Wallaces Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Wallaces Creek
(Scenic Rim Regional, QLD) - 12.1 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
12.1 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wallaces Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Wallaces 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 53 Wallaces Creek properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 53 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Wallaces Creek.
Wallaces Creek flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 53 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Wallaces Creek; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
6 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Defined Flood Event: 6
Source: Scenic Rim 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.
Wallaces Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Wallaces 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: 4.15 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 5.96 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 Wallaces Creek is zoned
Selling in Wallaces 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 12.1 km², Wallaces Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 2% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 65% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 166,967 m² across 53 parcels.
Who lives in Wallaces Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wallaces 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 978, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Wallaces Creek's 74 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Boonah, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wallaces Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wallaces Creek itself.
9,556 in 2001 to 13,450 in 2025, up 41%.
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.
Wallaces 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 Wallaces 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.
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 Wallaces Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Wallaces Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Wallaces Creek flood-prone?
About 2% of Wallaces Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%. Across the suburb, 11% of the 53 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 4 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Wallaces Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 65% of Wallaces Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Scenic Rim Regional average of 52%.
What is the zoning in Wallaces Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Wallaces Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities and Recreation and Open Space.
Does Wallaces Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Wallaces Creek.
Is Wallaces Creek hilly or flat?
Wallaces Creek is hilly: the median ground slope is about 10%, and 21% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 106 m to 293 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Wallaces Creek?
Across 53 surveyed parcels in Wallaces Creek, the median lot size is about 166,967 m². There are also 3 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Wallaces Creek?
At the 2021 Census Wallaces Creek had 74 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Boonah statistical area, which contains Wallaces Creek, went from 9,556 people in 2001 to 13,450 in 2025, up 41%.
Is Wallaces Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wallaces Creek scores 978 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Wallaces Creek?
Median household income in Wallaces Creek was $2,312 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Scenic Rim Regional. Median rent was $380 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,084 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunburra | 3.7 km | <1% | 38% |
| Bunjurgen | 4.4 km | 22% | 42% |
| Mount Alford | 4.7 km | 12% | 56% |
| Frenches Creek | 5.1 km | 7% | 41% |
| Dugandan | 5.1 km | 34% | 6% |
| Coochin | 6.3 km | 10% | 64% |
| Milford | 7.0 km | 0% | 13% |
| Cannon Creek | 7.5 km | 0% | 65% |
| Mount French | 7.9 km | 0% | 64% |
| Kents Pocket | 8.7 km | 6% | 16% |