Mount Pleasant flood map & planning overlays
4,694 residents, $390 rents and 23 flights a day over Mackay's Mount Pleasant.
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A planning-constraint profile of Mount Pleasant
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 3.87 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
3.87 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Pleasant'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 Mount Pleasant properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 2,204 analysed Mount Pleasant properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 2,204 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Mount Pleasant.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Mount Pleasant
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
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 500 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.
Mount Pleasant at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Pleasant
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
2 schools providing primary years and 1 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
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 Pleasant is zoned
Selling in Mount Pleasant? 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 3.87 km², Mount Pleasant is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 30% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 2% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low density residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 794 m² across 1,918 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Pleasant
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Pleasant 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 983, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Pleasant's 4,694 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mount Pleasant - Glenella, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Pleasant. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Pleasant itself.
6,717 in 2001 to 12,060 in 2025, up 80%.
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 Pleasant 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 |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland 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 Mount Pleasant 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 93% of Mount Pleasant. 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 Mount Pleasant. 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).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Mount Pleasant lot.
Mount Pleasant planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Pleasant flood-prone?
About 30% of Mount Pleasant falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 36%. Across the suburb, 27% of the 2,204 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Mount Pleasant; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Mount Pleasant bushfire-prone?
Around 2% of Mount Pleasant is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.
Is Mount Pleasant under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 93% of Mount Pleasant, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 20 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 Mount Pleasant?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Pleasant is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Major centre and Open space.
Does Mount Pleasant have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mount Pleasant.
Is Mount Pleasant hilly or flat?
Mount Pleasant is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 4% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 7 m to 38 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Pleasant?
Across 1,918 surveyed parcels in Mount Pleasant, the median lot size is about 794 m². There are also 178 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Mount Pleasant have a train station?
There is no train station inside Mount Pleasant itself. The suburb is served by 14 bus stops.
What is the population of Mount Pleasant?
At the 2021 Census Mount Pleasant had 4,694 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Mount Pleasant - Glenella statistical area, which contains Mount Pleasant, went from 6,717 people in 2001 to 12,060 in 2025, up 80%.
Is Mount Pleasant an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Pleasant scores 983 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mount Pleasant?
Median household income in Mount Pleasant was $1,686 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,937 for the typical suburb in Mackay Regional. Median rent was $390 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,668 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Mackay | 2.3 km | 81% | <1% |
| Foulden | 2.5 km | 100% | 0% |
| Glenella | 2.8 km | 43% | 11% |
| Cremorne | 3.4 km | 100% | 0% |
| West Mackay | 3.4 km | 74% | 2% |
| Beaconsfield | 3.5 km | 61% | 2% |
| Mackay | 3.6 km | 98% | 0% |
| Andergrove | 4.0 km | 72% | 14% |
| Richmond | 4.2 km | 20% | 8% |
| Erakala | 4.3 km | 44% | 7% |