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Mentmore flood map & planning overlays

Mentmore's typical holding covers 182 ha, 3rd-biggest in Mackay Regional.

A planning-constraint profile of Mentmore (Mackay Regional, QLD) - 136.81 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mentmore'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 Mentmore properties?

Counts of properties, not share of land, across 8 analysed Mentmore properties; no individual property result is identified.

Aircraft noise and flight paths over Mentmore

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

Under observed aircraft
54%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
28%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
500 ft
averaging 4,000 ft
Busiest square
~1 a day
±30% · area average
typical observed square 1 a day

Night movements: observed, lowest 2,000 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.

Mentmore at a glance

Parcels 15 Median lot 1,815,510 m² Schools in suburb 0 Landslide overlay 24%

Schools in and near Mentmore

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

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

Nearest school availability

Primary: 4.18 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 6.15 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 Mentmore address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.

How Mentmore is zoned

Rural 96%
Open space 4%

Selling in Mentmore? 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 136.81 km², Mentmore is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 16% 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 gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 1,815,510 m² across 15 parcels.

Mentmore 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
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsNot availableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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 Mentmore 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.

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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 28% of Mentmore. 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 Mentmore. 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 Mentmore lot.

Mentmore planning - frequently asked

Is Mentmore flood-prone?

About 16% of Mentmore falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 36%. Across the suburb, 62% of the 8 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 5 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Mentmore; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.

Is Mentmore bushfire-prone?

Around 15% of Mentmore is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.

Is Mentmore under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 28% of Mentmore, and over about 54% 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 4,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Mentmore?

The dominant planning zone in Mentmore is Rural, though the suburb also includes Open space.

Does Mentmore have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Mentmore.

Is Mentmore hilly or flat?

Mentmore is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%. Ground level runs from roughly 4 m to 32 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Mentmore?

Across 15 surveyed parcels in Mentmore, the median lot size is about 1,815,510 m².

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Pindi Pindi 11.0 km <1% 16%
Midge Point 11.8 km 26% 48%
St Helens Beach 12.0 km 32% 19%
Yalboroo 13.6 km <1% 52%
Calen 15.4 km 10% 35%
Laguna Quays 16.2 km 8% 65%
Bloomsbury 16.8 km 3% 51%
Mount Pelion 21.1 km 9% 37%
Lethebrook
Whitsunday Regional
24.9 km 98% 0%
Mount Charlton 26.8 km Not mapped 48%

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