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Sarina flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Sarina (Mackay Regional, QLD) - 250.71 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.

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

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Sarina properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 3,133 Sarina properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Sarina at a glance

Parcels 3,037 Median lot 1,280 m² Mapped easements 470 Bus stops 10 Schools in suburb 5 Landslide overlay 46%

Schools in and near Sarina

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

5

3 schools providing primary years and 2 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 Sarina is zoned

Rural 86%
Open space 5%
Conservation 4%
Rural residential 2%
Special purpose 1%
Low density residential 0%

Selling in Sarina? 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 250.71 km², Sarina is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 33% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 1,280 m² across 3,037 parcels.

Who lives in Sarina

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

Population
5,619
usual residents, 2021
Median age
40
years
Median household income
$1,605
per week, Mackay Regional suburb typical $1,937
Median rent
$300
per week, Mackay Regional suburb typical $272
Median mortgage
$1,733
per month
Household size
2.6
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 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 908, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Sarina's 5,619 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.2%
5-14 13.4%
15-19 6.9%
20-24 5.4%
25-34 10.9%
35-44 12.2%
45-54 13.3%
55-64 14.0%
65-74 10.8%
75-84 5.1%
85+ 1.9%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

9,620 in 2001 to 12,500 in 2025, up 30%.

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.

Sarina 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 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 Sarina address

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Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Sarina lot.

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Sarina planning - frequently asked

Is Sarina flood-prone?

About 8% of Sarina falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%. Across the suburb, 30% of the 3,133 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 27 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Sarina bushfire-prone?

Around 33% of Sarina is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.

What is the zoning in Sarina?

The dominant planning zone in Sarina is Rural, though the suburb also includes Open space and Conservation.

Does Sarina have heritage-listed places?

Sarina has 2 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Sarina hilly or flat?

Sarina is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 13% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 11 m to 139 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Sarina?

Across 3,037 surveyed parcels in Sarina, the median lot size is about 1,280 m². There are also 470 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Sarina have a train station?

There is no train station inside Sarina itself. The suburb is served by 10 bus stops.

What is the population of Sarina?

At the 2021 Census Sarina had 5,619 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Sarina statistical area, which contains Sarina, went from 9,620 people in 2001 to 12,500 in 2025, up 30%.

Is Sarina an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Sarina scores 908 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 Sarina?

Median household income in Sarina was $1,605 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 suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Munbura 8.2 km 4% 4%
Sunnyside 10.6 km <1% 35%
Armstrong Beach 10.8 km 29% 31%
Freshwater Point 12.3 km 74% 18%
Sarina Beach 13.7 km 50% 19%
Sarina Range 14.3 km 30% 37%
Balberra 15.3 km 46% 3%
Grasstree Beach 15.5 km 11% 44%
Alligator Creek 15.7 km 16% 22%
Campwin Beach 16.2 km 64% 13%

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