Silver Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Silver Creek
(Whitsunday Regional, QLD) - 24.41 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
24.41 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Silver Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Silver Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Silver 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: 9.74 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 9.94 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 Silver Creek is zoned
Selling in Silver 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 24.41 km², Silver Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 54% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 82% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 499,619 m² across 38 parcels.
Who lives in Silver Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Silver 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 924, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Proserpine, the wider ABS statistical area containing Silver Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Silver Creek itself.
7,033 in 2001 to 9,503 in 2025, up 35%.
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.
Silver 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 12 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 Silver 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.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Silver Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Silver Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Silver Creek flood-prone?
About 54% of Silver Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%.
Is Silver Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 82% of Silver Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Whitsunday Regional average of 69%.
What is the zoning in Silver Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Silver Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Recreation and open space.
Does Silver Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Silver Creek.
What is the typical lot size in Silver Creek?
Across 38 surveyed parcels in Silver Creek, the median lot size is about 499,619 m². There are also 1 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Silver Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Silver 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).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelsey Creek | 4.2 km | 72% | 77% |
| Goorganga Creek | 5.9 km | 36% | 94% |
| Pauls Pocket | 6.1 km | 4% | 98% |
| Dittmer | 8.0 km | 15% | 96% |
| Gunyarra | 9.4 km | 77% | 66% |
| Crystal Brook | 9.8 km | 37% | 69% |
| Proserpine | 11.4 km | 86% | 31% |
| Thoopara | 13.2 km | 74% | 56% |
| Foxdale | 14.2 km | 100% | 18% |
| Hamilton Plains | 14.4 km | 99% | 34% |