Mount Jukes flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Jukes
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 75.33 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.
Constraint readout
75.33 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Jukes's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Mount Jukes properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 208 Mount Jukes properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 208 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Mount Jukes.
Mount Jukes at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Jukes
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: 2.15 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 16.26 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 Mount Jukes is zoned
Selling in Mount Jukes? 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 75.33 km², Mount Jukes is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 24% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 42% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 52,707 m² across 233 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Jukes
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Jukes 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 961, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Jukes's 373 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Seaforth - Calen, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Jukes. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Jukes 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.
Mount Jukes 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 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.
Check a specific Mount Jukes 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.
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 Mount Jukes lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Mount Jukes planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Jukes flood-prone?
About 24% of Mount Jukes falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%. Across the suburb, 12% of the 208 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 26 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Mount Jukes bushfire-prone?
Around 42% of Mount Jukes is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.
What is the zoning in Mount Jukes?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Jukes is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Open space.
Does Mount Jukes have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mount Jukes.
Is Mount Jukes hilly or flat?
Mount Jukes is hilly: the median ground slope is about 11%, and 36% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 3 m to 144 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Jukes?
Across 233 surveyed parcels in Mount Jukes, the median lot size is about 52,707 m². There are also 15 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Mount Jukes?
At the 2021 Census Mount Jukes had 373 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Seaforth - Calen statistical area, which contains Mount Jukes, went from 7,079 people in 2001 to 8,785 in 2025, up 24%.
Is Mount Jukes an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Jukes scores 961 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mount Jukes?
Median household income in Mount Jukes was $2,187 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,937 for the typical suburb in Mackay Regional. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmunda | 6.9 km | 86% | 30% |
| Kuttabul | 7.3 km | <1% | 53% |
| Seaforth | 7.5 km | 21% | 44% |
| Ball Bay | 7.7 km | 7% | 49% |
| The Leap | 8.6 km | 11% | 37% |
| Haliday Bay | 8.8 km | 22% | 55% |
| Hampden | 11.0 km | 0% | 57% |
| Cape Hillsborough | 11.6 km | 22% | 56% |
| Habana | 13.3 km | 34% | 23% |
| Mount Ossa | 14.0 km | 9% | 44% |