Cape Pillar flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cape Pillar
(Tasman, TAS) - 33.66 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 3 October 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
33.66 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cape Pillar'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 Cape Pillar
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 3 Oct 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.
How Cape Pillar is zoned
Buying in Cape Pillar? The zone and code overlays on this page are the Tasmanian Planning Scheme controls a section 337 certificate reports for a title.
Across its 33.66 km², Cape Pillar is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 4% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Environmental Management.
Cape Pillar 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 | Not available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 3 October 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 Cape Pillar 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Cape Pillar planning - frequently asked
Is Cape Pillar flood-prone?
About 4% of Cape Pillar falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 6%.
Is Cape Pillar bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Cape Pillar is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Tasman average of 100%.
Is Cape Pillar under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Cape Pillar in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 2,500 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 Cape Pillar?
The dominant planning zone in Cape Pillar is Environmental Management, though the suburb also includes Rural.
Does Cape Pillar have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Cape Pillar.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortescue | 9.2 km | 4% | 100% |
| Port Arthur | 9.3 km | 6% | 100% |
| Stormlea | 11.2 km | 4% | 100% |
| Highcroft | 12.7 km | 5% | 100% |
| Cape Raoul | 12.7 km | 4% | 100% |
| Taranna | 14.2 km | 7% | 100% |
| Koonya | 14.9 km | 5% | 100% |
| Nubeena | 16.7 km | 5% | 99% |
| White Beach | 17.6 km | 6% | 99% |
| Eaglehawk Neck | 19.5 km | 4% | 100% |