Lower Beulah flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Lower Beulah
(Kentish, TAS) - 42.8 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
42.8 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lower Beulah's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Lower Beulah
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.
Lower Beulah at a glance
How Lower Beulah is zoned
Buying in Lower Beulah? The zone and code overlays on this page are the Tasmanian Planning Scheme controls a section 337 certificate reports for a title.
Across its 42.8 km², Lower Beulah is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 49,346 m² across 78 parcels.
Who lives in Lower Beulah
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Lower Beulah 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 983, and decile 8 within Tasmania. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Sheffield - Railton, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lower Beulah. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lower Beulah itself.
5,480 in 2001 to 6,911 in 2025, up 26%.
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.
Lower Beulah 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 19 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 Lower Beulah 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 20 Lower Beulah addresses (+$9 with the planning report).
See what's in the $9 report →Lower Beulah planning - frequently asked
Is Lower Beulah flood-prone?
About 8% of Lower Beulah 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 20 Lower Beulah addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is Lower Beulah bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Lower Beulah is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Kentish average of 100%.
Is Lower Beulah under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Lower Beulah 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 Lower Beulah?
The dominant planning zone in Lower Beulah is Rural, though the suburb also includes Agriculture and Environmental Management.
Does Lower Beulah have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Lower Beulah.
What is the typical lot size in Lower Beulah?
Across 78 surveyed parcels in Lower Beulah, the median lot size is about 49,346 m².
Is Lower Beulah an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lower Beulah scores 983 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Tasmania (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beulah | 4.0 km | 8% | 100% |
| Weegena Meander Valley |
5.1 km | 10% | 100% |
| Kimberley Meander Valley |
6.2 km | 14% | 100% |
| Stoodley | 7.6 km | 8% | 100% |
| Paradise | 8.2 km | 8% | 100% |
| Sunnyside | 9.0 km | 6% | 100% |
| Moltema Meander Valley |
9.1 km | 7% | 100% |
| Sheffield | 10.6 km | 8% | 98% |
| Chudleigh Meander Valley |
11.4 km | 14% | 100% |
| Dunorlan Meander Valley |
11.5 km | 11% | 100% |