Ooralea flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Ooralea
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 5.51 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
5.51 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Ooralea's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Ooralea properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,519 Ooralea properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,519 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Ooralea.
Ooralea at a glance
Schools in and near Ooralea
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: 0.57 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.70 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 Ooralea is zoned
Selling in Ooralea? 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 5.51 km², Ooralea is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 60% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 793 m² across 1,555 parcels.
Who lives in Ooralea
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Ooralea 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 1010, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Ooralea's 3,691 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ooralea - Bakers Creek, the wider ABS statistical area containing Ooralea. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Ooralea itself.
2,954 in 2001 to 6,600 in 2025, up 123%.
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.
Ooralea 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 Ooralea 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 Ooralea. 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 Ooralea lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Ooralea planning - frequently asked
Is Ooralea flood-prone?
About 60% of Ooralea falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%. Across the suburb, 54% of the 1,519 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Ooralea bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Ooralea and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Mackay Regional average is 26%).
What is the zoning in Ooralea?
The dominant planning zone in Ooralea is Rural, though the suburb also includes Low density residential and Industry investigation.
Does Ooralea have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Ooralea.
Is Ooralea hilly or flat?
Ooralea is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 8 m to 13 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Ooralea?
Across 1,555 surveyed parcels in Ooralea, the median lot size is about 793 m². There are also 130 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Ooralea have a train station?
There is no train station inside Ooralea itself. The suburb is served by 6 bus stops.
What is the population of Ooralea?
At the 2021 Census Ooralea had 3,691 usual residents, with a median age of 35 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Ooralea - Bakers Creek statistical area, which contains Ooralea, went from 2,954 people in 2001 to 6,600 in 2025, up 123%.
Is Ooralea an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ooralea scores 1010 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Ooralea?
Median household income in Ooralea was $2,248 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,937 for the typical suburb in Mackay Regional. Median rent was $440 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,820 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Racecourse | 1.8 km | 68% | 2% |
| Te Kowai | 3.0 km | 63% | <1% |
| Paget | 3.1 km | 81% | 6% |
| West Mackay | 4.0 km | 74% | 2% |
| South Mackay | 4.0 km | 86% | 3% |
| Bakers Creek | 4.0 km | 88% | 4% |
| Foulden | 4.9 km | 100% | 0% |
| Alexandra | 5.4 km | 75% | 0% |
| Mackay | 6.1 km | 98% | 0% |
| East Mackay | 6.4 km | 92% | 1% |