Queenstown flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Queenstown
(West Coast, TAS) - 132.08 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 26 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
132.08 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Queenstown's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Queenstown
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 26 Sep 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.
Queenstown at a glance
How Queenstown is zoned
Buying in Queenstown? The zone and code overlays on this page are the Tasmanian Planning Scheme controls a section 337 certificate reports for a title.
Across its 132.08 km², Queenstown is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 22 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 649 m² across 2,332 parcels.
Who lives in Queenstown
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Queenstown 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 843, and decile 1 within Tasmania. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Queenstown's 1,808 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of West Coast (Tas.), the wider ABS statistical area containing Queenstown. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Queenstown itself.
5,572 in 2001 to 4,320 in 2025, down 22%.
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.
Queenstown 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 26 September 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
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Is Queenstown flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Queenstown and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 4%).
Is Queenstown bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Queenstown is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a West Coast average of 99%.
Is Queenstown under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Queenstown in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 26 Sep 2026). 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 Queenstown?
The dominant planning zone in Queenstown is Rural, though the suburb also includes General Residential and Utilities.
Does Queenstown have heritage-listed places?
Queenstown has 22 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Queenstown?
Across 2,332 surveyed parcels in Queenstown, the median lot size is about 649 m².
What is the population of Queenstown?
At the 2021 Census Queenstown had 1,808 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider West Coast (Tas.) statistical area, which contains Queenstown, went from 5,572 people in 2001 to 4,320 in 2025, down 22%.
Is Queenstown an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Queenstown scores 843 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Tasmania (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Queenstown?
Median household income in Queenstown was $851 a week at the 2021 Census, against $962 for the typical suburb in West Coast. Median rent was $150 a week and the median mortgage repayment $574 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gormanston | 6.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Lake Margaret | 9.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Strahan | 18.0 km | 6% | 100% |
| Zeehan | 26.4 km | 0% | 99% |
| Macquarie Heads | 31.5 km | 21% | 100% |
| Lake St Clair | 31.7 km | 5% | 97% |
| Rosebery | 32.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Trial Harbour | 33.6 km | 6% | 98% |
| Renison Bell | 33.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Tullah | 39.3 km | 0% | 94% |