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Mount Martin flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Mount Martin (Mackay Regional, QLD) - 40.32 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.

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

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Mount Martin properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 156 Mount Martin properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Mount Martin at a glance

Parcels 175 Median lot 99,050 m² Mapped easements 21 Schools in suburb 0 Landslide overlay 41%

Schools in and near Mount Martin

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: 4.01 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 3.64 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 Martin is zoned

Rural 100%
Community facilities 0%
Conservation 0%

Selling in Mount Martin? 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 40.32 km², Mount Martin is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 34% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 99,050 m² across 175 parcels.

Who lives in Mount Martin

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

Population
191
usual residents, 2021
Median age
46
years
Median household income
$2,416
per week, Mackay Regional suburb typical $1,937
Median rent
$200
per week, Mackay Regional suburb typical $272
Median mortgage
$1,748
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 4
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 967, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Mount Martin's 191 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.6%
5-14 6.1%
15-19 9.1%
20-24 6.1%
25-34 11.2%
35-44 9.6%
45-54 18.3%
55-64 16.2%
65-74 12.7%
75-84 4.1%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

Mount Martin 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 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 Mount Martin 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 Mount Martin. 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 Mount Martin lot.

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Mount Martin planning - frequently asked

Is Mount Martin flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Mount Martin and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 34%). Across the suburb, 1% of the 156 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.

Is Mount Martin bushfire-prone?

Around 34% of Mount Martin is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.

What is the zoning in Mount Martin?

The dominant planning zone in Mount Martin is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community facilities and Conservation.

Does Mount Martin have heritage-listed places?

Mount Martin has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

Is Mount Martin hilly or flat?

Mount Martin is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 7%, and 22% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 51 m to 159 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Mount Martin?

Across 175 surveyed parcels in Mount Martin, the median lot size is about 99,050 m². There are also 21 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Mount Martin?

At the 2021 Census Mount Martin had 191 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Pioneer Valley statistical area, which contains Mount Martin, went from 4,997 people in 2001 to 9,449 in 2025, up 89%.

Is Mount Martin an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Martin scores 967 and sits in decile 4 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 Mount Martin?

Median household income in Mount Martin was $2,416 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,937 for the typical suburb in Mackay Regional. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,748 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Dows Creek 5.6 km 0% 34%
Benholme 6.7 km <1% 15%
Devereux Creek 7.1 km 12% 62%
Mirani 8.7 km 36% 1%
Gargett 9.2 km 0% 28%
Owens Creek 12.1 km <1% 30%
Kuttabul 12.2 km <1% 53%
Mia Mia 13.4 km 0% 36%
Mount Ossa 13.5 km 9% 44%
Hampden 13.5 km 0% 57%

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