Blacks Beach flood map & planning overlays
Blacks Beach is young, median age 31, and compact, with 609 m² blocks near the sand.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Blacks Beach
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 6.51 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
6.51 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Blacks Beach's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Blacks Beach properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 1,778 analysed Blacks Beach properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,778 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Blacks Beach.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Blacks Beach
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Blacks Beach at a glance
Schools in and near Blacks Beach
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual 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: 0.35 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.30 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 Blacks Beach is zoned
Selling in Blacks Beach? 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 6.51 km², Blacks Beach is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 68% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 19% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Open space. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 609 m² across 1,822 parcels.
Who lives in Blacks Beach
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Blacks Beach 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 964, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Blacks Beach's 4,153 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Eimeo - Rural View, the wider ABS statistical area containing Blacks Beach. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Blacks Beach itself.
5,423 in 2001 to 14,911 in 2025, up 175%.
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.
Blacks Beach 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 |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 7 November 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 Blacks Beach 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 47% of Blacks Beach. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Blacks Beach. 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 to spin round in your browser (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Blacks Beach lot.
Blacks Beach planning - frequently asked
Is Blacks Beach flood-prone?
About 68% of Blacks Beach falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 36%. Across the suburb, 32% of the 1,778 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 326 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Blacks Beach; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Blacks Beach bushfire-prone?
Around 19% of Blacks Beach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.
Is Blacks Beach under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 47% of Blacks Beach, and over about 60% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 0 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Blacks Beach?
The dominant planning zone in Blacks Beach is Open space, though the suburb also includes Low density residential and Emerging community.
Does Blacks Beach have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Blacks Beach.
Is Blacks Beach hilly or flat?
Blacks Beach is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%, and 2% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 5 m to 23 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Blacks Beach?
Across 1,822 surveyed parcels in Blacks Beach, the median lot size is about 609 m². There are also 197 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Blacks Beach have a train station?
There is no train station inside Blacks Beach itself. The suburb is served by 3 bus stops.
What is the population of Blacks Beach?
At the 2021 Census Blacks Beach had 4,153 usual residents, with a median age of 31 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Eimeo - Rural View statistical area, which contains Blacks Beach, went from 5,423 people in 2001 to 14,911 in 2025, up 175%.
Is Blacks Beach an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Blacks Beach scores 964 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Blacks Beach?
Median household income in Blacks Beach was $2,013 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,937 for the typical suburb in Mackay Regional. Median rent was $390 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eimeo | 2.4 km | 50% | 6% |
| Dolphin Heads | 2.6 km | 59% | 1% |
| Rural View | 2.9 km | 34% | 11% |
| Andergrove | 3.2 km | 72% | 14% |
| Slade Point | 3.3 km | 68% | 12% |
| Beaconsfield | 3.4 km | 61% | 2% |
| Bucasia | 4.9 km | 75% | 8% |
| Richmond | 5.8 km | 20% | 8% |
| Nindaroo | 6.2 km | 1% | 18% |
| North Mackay | 6.4 km | 81% | <1% |