Victoria Plains flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Victoria Plains
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 42.87 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.
Constraint readout
42.87 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Victoria Plains's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Victoria Plains properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 191 Victoria Plains properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 191 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Victoria Plains.
Victoria Plains at a glance
Schools in and near Victoria Plains
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: 1.83 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 13.29 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 Victoria Plains is zoned
Selling in Victoria Plains? 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 42.87 km², Victoria Plains is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 16% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 25% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 25,999 m² across 196 parcels.
Who lives in Victoria Plains
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Victoria Plains 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 1002, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Victoria Plains's 338 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Walkerston - Eton, the wider ABS statistical area containing Victoria Plains. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Victoria Plains itself.
6,919 in 2001 to 8,749 in 2025, up 26%.
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.
Victoria Plains 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 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 Victoria Plains 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.
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 Victoria Plains lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Victoria Plains planning - frequently asked
Is Victoria Plains flood-prone?
About 16% of Victoria Plains falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%. Across the suburb, 13% of the 191 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Victoria Plains bushfire-prone?
Around 25% of Victoria Plains is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.
What is the zoning in Victoria Plains?
The dominant planning zone in Victoria Plains is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural residential and Special purpose.
Does Victoria Plains have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Victoria Plains.
Is Victoria Plains hilly or flat?
Victoria Plains is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 8% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 32 m to 74 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Victoria Plains?
Across 196 surveyed parcels in Victoria Plains, the median lot size is about 25,999 m². There are also 98 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Victoria Plains?
At the 2021 Census Victoria Plains had 338 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Walkerston - Eton statistical area, which contains Victoria Plains, went from 6,919 people in 2001 to 8,749 in 2025, up 26%.
Is Victoria Plains an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Victoria Plains scores 1002 and sits in decile 6 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 Victoria Plains?
Median household income in Victoria Plains was $2,131 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,937 for the typical suburb in Mackay Regional. Median rent was $220 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,939 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenmount | 5.2 km | 0% | 16% |
| North Eton | 5.9 km | 60% | 6% |
| Homebush | 6.6 km | 24% | 12% |
| Palmyra | 7.6 km | 41% | 18% |
| Pleystowe | 7.6 km | 50% | 1% |
| Marian | 8.1 km | 34% | 4% |
| Walkerston | 9.1 km | 77% | 2% |
| Sandiford | 10.6 km | 42% | <1% |
| Alexandra | 11.4 km | 75% | 0% |
| Kinchant Dam | 11.5 km | 28% | 24% |