Draft Mackay Region Housing Strategy 2025-2030

What type of housing meets your current and future needs?

As our lifestyles and circumstances change, so do our housing needs. It is important that our housing options reflect the diversity of lifestyles, preferences and circumstances across our communities.

Suitable housing is foundational to community wellbeing and supports better health, educational outcomes and economic opportunities for residents.

Many factors influence where and how we live — some are shaped by council, while others depend on broader market trends, industry developments and State Government policy.

To support the community in having access to suitable housing, Council has developed the draft Mackay Region Housing Strategy.

How to be involved?

The community plays a vital role in shaping the future of housing in the Mackay region.

As the primary users of housing, residents bring lived experience and local knowledge that can help inform planning decisions.

Council recognises that housing needs vary across life stages, household types and income levels, and community input is essential to ensure our future housing reflects these diverse needs.

Feedback will guide council in aligning planning scheme amendments and policy interventions with the needs of the community and help council support inclusive and liveable communities.

Help us identify what types of dwellings are appropriate and why.

Request a hard-copy survey: Contact council's Community Engagement team via email at engagement@mackay.qld.gov.au or call 1300 MACKAY (622 529).

Consultation closes October 30, 2025 at 11.59pm.

Stay updated on this project by subscribing to its project update emails. Click the Stay Informed button on this page. You will receive an email afterwards asking you to confirm your subscription.

What type of housing meets your current and future needs?

As our lifestyles and circumstances change, so do our housing needs. It is important that our housing options reflect the diversity of lifestyles, preferences and circumstances across our communities.

Suitable housing is foundational to community wellbeing and supports better health, educational outcomes and economic opportunities for residents.

Many factors influence where and how we live — some are shaped by council, while others depend on broader market trends, industry developments and State Government policy.

To support the community in having access to suitable housing, Council has developed the draft Mackay Region Housing Strategy.

How to be involved?

The community plays a vital role in shaping the future of housing in the Mackay region.

As the primary users of housing, residents bring lived experience and local knowledge that can help inform planning decisions.

Council recognises that housing needs vary across life stages, household types and income levels, and community input is essential to ensure our future housing reflects these diverse needs.

Feedback will guide council in aligning planning scheme amendments and policy interventions with the needs of the community and help council support inclusive and liveable communities.

Help us identify what types of dwellings are appropriate and why.

Request a hard-copy survey: Contact council's Community Engagement team via email at engagement@mackay.qld.gov.au or call 1300 MACKAY (622 529).

Consultation closes October 30, 2025 at 11.59pm.

Stay updated on this project by subscribing to its project update emails. Click the Stay Informed button on this page. You will receive an email afterwards asking you to confirm your subscription.

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Help us understand housing in the Mackay region

Council has prepared the draft Mackay Region Housing Strategy which aims to improve housing diversity in the region and supports increased supply of public and social housing. Analysis of the region's demographics and its homes found that we have many different household types yet very little diversity of housing types. Ultimately, this means there is a lack of housing choice to meet the needs of many households.
Council is looking to better understand housing needs directly from the region's households through this short survey.
Personal details are not used in the results of surveys, however, some survey questions may capture identifying information. Responses in the below survey are purely voluntary. Participating in this survey indicates that you accept that this information may be publicly displayed and analysed by both authorised council employees and relevant third-party consultants.
Except as otherwise stated, any identifying information you choose to provide will only be used for the purpose for which it was provided and will not be disclosed to other persons or organisations without your prior consent or where it is required by law.

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