Rocky Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Rocky Creek
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 46.46 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
46.46 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Rocky Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Rocky 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 62 Rocky Creek properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 62 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Rocky Creek.
Rocky Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Rocky 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: 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; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.
How Rocky Creek is zoned
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 moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 23% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 5% 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.
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 1005, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
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.
| 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 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.
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 (+$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 Rocky Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →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 24%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 62 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Rocky Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 5% of Rocky Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
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 suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grays Gate | 5.1 km | 24% | <1% |
| Mount Emlyn | 5.1 km | <1% | 11% |
| Lavelle | 5.7 km | 10% | 1% |
| Punchs Creek | 7.0 km | 59% | 3% |
| Domville | 10.3 km | 38% | 5% |
| Stonehenge | 11.2 km | 10% | 19% |
| Kooroongarra | 11.6 km | <1% | 14% |
| Clontarf | 12.1 km | 16% | 14% |
| Millwood | 14.0 km | 0% | 2% |
| Millmerran | 16.8 km | 45% | 4% |