Kingston Beach flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Kingston Beach
(Kingborough, TAS) - 1.5 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
1.5 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kingston Beach'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 Kingston Beach
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: observed, lowest 2,500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Kingston Beach at a glance
How Kingston Beach is zoned
Buying in Kingston Beach? The zone and code overlays on this page are the Tasmanian Planning Scheme controls a section 337 certificate reports for a title.
Across its 1.5 km², Kingston Beach is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 14% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 22% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential. The median lot measures about 647 m² across 1,197 parcels.
Who lives in Kingston Beach
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kingston Beach 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 1041, and decile 10 within Tasmania. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Kingston Beach's 2,305 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kingston Beach. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kingston Beach itself.
9,643 in 2001 to 11,344 in 2025, up 18%.
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.
Kingston Beach 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 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 Kingston Beach 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 1,000 Kingston Beach addresses (+$9 with the planning report).
See what's in the $9 report →Kingston Beach planning - frequently asked
Is Kingston Beach flood-prone?
About 14% of Kingston Beach falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 6%. Modelled flood depth, velocity and flood level are held for about 1,000 Kingston Beach addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is Kingston Beach bushfire-prone?
Around 22% of Kingston Beach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Kingborough average of 94%.
Is Kingston Beach under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 6% of Kingston Beach in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,000 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 Kingston Beach?
The dominant planning zone in Kingston Beach is General Residential, though the suburb also includes Low Density Residential and Environmental Management.
Does Kingston Beach have heritage-listed places?
Kingston Beach has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Kingston Beach?
Across 1,197 surveyed parcels in Kingston Beach, the median lot size is about 647 m².
What is the population of Kingston Beach?
At the 2021 Census Kingston Beach had 2,305 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay statistical area, which contains Kingston Beach, went from 9,643 people in 2001 to 11,344 in 2025, up 18%.
Is Kingston Beach an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kingston Beach scores 1041 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Tasmania (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Kingston Beach?
Median household income in Kingston Beach was $1,526 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,550 for the typical suburb in Kingborough. Median rent was $380 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,577 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnet Hill | 1.9 km | 6% | 98% |
| Blackmans Bay | 2.7 km | 6% | 48% |
| Huntingfield | 3.1 km | 7% | 89% |
| Kingston | 3.4 km | 6% | 86% |
| Taroona | 4.5 km | 5% | 80% |
| Howden | 4.6 km | 7% | 97% |
| Tinderbox | 6.5 km | 4% | 100% |
| Mount Nelson Hobart |
6.9 km | 3% | 95% |
| Fern Tree Hobart |
7.2 km | 4% | 100% |
| Opossum Bay Clarence |
7.4 km | 10% | 91% |