Mia Mia flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mia Mia
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 25.82 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
25.82 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mia Mia's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Mia Mia properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 97 Mia Mia properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 97 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Mia Mia.
Mia Mia at a glance
Schools in and near Mia Mia
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: 4.25 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 4.67 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 Mia Mia is zoned
Selling in Mia Mia? 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 25.82 km², Mia Mia is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 36% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 114,217 m² across 89 parcels.
Who lives in Mia Mia
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mia Mia 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 979, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mia Mia's 118 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Pioneer Valley, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mia Mia. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mia Mia 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.
Mia Mia 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 Mia Mia 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 Mia Mia. 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 Mia Mia lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Mia Mia planning - frequently asked
Is Mia Mia flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Mia Mia and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 34%). Across the suburb, 3% of the 97 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Mia Mia bushfire-prone?
Around 36% of Mia Mia is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.
What is the zoning in Mia Mia?
The dominant planning zone in Mia Mia is Rural, though the suburb also includes Special purpose and NO.
Does Mia Mia have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mia Mia.
Is Mia Mia hilly or flat?
Mia Mia is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%, and 23% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 53 m to 154 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Mia Mia?
Across 89 surveyed parcels in Mia Mia, the median lot size is about 114,217 m². There are also 23 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Mia Mia?
At the 2021 Census Mia Mia had 118 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Pioneer Valley statistical area, which contains Mia Mia, went from 4,997 people in 2001 to 9,449 in 2025, up 89%.
Is Mia Mia an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mia Mia 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 Mia Mia?
Median household income in Mia Mia was $2,187 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,937 for the typical suburb in Mackay Regional. Median rent was $150 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinchant Dam | 6.9 km | 28% | 24% |
| Benholme | 7.2 km | <1% | 15% |
| Mirani | 7.9 km | 36% | 1% |
| Septimus | 9.2 km | 0% | 79% |
| Brightly | 9.6 km | 12% | 38% |
| Gargett | 10.5 km | 0% | 28% |
| Pinevale | 10.8 km | 0% | 81% |
| North Eton | 12.7 km | 60% | 6% |
| Mount Martin | 13.4 km | 0% | 34% |
| Marian | 14.5 km | 34% | 4% |