The Leap flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of The Leap
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 55.41 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
55.41 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to The Leap's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across The Leap properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 323 The Leap properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 323 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in The Leap.
The Leap at a glance
Schools in and near The Leap
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: 0.83 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 9.88 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 The Leap is zoned
Selling in The Leap? 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 55.41 km², The Leap is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 11% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 37% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 20,179 m² across 352 parcels.
Who lives in The Leap
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the The Leap 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 1006, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of The Leap's 664 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Seaforth - Calen, the wider ABS statistical area containing The Leap. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than The Leap 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.
The Leap 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 The Leap 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 The Leap. 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 The Leap lot.
See what's in the $9 report →The Leap planning - frequently asked
Is The Leap flood-prone?
About 11% of The Leap falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%. Across the suburb, 3% of the 323 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 11 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is The Leap bushfire-prone?
Around 37% of The Leap is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.
What is the zoning in The Leap?
The dominant planning zone in The Leap is Rural, though the suburb also includes Open space and Rural residential.
Does The Leap have heritage-listed places?
The Leap has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
Is The Leap hilly or flat?
The Leap is hilly: the median ground slope is about 14%, and 48% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 16 m to 159 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in The Leap?
Across 352 surveyed parcels in The Leap, the median lot size is about 20,179 m². There are also 54 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of The Leap?
At the 2021 Census The Leap had 664 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Seaforth - Calen statistical area, which contains The Leap, went from 7,079 people in 2001 to 8,785 in 2025, up 24%.
Is The Leap an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), The Leap scores 1006 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 The Leap?
Median household income in The Leap was $2,486 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,937 for the typical suburb in Mackay Regional. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balnagowan | 7.1 km | 13% | 29% |
| Hampden | 7.2 km | 0% | 57% |
| Habana | 8.0 km | 34% | 23% |
| Mount Jukes | 8.6 km | 24% | 42% |
| Farleigh | 9.7 km | <1% | 6% |
| Dumbleton | 11.1 km | 55% | 18% |
| Belmunda | 11.2 km | 86% | 30% |
| Kuttabul | 11.4 km | <1% | 53% |
| Pleystowe | 11.5 km | 50% | 1% |
| Nindaroo | 12.2 km | 1% | 18% |