Laguna Quays flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Laguna Quays
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 20.36 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
20.36 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Laguna Quays's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Laguna Quays properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 370 Laguna Quays properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 370 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Laguna Quays.
Laguna Quays at a glance
Schools in and near Laguna Quays
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: 8.72 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 21.81 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 Laguna Quays is zoned
Selling in Laguna Quays? 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 20.36 km², Laguna Quays is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 65% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Tourism. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 818 m² across 382 parcels.
Who lives in Laguna Quays
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Laguna Quays 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 862, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Laguna Quays's 89 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Seaforth - Calen, the wider ABS statistical area containing Laguna Quays. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Laguna Quays itself.
7,079 in 2001 to 8,785 in 2025, up 24%.
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.
Laguna Quays 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 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 Laguna Quays 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 Laguna Quays. 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 Laguna Quays lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Laguna Quays planning - frequently asked
Is Laguna Quays flood-prone?
About 8% of Laguna Quays falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%. Across the suburb, 17% of the 370 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 63 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Laguna Quays bushfire-prone?
Around 65% of Laguna Quays is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.
What is the zoning in Laguna Quays?
The dominant planning zone in Laguna Quays is Tourism, though the suburb also includes Rural and Open space.
Does Laguna Quays have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Laguna Quays.
Is Laguna Quays hilly or flat?
Laguna Quays is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 4% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 6 m to 32 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Laguna Quays?
Across 382 surveyed parcels in Laguna Quays, the median lot size is about 818 m². There are also 18 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Laguna Quays?
At the 2021 Census Laguna Quays had 89 usual residents, with a median age of 53 and an average household size of 1.6 people. The wider Seaforth - Calen statistical area, which contains Laguna Quays, went from 7,079 people in 2001 to 8,785 in 2025, up 24%.
Is Laguna Quays an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Laguna Quays scores 862 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Laguna Quays?
Median household income in Laguna Quays was $588 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,937 for the typical suburb in Mackay Regional. Median rent was $210 a week and the median mortgage repayment $628 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midge Point | 4.5 km | 26% | 48% |
| Lethebrook Whitsunday Regional |
8.9 km | 98% | 11% |
| Bloomsbury | 11.5 km | 2% | 51% |
| Thoopara Whitsunday Regional |
13.2 km | 74% | 56% |
| Goorganga Plains Whitsunday Regional |
14.4 km | 100% | 25% |
| Mentmore | 16.2 km | 16% | 15% |
| Wilson Beach Whitsunday Regional |
17.7 km | 72% | 4% |
| Gunyarra Whitsunday Regional |
18.5 km | 77% | 66% |
| Conway Beach Whitsunday Regional |
18.8 km | 78% | 85% |
| Conway Whitsunday Regional |
19.9 km | 42% | 77% |