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Rocky Creek flood map & planning overlays

Rocky Creek runs to 128 ha a holding.

A planning-constraint profile of Rocky Creek (Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 46.46 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 Rocky 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

How common is mapped flood risk across Rocky Creek properties?

Counts of properties, not share of land, across 62 analysed Rocky Creek properties; no individual property result is identified.

Aircraft noise and flight paths over Rocky 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
32%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
3%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
2,000 ft
averaging 5,000 ft
Busiest square
~0 a day
±32% · area average
typical observed square 0 a day

Night movements: observed, lowest 7,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.

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.

Rocky Creek at a glance

Parcels 42 Median lot 1,278,845 m² Mapped easements 4 Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Rocky 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: 12.23 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 12.23 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 Rocky Creek address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.

How Rocky Creek is zoned

Rural 100%
Unzoned 0%
Extractive Industry 0%

Selling in Rocky 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 46.46 km², Rocky Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 23% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 20% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 1,278,845 m² across 42 parcels.

Who lives in Rocky Creek

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

Population
35
usual residents, 2021

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 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1005, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

3,413 in 2001 to 3,351 in 2025, down 2%.

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.

Rocky 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 Rocky 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.

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

Rocky Creek planning - frequently asked

Is Rocky Creek flood-prone?

About 23% of Rocky Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 62 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Rocky Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.

Is Rocky Creek bushfire-prone?

Around 20% of Rocky Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.

Is Rocky Creek under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 3% of Rocky Creek, and over about 32% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 5,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 0 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Rocky Creek?

The dominant planning zone in Rocky Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Unzoned and Extractive Industry.

Does Rocky Creek have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Rocky Creek.

Is Rocky Creek hilly or flat?

Rocky Creek is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%. Ground level runs from roughly 421 m to 509 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Rocky Creek?

Across 42 surveyed parcels in Rocky Creek, the median lot size is about 1,278,845 m². There are also 4 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Rocky Creek an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Rocky Creek scores 1005 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Grays Gate 5.1 km 24% 19%
Mount Emlyn 5.1 km <1% 33%
Lavelle 5.7 km 10% 4%
Punchs Creek 7.0 km 59% 19%
Domville 10.3 km 38% 28%
Stonehenge 11.2 km 10% 78%
Kooroongarra 11.6 km <1% 56%
Clontarf 12.1 km 16% 31%
Millwood 14.0 km 0% 11%
Millmerran 16.8 km 45% 17%

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