Rush Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Rush Creek
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 13.96 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
13.96 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Rush Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Rush 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 65 Rush Creek properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 65 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Rush Creek.
Rush Creek flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 65 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Rush Creek; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
62 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 62
Source: Moreton Bay Regional Council flood mapping, aggregated by LayeredGeo. Categories are only shown where at least five analysed properties share them. An address-level check is still required to determine whether a particular lot is mapped.
Rush Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Rush 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: 2.35 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 4.74 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 Rush Creek is zoned
Selling in Rush 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 13.96 km², Rush Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 23% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 93% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 39,323 m² across 69 parcels.
Recent development applications in Rush Creek
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Moreton Bay Regional Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.
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 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Rush Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Rush 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 1070, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Rush Creek's 152 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Dayboro, the wider ABS statistical area containing Rush Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Rush Creek itself.
5,554 in 2001 to 10,103 in 2025, up 82%.
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.
Rush Creek property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Dayboro, the wider statistical area containing Rush Creek. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 135 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Source: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO). View the source profile. The same SA2 figure can appear on several suburb pages within that statistical area.
Rush 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 |
| Market statistics | Available at SA2 level | Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO) |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Moreton Bay Regional Council |
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 Rush 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 Rush 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 Rush Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Rush Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Rush Creek flood-prone?
About 23% of Rush Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 35% of the 65 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 21 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Rush Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 93% of Rush Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Rush Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Rush Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community facilities and Extractive industry.
Does Rush Creek have heritage-listed places?
Rush Creek has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Rush Creek hilly or flat?
Rush Creek is hilly: the median ground slope is about 17%, and 62% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 50 m to 170 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Rush Creek?
Across 69 surveyed parcels in Rush Creek, the median lot size is about 39,323 m². There are also 32 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Rush Creek?
At the 2021 Census Rush Creek had 152 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Dayboro statistical area, which contains Rush Creek, went from 5,554 people in 2001 to 10,103 in 2025, up 82%.
Is Rush Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Rush Creek scores 1070 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 Rush Creek?
Median household income in Rush Creek was $2,083 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $583 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,950 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dayboro | 4.2 km | 38% | 56% |
| King Scrub | 5.5 km | 14% | 66% |
| Moorina | 6.2 km | 16% | 86% |
| Narangba | 6.4 km | 23% | 60% |
| Whiteside | 6.4 km | 48% | 74% |
| Samsonvale | 6.4 km | 40% | 82% |
| Armstrong Creek | 7.2 km | 16% | 92% |
| Kurwongbah | 7.7 km | 29% | 84% |
| Kobble Creek | 9.6 km | 11% | 99% |
| Rocksberg | 10.2 km | 21% | 86% |