York Town flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of York Town
(West Tamar, TAS) - 22.21 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
22.21 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to York 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 York 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
Night movements: observed, lowest 4,000 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.
York Town at a glance
How York Town is zoned
Buying in York 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 22.21 km², York Town is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 5% 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 Environmental Management. The median lot measures about 16,137 m² across 115 parcels.
Who lives in York Town
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the York 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 915, and decile 4 within Tasmania. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of York Town's 78 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Beauty Point - Beaconsfield, the wider ABS statistical area containing York Town. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than York Town itself.
3,600 in 2001 to 4,216 in 2025, up 17%.
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.
York 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 York 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 4% of York 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 40 York Town addresses (+$9 with the planning report).
See what's in the $9 report →York Town planning - frequently asked
Is York Town flood-prone?
About 5% of York Town falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 9%. Modelled flood depth, velocity and flood level are held for about 40 York Town addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is York Town bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of York Town is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a West Tamar average of 95%.
Is York Town under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 4% of York Town, and over about 12% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 3 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 2,000 ft, with an average of 4,500 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 York Town?
The dominant planning zone in York Town is Environmental Management, though the suburb also includes Rural and Agriculture.
Does York Town have heritage-listed places?
York Town has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in York Town?
Across 115 surveyed parcels in York Town, the median lot size is about 16,137 m².
What is the population of York Town?
At the 2021 Census York Town had 78 usual residents, with a median age of 55 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Beauty Point - Beaconsfield statistical area, which contains York Town, went from 3,600 people in 2001 to 4,216 in 2025, up 17%.
Is York Town an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), York Town scores 915 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Tasmania (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in York Town?
Median household income in York Town was $1,042 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,293 for the typical suburb in West Tamar.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greens Beach | 5.8 km | 10% | 98% |
| Clarence Point | 5.9 km | 6% | 98% |
| Beauty Point | 6.1 km | 7% | 90% |
| Badger Head | 6.4 km | 6% | 100% |
| Beaconsfield | 6.8 km | 5% | 99% |
| Bakers Beach Latrobe |
6.9 km | 8% | 100% |
| Kelso | 7.4 km | 28% | 99% |
| Bell Bay George Town |
12.0 km | 9% | 79% |
| Harford Latrobe |
12.3 km | 7% | 100% |
| Flowery Gully | 12.7 km | 5% | 100% |