Oyster Cove flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Oyster Cove
(Kingborough, TAS) - 19.95 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
19.95 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Oyster Cove's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Oyster Cove
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.
Oyster Cove at a glance
How Oyster Cove is zoned
Buying in Oyster Cove? The zone and code overlays on this page are the Tasmanian Planning Scheme controls a section 337 certificate reports for a title.
Across its 19.95 km², Oyster Cove is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 5% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural Resource. The median lot measures about 20,758 m² across 214 parcels.
Who lives in Oyster Cove
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Oyster Cove 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 1008, and decile 9 within Tasmania. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Oyster Cove's 330 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Margate - Snug, the wider ABS statistical area containing Oyster Cove. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Oyster Cove itself.
5,246 in 2001 to 8,751 in 2025, up 67%.
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.
Oyster Cove 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 12 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 Oyster Cove 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 150 Oyster Cove addresses (+$9 with the planning report).
See what's in the $9 report →Oyster Cove planning - frequently asked
Is Oyster Cove flood-prone?
About 5% of Oyster Cove 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 150 Oyster Cove addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is Oyster Cove bushfire-prone?
Around 99% of Oyster Cove is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Kingborough average of 94%.
Is Oyster Cove under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Oyster Cove 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 Oyster Cove?
The dominant planning zone in Oyster Cove is Rural Resource, though the suburb also includes Environmental Living and Environmental Management.
Does Oyster Cove have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Oyster Cove.
What is the typical lot size in Oyster Cove?
Across 214 surveyed parcels in Oyster Cove, the median lot size is about 20,758 m².
What is the population of Oyster Cove?
At the 2021 Census Oyster Cove had 330 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Margate - Snug statistical area, which contains Oyster Cove, went from 5,246 people in 2001 to 8,751 in 2025, up 67%.
Is Oyster Cove an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Oyster Cove scores 1008 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Tasmania (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Oyster Cove?
Median household income in Oyster Cove was $1,515 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,550 for the typical suburb in Kingborough. Median rent was $325 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,475 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kettering | 2.5 km | 5% | 99% |
| Nicholls Rivulet Huon Valley |
3.2 km | 8% | 100% |
| Snug | 4.9 km | 4% | 97% |
| Woodbridge | 4.9 km | 5% | 99% |
| Lower Snug | 5.8 km | 5% | 98% |
| Gardners Bay Huon Valley |
7.0 km | 5% | 100% |
| Birchs Bay | 7.9 km | 4% | 100% |
| Coningham | 8.4 km | 3% | 98% |
| Cygnet Huon Valley |
8.8 km | 6% | 99% |
| Electrona | 9.0 km | 5% | 92% |