Merseylea flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Merseylea
(Kentish, TAS) - 18.84 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
18.84 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Merseylea'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 Merseylea
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.
Merseylea at a glance
How Merseylea is zoned
Buying in Merseylea? The zone and code overlays on this page are the Tasmanian Planning Scheme controls a section 337 certificate reports for a title.
Across its 18.84 km², Merseylea is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 37% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Agriculture. The median lot measures about 53,958 m² across 74 parcels.
Who lives in Merseylea
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Merseylea 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 968, and decile 7 within Tasmania. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Merseylea's 71 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Sheffield - Railton, the wider ABS statistical area containing Merseylea. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Merseylea 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.
Merseylea 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 Merseylea 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 Merseylea addresses (+$9 with the planning report).
See what's in the $9 report →Merseylea planning - frequently asked
Is Merseylea flood-prone?
About 37% of Merseylea 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 Merseylea addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is Merseylea bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Merseylea is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Kentish average of 100%.
Is Merseylea under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Merseylea in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 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 Merseylea?
The dominant planning zone in Merseylea is Agriculture, though the suburb also includes Rural and Environmental Management.
Does Merseylea have heritage-listed places?
Merseylea has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Merseylea?
Across 74 surveyed parcels in Merseylea, the median lot size is about 53,958 m².
What is the population of Merseylea?
At the 2021 Census Merseylea had 71 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Sheffield - Railton statistical area, which contains Merseylea, went from 5,480 people in 2001 to 6,911 in 2025, up 26%.
Is Merseylea an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Merseylea scores 968 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Tasmania (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Merseylea?
Median household income in Merseylea was $1,416 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,210 for the typical suburb in Kentish. Median rent was $108 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside | 3.2 km | 6% | 100% |
| Stoodley | 6.3 km | 8% | 100% |
| Railton | 6.4 km | 13% | 99% |
| Kimberley Meander Valley |
6.7 km | 14% | 100% |
| Sassafras Latrobe |
8.3 km | 10% | 100% |
| Elizabeth Town Meander Valley |
9.9 km | 10% | 100% |
| Moltema Meander Valley |
10.1 km | 7% | 100% |
| Beulah | 11.4 km | 8% | 100% |
| Lower Beulah | 11.8 km | 8% | 100% |
| Sheffield | 11.9 km | 8% | 98% |