Reedy Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Reedy Creek
(Gold Coast City, QLD) - 6.4 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
6.4 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Reedy Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Reedy 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 2,779 Reedy Creek properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 2,779 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Reedy Creek.
Reedy Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Reedy 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
3 schools providing primary years and 3 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
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 Reedy Creek is zoned
Selling in Reedy 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 6.4 km², Reedy Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 90% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 701 m² across 2,802 parcels.
Recent development applications in Reedy Creek
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public City of Gold Coast register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
Latest included submission: 18 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 22 (32% lower in the latest period).
Counts depend on applications that the council publishes and that can be assigned to a suburb. Categories can overlap when one application covers several types. Totals below five and their latest dates are suppressed. Register last synchronised 19 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Reedy Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Reedy 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 1063, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Reedy Creek's 7,412 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Reedy Creek - Andrews, the wider ABS statistical area containing Reedy Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Reedy Creek itself.
3,486 in 2001 to 9,610 in 2025, up 176%.
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.
Reedy 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | City of Gold Coast |
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 Reedy 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 Reedy 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 (+$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 Reedy Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Reedy Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Reedy Creek flood-prone?
About 3% of Reedy Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 38%. Across the suburb, 4% of the 2,779 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 117 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Reedy Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 90% of Reedy Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gold Coast City average of 50%.
What is the zoning in Reedy Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Reedy Creek is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Low density residential and Rural residential.
Does Reedy Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Reedy Creek.
Is Reedy Creek hilly or flat?
Reedy Creek is hilly: the median ground slope is about 11%, and 25% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 10 m to 132 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Reedy Creek?
Across 2,802 surveyed parcels in Reedy Creek, the median lot size is about 701 m². There are also 876 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Reedy Creek have a train station?
There is no train station inside Reedy Creek itself. The suburb is served by 21 bus stops.
What is the population of Reedy Creek?
At the 2021 Census Reedy Creek had 7,412 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Reedy Creek - Andrews statistical area, which contains Reedy Creek, went from 3,486 people in 2001 to 9,610 in 2025, up 176%.
Is Reedy Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Reedy Creek scores 1063 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Reedy Creek?
Median household income in Reedy Creek was $2,229 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,830 for the typical suburb in Gold Coast City. Median rent was $450 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varsity Lakes | 3.1 km | 56% | 12% |
| Robina | 4.6 km | 42% | 6% |
| Mudgeeraba | 4.8 km | 18% | 82% |
| Burleigh Waters | 4.9 km | 70% | 11% |
| Tallebudgera | 5.0 km | 29% | 90% |
| Burleigh Heads | 5.2 km | 17% | 47% |
| Bonogin | 5.4 km | 2% | 98% |
| Elanora | 5.5 km | 42% | 49% |
| Miami | 6.1 km | 24% | 21% |
| Palm Beach | 6.2 km | 80% | 13% |