Split Yard Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Split Yard Creek
(Somerset Regional, QLD) - 22.95 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
22.95 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Split Yard Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Split Yard Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Split Yard 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: 3.65 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 8.20 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 Split Yard Creek is zoned
We don't yet hold the planning scheme zoning for Split Yard Creek, so this page can't show its zone mix. That is a gap in our data, not an absence of zoning - every lot in Split Yard Creek sits in a zone under the Somerset Regional planning scheme, and Somerset Regional is the authority to check it with. The other overlays on this page are unaffected.
Across its 22.95 km², Split Yard Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 1% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 92% is flagged bushfire-prone. The median lot measures about 145,208 m² across 52 parcels.
Who lives in Split Yard Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Split Yard 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 977, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Lowood, the wider ABS statistical area containing Split Yard Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Split Yard Creek itself.
9,538 in 2001 to 15,478 in 2025, up 62%.
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.
Split Yard 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 | Not 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 Split Yard 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 Split Yard Creek. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Split Yard Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Split Yard Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Split Yard Creek flood-prone?
About 1% of Split Yard Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 2%.
Is Split Yard Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 92% of Split Yard Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Somerset Regional average of 54%.
What is the zoning in Split Yard Creek?
We don't yet hold the planning scheme zoning for Split Yard Creek, so this page can't say how it is zoned - that is a gap in our data, not an absence of zoning. Somerset Regional publishes the zone maps for this area.
Does Split Yard Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Split Yard Creek.
What is the typical lot size in Split Yard Creek?
Across 52 surveyed parcels in Split Yard Creek, the median lot size is about 145,208 m². There are also 27 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Split Yard Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Split Yard Creek scores 977 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| England Creek | 3.2 km | 6% | 92% |
| Wivenhoe Pocket | 7.1 km | Not mapped | 43% |
| Banks Creek | 7.4 km | 2% | 92% |
| Patrick Estate | 7.8 km | Not mapped | 35% |
| Wivenhoe Hill | 8.3 km | Not mapped | 75% |
| Fernvale | 8.5 km | Not mapped | 55% |
| England Creek Brisbane City |
8.8 km | 9% | 100% |
| Banks Creek Brisbane City |
9.6 km | 8% | 100% |
| Vernor | 9.8 km | Not mapped | 47% |
| Dundas | 11.1 km | 0% | 87% |