71 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Pine 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 Pine 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

Under observed aircraft
19%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
10%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
1,000 ft
averaging 3,500 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

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.

Pine Creek at a glance

Parcels 177 Median lot 99,072 m² Mapped easements 22 Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Pine 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

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

Nearest school availability

Primary: 0.87 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 16.52 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 Pine Creek address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.

How Pine Creek is zoned

Rural 74%
Environmental management and conservation 24%
Community facilities 2%

Selling in Pine 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 46.71 km², Pine Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 59% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 89% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 99,072 m² across 177 parcels.

Who lives in Pine Creek

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

Population
258
usual residents, 2021
Median age
44
years
Median household income
$1,449
per week, Bundaberg Regional suburb typical $1,125
Median rent
$250
per week, Bundaberg Regional suburb typical $265
Median mortgage
$1,300
per month
Household size
2.6
people, average

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 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 924, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Pine Creek's 258 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.1%
5-14 11.0%
15-19 5.7%
20-24 4.2%
25-34 9.1%
35-44 14.8%
45-54 16.7%
55-64 18.9%
65-74 11.4%
75-84 2.3%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Bundaberg Surrounds - South, the wider ABS statistical area containing Pine Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Pine Creek itself.

7,725 in 2001 to 12,134 in 2025, up 57%.

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.

Pine 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
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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 Pine Creek address

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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 10% of Pine Creek. 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 Pine 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 Pine Creek lot.

Pine Creek planning - frequently asked

Is Pine Creek flood-prone?

About 59% of Pine Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 50%. Published flood models are held over parts of Pine Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.

Is Pine Creek bushfire-prone?

Around 89% of Pine Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Bundaberg Regional average of 56%.

Is Pine Creek under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 10% of Pine Creek, and over about 19% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 3,500 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 Pine Creek?

The dominant planning zone in Pine Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Community facilities.

Does Pine Creek have heritage-listed places?

Pine Creek has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

What is the typical lot size in Pine Creek?

Across 177 surveyed parcels in Pine Creek, the median lot size is about 99,072 m². There are also 22 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Pine Creek?

At the 2021 Census Pine Creek had 258 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Bundaberg Surrounds - South statistical area, which contains Pine Creek, went from 7,725 people in 2001 to 12,134 in 2025, up 57%.

Is Pine Creek an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Pine Creek scores 924 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Pine Creek?

Median household income in Pine Creek was $1,449 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,125 for the typical suburb in Bundaberg Regional. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Givelda 4.8 km 83% 56%
Electra 5.4 km 76% 50%
Promisedland 6.4 km 33% 93%
Bungadoo 8.5 km 85% 72%
South Bingera 8.9 km 82% 71%
Gregory River 9.6 km 10% 86%
South Kolan 11.8 km 68% 62%
Delan 12.1 km 62% 80%
Duingal 13.1 km 68% 82%
Drinan 13.7 km 87% 59%

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