Hay Point flood map & planning overlays
Hay Point: 1,306 residents on 864 m² lots, 35.4% flood-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Hay Point
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 23.06 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
23.06 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Hay Point'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 Hay Point properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 871 analysed Hay Point properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 871 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Hay Point.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Hay Point
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 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 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.
Hay Point at a glance
Schools in and near Hay Point
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: 4.66 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 12.45 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Hay Point address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Hay Point is zoned
Selling in Hay Point? 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 23.06 km², Hay Point is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 35% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 15% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 864 m² across 871 parcels.
Who lives in Hay Point
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Hay Point 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 937, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Hay Point's 1,306 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Sarina, the wider ABS statistical area containing Hay Point. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Hay Point 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.
Hay Point 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 Hay Point 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 42% of Hay Point. 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 Hay Point. 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).
Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$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 Hay Point lot.
Hay Point planning - frequently asked
Is Hay Point flood-prone?
About 35% of Hay Point falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 36%. Across the suburb, 26% of the 871 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 230 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Hay Point; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Hay Point bushfire-prone?
Around 15% of Hay Point is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.
Is Hay Point under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 42% of Hay Point, and over about 80% 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 17 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 Hay Point?
The dominant planning zone in Hay Point is Rural, though the suburb also includes Strategic Port Land and Open space.
Does Hay Point have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Hay Point.
Is Hay Point hilly or flat?
Hay Point is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 2% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 4 m to 23 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Hay Point?
Across 871 surveyed parcels in Hay Point, the median lot size is about 864 m². There are also 86 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Hay Point?
At the 2021 Census Hay Point had 1,306 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Sarina statistical area, which contains Hay Point, went from 9,620 people in 2001 to 12,500 in 2025, up 30%.
Is Hay Point an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Hay Point scores 937 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 Hay Point?
Median household income in Hay Point was $1,983 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,937 for the typical suburb in Mackay Regional. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,600 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alligator Creek | 4.5 km | 16% | 22% |
| Grasstree Beach | 6.2 km | 11% | 44% |
| Dunnrock | 9.4 km | 93% | <1% |
| Campwin Beach | 9.7 km | 64% | 13% |
| Sarina Beach | 10.1 km | 50% | 19% |
| McEwens Beach | 10.6 km | 93% | 10% |
| Freshwater Point | 12.9 km | 74% | 18% |
| Balberra | 12.9 km | 46% | 3% |
| Chelona | 13.8 km | 89% | 4% |
| Rosella | 14.4 km | 25% | 0% |