New Town flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of New Town
(Hobart, TAS) - 3.99 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 3 October 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
3.99 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to New Town'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 New Town
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
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,000 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.
New Town at a glance
How New Town is zoned
Buying in New Town? The zone and code overlays on this page are the Tasmanian Planning Scheme controls a section 337 certificate reports for a title.
Across its 3.99 km², New Town is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 15% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 167 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Inner Residential. The median lot measures about 497 m² across 3,481 parcels.
Who lives in New Town
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the New Town 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 1019, and decile 10 within Tasmania. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of New Town's 6,781 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of New Town, the wider ABS statistical area containing New Town. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than New Town itself.
5,894 in 2001 to 6,476 in 2025, up 10%.
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.
New Town 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 New Town 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.
Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 45% of New Town. 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 3,300 New Town addresses (+$9 with the planning report).
See what's in the $9 report →New Town planning - frequently asked
Is New Town flood-prone?
About 15% of New Town falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%. Modelled flood depth, velocity and flood level are held for about 3,300 New Town addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is New Town bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers New Town and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Hobart average is 52%).
Is New Town under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 45% of New Town, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 3 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 New Town?
The dominant planning zone in New Town is Inner Residential, though the suburb also includes Community Purpose and Recreation.
Does New Town have heritage-listed places?
New Town has 167 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in New Town?
Across 3,481 surveyed parcels in New Town, the median lot size is about 497 m².
What is the population of New Town?
At the 2021 Census New Town had 6,781 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider New Town statistical area, which contains New Town, went from 5,894 people in 2001 to 6,476 in 2025, up 10%.
Is New Town an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), New Town scores 1019 and sits in decile 7 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 New Town?
Median household income in New Town was $1,596 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,915 for the typical suburb in Hobart. Median rent was $340 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,771 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moonah Glenorchy |
1.1 km | 22% | 0% |
| Mount Stuart | 1.8 km | 1% | 19% |
| North Hobart | 1.9 km | 12% | 0% |
| Lutana Glenorchy |
2.0 km | 19% | 0% |
| West Moonah Glenorchy |
2.1 km | 8% | 6% |
| Queens Domain | 2.2 km | 4% | 71% |
| Glebe | 2.6 km | 3% | 12% |
| Derwent Park Glenorchy |
2.7 km | 33% | 0% |
| Lenah Valley | 2.9 km | 6% | 73% |
| West Hobart | 3.1 km | 4% | 58% |