Pindi Pindi flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Pindi Pindi
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 27.51 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
27.51 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Pindi Pindi's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Pindi Pindi properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 69 Pindi Pindi properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 69 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Pindi Pindi.
Pindi Pindi at a glance
Schools in and near Pindi Pindi
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
1 school providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 4.03 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 Pindi Pindi is zoned
Selling in Pindi Pindi? 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 27.51 km², Pindi Pindi is moderately constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 16% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 188,690 m² across 73 parcels.
Who lives in Pindi Pindi
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Pindi Pindi 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 910, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Pindi Pindi's 86 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Seaforth - Calen, the wider ABS statistical area containing Pindi Pindi. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Pindi Pindi 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.
Pindi Pindi 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 Pindi Pindi 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 Pindi Pindi. 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 Pindi Pindi lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Pindi Pindi planning - frequently asked
Is Pindi Pindi flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Pindi Pindi and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 34%). Across the suburb, 13% of the 69 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 9 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Pindi Pindi bushfire-prone?
Around 16% of Pindi Pindi is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.
What is the zoning in Pindi Pindi?
The dominant planning zone in Pindi Pindi is Rural, though the suburb also includes Special purpose and Community facilities.
Does Pindi Pindi have heritage-listed places?
Pindi Pindi has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Pindi Pindi hilly or flat?
Pindi Pindi is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 1% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 13 m to 56 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Pindi Pindi?
Across 73 surveyed parcels in Pindi Pindi, the median lot size is about 188,690 m². There are also 2 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Pindi Pindi?
At the 2021 Census Pindi Pindi had 86 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Seaforth - Calen statistical area, which contains Pindi Pindi, went from 7,079 people in 2001 to 8,785 in 2025, up 24%.
Is Pindi Pindi an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Pindi Pindi scores 910 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Pindi Pindi?
Median household income in Pindi Pindi was $1,656 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 $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calen | 4.7 km | 3% | 35% |
| St Helens Beach | 6.5 km | 32% | 19% |
| Yalboroo | 8.8 km | <1% | 52% |
| Mentmore | 11.0 km | 16% | 15% |
| Mount Pelion | 11.2 km | 9% | 37% |
| Mount Charlton | 15.8 km | 0% | 48% |
| Mount Ossa | 17.6 km | 9% | 44% |
| Midge Point | 22.5 km | 26% | 48% |
| Seaforth | 23.2 km | 21% | 44% |
| Bloomsbury | 23.4 km | 2% | 51% |