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Campwin Beach flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Campwin Beach (Mackay Regional, QLD) - 1.84 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Campwin Beach's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Campwin Beach properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 312 Campwin Beach properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Campwin Beach at a glance

Parcels 317 Median lot 809 m² Mapped easements 9 Schools in suburb 0 Landslide overlay 12%

Schools in and near Campwin Beach

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

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 9.64 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 9.93 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 Campwin Beach is zoned

Rural 44%
Open space 31%
Township 25%
Special purpose 0%

Selling in Campwin 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 1.84 km², Campwin Beach is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 64% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 13% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 809 m² across 317 parcels.

Who lives in Campwin Beach

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Campwin Beach suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
511
usual residents, 2021
Median age
42
years
Median household income
$1,555
per week, Mackay Regional suburb typical $1,937
Median rent
$340
per week, Mackay Regional suburb typical $272
Median mortgage
$1,539
per month
Household size
2.4
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 949, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Campwin Beach's 511 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.6%
5-14 10.7%
15-19 7.4%
20-24 3.9%
25-34 10.7%
35-44 13.4%
45-54 11.5%
55-64 15.8%
65-74 14.0%
75-84 5.1%
85+ 1.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Sarina, the wider ABS statistical area containing Campwin Beach. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Campwin Beach itself.

9,620 in 2001 to 12,500 in 2025, up 30%.

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.

Campwin Beach data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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 Campwin 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.

Published flood models are held over parts of Campwin 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 (+$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 Campwin Beach lot.

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Campwin Beach planning - frequently asked

Is Campwin Beach flood-prone?

About 64% of Campwin Beach falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%. Across the suburb, 17% of the 312 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 53 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Campwin Beach bushfire-prone?

Around 13% of Campwin Beach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.

What is the zoning in Campwin Beach?

The dominant planning zone in Campwin Beach is Rural, though the suburb also includes Open space and Township.

Does Campwin Beach have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Campwin Beach.

Is Campwin Beach hilly or flat?

Campwin Beach is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%, and 1% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 5 m to 18 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Campwin Beach?

Across 317 surveyed parcels in Campwin Beach, the median lot size is about 809 m². There are also 9 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Campwin Beach?

At the 2021 Census Campwin Beach had 511 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Sarina statistical area, which contains Campwin Beach, went from 9,620 people in 2001 to 12,500 in 2025, up 30%.

Is Campwin Beach an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Campwin Beach scores 949 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Campwin Beach?

Median household income in Campwin Beach was $1,555 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,937 for the typical suburb in Mackay Regional. Median rent was $340 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,539 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Sarina Beach 2.5 km 50% 19%
Grasstree Beach 3.7 km 11% 44%
Freshwater Point 4.8 km 74% 18%
Armstrong Beach 8.5 km 29% 31%
Hay Point 9.7 km 35% 15%
Alligator Creek 11.5 km 16% 22%
Sarina 16.2 km 8% 33%
Dunnrock 17.7 km 93% <1%
Munbura 18.7 km 4% 4%
Balberra 19.0 km 46% 3%

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