Slade Point flood map & planning overlays
Slade Point's 722 m² lots are 6th-smallest in Mackay Regional.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Slade Point
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 7.15 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
7.15 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Slade Point'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 Slade Point properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 1,741 analysed Slade Point properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,741 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Slade Point.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Slade Point
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 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 6,000 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.
Slade Point at a glance
Schools in and near Slade Point
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
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: 1.41 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Slade Point address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Slade Point is zoned
Selling in Slade Point? 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 7.15 km², Slade Point is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 68% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 12% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Open space. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 722 m² across 1,700 parcels.
Who lives in Slade Point
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Slade Point 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 912, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Slade Point's 3,450 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Slade Point, the wider ABS statistical area containing Slade Point. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Slade Point itself.
3,782 in 2001 to 3,669 in 2025, down 3%.
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.
Slade Point 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 Slade Point 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 37% of Slade Point. 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 Slade Point. 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).
Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$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 Slade Point lot.
Slade Point planning - frequently asked
Is Slade Point flood-prone?
About 68% of Slade Point falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 36%. Across the suburb, 36% of the 1,741 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 491 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Slade Point; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Slade Point bushfire-prone?
Around 12% of Slade Point is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.
Is Slade Point under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 37% of Slade Point, and over about 51% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 0 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 Slade Point?
The dominant planning zone in Slade Point is Open space, though the suburb also includes Rural and Low density residential.
Does Slade Point have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Slade Point.
Is Slade Point hilly or flat?
Slade Point is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%, and 3% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 4 m to 15 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Slade Point?
Across 1,700 surveyed parcels in Slade Point, the median lot size is about 722 m². There are also 57 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Slade Point have a train station?
There is no train station inside Slade Point itself. The suburb is served by 17 bus stops.
What is the population of Slade Point?
At the 2021 Census Slade Point had 3,450 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Slade Point statistical area, which contains Slade Point, went from 3,782 people in 2001 to 3,669 in 2025, down 3%.
Is Slade Point an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Slade Point scores 912 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 Slade Point?
Median household income in Slade Point was $1,533 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 $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andergrove | 3.1 km | 72% | 14% |
| Blacks Beach | 3.3 km | 68% | 19% |
| Mackay Harbour | 4.0 km | 70% | 17% |
| Beaconsfield | 4.8 km | 61% | 2% |
| Dolphin Heads | 5.3 km | 59% | 1% |
| North Mackay | 5.5 km | 81% | <1% |
| Eimeo | 5.5 km | 50% | 6% |
| Rural View | 6.0 km | 34% | 11% |
| Cremorne | 6.3 km | 100% | 0% |
| Mount Pleasant | 7.0 km | 30% | 2% |