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Kinchant Dam flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Kinchant Dam (Mackay Regional, QLD) - 37.5 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.

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

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Kinchant Dam properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 103 Kinchant Dam properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Kinchant Dam at a glance

Parcels 115 Median lot 20,091 m² Mapped easements 46 Schools in suburb 0 Landslide overlay 31%

Schools in and near Kinchant Dam

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: 2.66 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 3.60 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 Kinchant Dam is zoned

Rural 57%
Special purpose 32%
Conservation 5%
Rural residential 5%
Community facilities 1%
Sport and recreation 0%

Selling in Kinchant Dam? 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 37.5 km², Kinchant Dam is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 28% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 24% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 20,091 m² across 115 parcels.

Who lives in Kinchant Dam

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

Population
183
usual residents, 2021
Median age
41
years
Median household income
$2,250
per week, Mackay Regional suburb typical $1,937
Median rent
$215
per week, Mackay Regional suburb typical $272
Median mortgage
$1,800
per month
Household size
2.7
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 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 979, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Kinchant Dam's 183 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.4%
5-14 18.1%
15-19 5.9%
20-24 4.8%
25-34 9.6%
35-44 11.2%
45-54 12.2%
55-64 19.1%
65-74 10.1%
75-84 2.7%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

4,997 in 2001 to 9,449 in 2025, up 89%.

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.

Kinchant Dam 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 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.

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Kinchant Dam planning - frequently asked

Is Kinchant Dam flood-prone?

About 28% of Kinchant Dam falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%. Across the suburb, 4% of the 103 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.

Is Kinchant Dam bushfire-prone?

Around 24% of Kinchant Dam is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.

What is the zoning in Kinchant Dam?

The dominant planning zone in Kinchant Dam is Rural, though the suburb also includes Special purpose and Conservation.

Does Kinchant Dam have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Kinchant Dam.

Is Kinchant Dam hilly or flat?

Kinchant Dam is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 13% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 41 m to 136 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Kinchant Dam?

Across 115 surveyed parcels in Kinchant Dam, the median lot size is about 20,091 m². There are also 46 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Kinchant Dam?

At the 2021 Census Kinchant Dam had 183 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Pioneer Valley statistical area, which contains Kinchant Dam, went from 4,997 people in 2001 to 9,449 in 2025, up 89%.

Is Kinchant Dam an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kinchant Dam scores 979 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 Kinchant Dam?

Median household income in Kinchant Dam was $2,250 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,937 for the typical suburb in Mackay Regional. Median rent was $215 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,800 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Mirani 5.9 km 36% 1%
North Eton 6.3 km 60% 6%
Brightly 6.7 km 12% 38%
Mia Mia 6.9 km 0% 36%
Marian 8.2 km 34% 4%
Benholme 10.9 km <1% 15%
Victoria Plains 11.5 km 16% 25%
Eton 11.6 km 17% 62%
Devereux Creek 12.1 km 12% 62%
Pinevale 13.4 km 0% 81%

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