The Mackay council area in Queensland has 35 primary zones and 7 secondary zones for government schools. Each one is listed
below with the suburbs it covers and the median rents around them.
Schools are in alphabetical order. A zone can cross a council border, so some suburbs listed
here sit in a neighbouring council. A suburb can also be split between two zones - check your
street address on
Queensland catchment maps
before you rely on it.
Bloomsbury, Yalboroo, Eungella Hinterland, Mentmore, Mount Charlton, Calen, Mount Ossa, Mount Pelion, Kuttabul, St Helens Beach, Pindi Pindi, Mount Jukes
Seaforth, Mount Jukes, The Leap, Mount Ossa, Farleigh, Balnagowan, Ball Bay, Kuttabul, Dumbleton, Mackay Harbour, Erakala, Cape Hillsborough, Habana, Glenella and 9 more - see the zone map
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house
$330 to $650 a week lowest and highest of 5 areas with a published figure (includes postcode 4740)
Homebush, Palmyra, Balberra, Sandiford, Victoria Plains, Bakers Creek, Greenmount, Te Kowai, Walkerston, Pleystowe, McEwens Beach, Paget, Oakenden, Dunnrock and 10 more - see the zone map
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house
$650 a week lowest and highest of 6 areas with a published figure (postcode 4740)
Pinevale, Blue Mountain, Finch Hatton, Epsom, Septimus, Pinnacle, Eton, Marian, Kuttabul, Devereux Creek, Hazledean, Mirani, Netherdale, Crediton and 20 more - see the zone map
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house
$330 to $470 a week lowest and highest of 2 areas with a published figure
Koumala, Blue Mountain, Sarina, Nebo, Ilbilbie, Sarina Range, Carmila, Epsom, Alligator Creek, Oakenden, Sunnyside, Munbura, Balberra, Hay Point and 5 more - see the zone map
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house
$470 to $600 a week lowest and highest of 2 areas with a published figure
ICSEA
935 student intake, not a ranking
Which government school zones are in Mackay?
The Mackay council area in Queensland has 35 primary zones and 7 secondary zones. Primary: Alligator Creek State School, Andergrove State School, Beaconsfield State School, Bloomsbury State School, Bucasia State School, Chelona State School, Coningsby State School, Dundula State School, Eimeo Road State School, Eton State School and 25 more. Secondary: Calen District State College, Mackay North State High School, Mackay Northern Beaches State High School, Mackay State High School, Mirani State High School, Pioneer State High School, Sarina State High School.
How do I check which school zone my address in Mackay is in?
Zone lines follow streets, not suburb borders, so one suburb can be split between two zones. Type your street address into the address check on our school zones page, then confirm it on Queensland catchment maps, the official map, before you rely on it.
How to read this page
Which zones are listed - government schools located in the Mackay council area that have an official zone. A few schools are left out because the zone data does not name them clearly; non-government and specialist schools have no zones.
Suburbs in the zone - suburbs the zone covers in whole or in a large part (at least 10% of the suburb or of the zone).
Prices and rents - the medians our suburb pages show for the statistical areas (ABS SA2) that contain the zone's suburbs, as the lowest and highest. They describe those whole areas, not only the streets inside the zone. Queensland publishes no free sale-price series, so only rent is shown.
ICSEA - a picture of the family backgrounds of a school's students (1000 is the national average). It describes student intake. It is not a ranking and not a measure of teaching.
Next steps
School zone finder - nearby suburbs within your budget and the schools each is zoned to.
All QLD schools - every school in the state, including non-government schools.
School fees or moving - compare private school fees with the cost of moving into a zone.