Bushy Park flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Bushy Park
(Derwent Valley, TAS) - 22.16 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
22.16 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bushy Park's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Bushy Park
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 to
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.
Bushy Park at a glance
How Bushy Park is zoned
Buying in Bushy Park? The zone and code overlays on this page are the Tasmanian Planning Scheme controls a section 337 certificate reports for a title.
Across its 22.16 km², Bushy Park is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 17% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 91% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 24 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Agriculture. The median lot measures about 2,028 m² across 90 parcels.
Who lives in Bushy Park
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bushy Park 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 926, and decile 4 within Tasmania. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Bushy Park's 147 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Derwent Valley, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bushy Park. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bushy Park itself.
2,973 in 2001 to 3,464 in 2025, up 17%.
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.
Bushy Park 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 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 Bushy Park 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 here: a Flood Model Report is available for about 60 Bushy Park addresses (+$9 with the planning report).
See what's in the $9 report →Bushy Park planning - frequently asked
Is Bushy Park flood-prone?
About 17% of Bushy Park 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 60 Bushy Park addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is Bushy Park bushfire-prone?
Around 91% of Bushy Park is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Derwent Valley average of 97%.
Is Bushy Park under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Bushy Park in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Bushy Park?
The dominant planning zone in Bushy Park is Agriculture, though the suburb also includes Rural and Environmental Management.
Does Bushy Park have heritage-listed places?
Bushy Park has 24 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Bushy Park?
Across 90 surveyed parcels in Bushy Park, the median lot size is about 2,028 m².
What is the population of Bushy Park?
At the 2021 Census Bushy Park had 147 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Derwent Valley statistical area, which contains Bushy Park, went from 2,973 people in 2001 to 3,464 in 2025, up 17%.
Is Bushy Park an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bushy Park scores 926 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Tasmania (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Bushy Park?
Median household income in Bushy Park was $1,359 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,375 for the typical suburb in Derwent Valley. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,094 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenora | 3.9 km | 18% | 97% |
| Macquarie Plains | 4.0 km | 29% | 91% |
| Karanja | 5.2 km | 10% | 100% |
| Uxbridge | 5.6 km | 4% | 100% |
| Rosegarland | 6.8 km | 7% | 100% |
| Plenty | 7.0 km | 15% | 100% |
| Westerway | 7.0 km | 10% | 99% |
| Hayes | 10.6 km | 9% | 100% |
| Moogara | 11.0 km | 3% | 100% |
| Meadowbank Central Highlands |
11.0 km | 8% | 100% |