Brooks Bay flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Brooks Bay
(Huon Valley, TAS) - 2.69 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 26 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
2.69 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Brooks Bay'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
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Brooks Bay
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed overflight is what a sampled aircraft-tracking feed actually recorded over the suburb - where aircraft flew, how low and how often.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 26 Sep 2026
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Brooks Bay at a glance
How Brooks Bay is zoned
Buying in Brooks Bay? The zone and code overlays on this page are the Tasmanian Planning Scheme controls a section 337 certificate reports for a title.
Across its 2.69 km², Brooks Bay is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 17,284 m² across 45 parcels.
Who lives in Brooks Bay
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Brooks Bay 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 946, and decile 6 within Tasmania. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Brooks Bay's 51 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Geeveston - Dover, the wider ABS statistical area containing Brooks Bay. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Brooks Bay itself.
3,466 in 2001 to 4,408 in 2025, up 27%.
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.
Brooks Bay 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 Tasmanian Planning Scheme and the LIST (Land Tasmania) |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | the Tasmanian Planning Scheme and the LIST (Land Tasmania) |
| Zoning | Mapped | the Tasmanian Planning Scheme and the LIST (Land Tasmania) |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | the Tasmanian Planning Scheme and the LIST (Land Tasmania) |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | the Tasmanian Planning Scheme and the LIST (Land Tasmania), Defence |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 26 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 Brooks Bay 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 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 here: a Flood Model Report is available for about 30 Brooks Bay addresses (+$9 with the planning report).
See what's in the $9 report →Brooks Bay planning - frequently asked
Is Brooks Bay flood-prone?
About 3% of Brooks Bay falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%. Modelled flood depth, velocity and flood level are held for about 30 Brooks Bay addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is Brooks Bay bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Brooks Bay is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Huon Valley average of 99%.
Is Brooks Bay under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 5% of Brooks Bay in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 7,000 ft. 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 Brooks Bay?
The dominant planning zone in Brooks Bay is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Living and Landscape Conservation.
Does Brooks Bay have heritage-listed places?
Brooks Bay has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Brooks Bay?
Across 45 surveyed parcels in Brooks Bay, the median lot size is about 17,284 m².
What is the population of Brooks Bay?
At the 2021 Census Brooks Bay had 51 usual residents, with a median age of 53 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider Geeveston - Dover statistical area, which contains Brooks Bay, went from 3,466 people in 2001 to 4,408 in 2025, up 27%.
Is Brooks Bay an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Brooks Bay scores 946 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Tasmania (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Brooks Bay?
Median household income in Brooks Bay was $1,166 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,206 for the typical suburb in Huon Valley. Median rent was $210 a week and the median mortgage repayment $901 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Police Point | 2.4 km | 4% | 100% |
| Glendevie | 2.6 km | 3% | 100% |
| Surges Bay | 3.2 km | 5% | 100% |
| Waterloo | 4.8 km | 5% | 100% |
| Lymington | 4.9 km | 6% | 100% |
| Petcheys Bay | 5.6 km | 5% | 100% |
| Surveyors Bay | 5.8 km | 5% | 100% |
| Dover | 6.8 km | 6% | 99% |
| Wattle Grove | 7.2 km | 5% | 100% |
| Eggs And Bacon Bay | 7.2 km | 15% | 94% |