Gunns Plains bushfire risk

Of Gunns Plains’s 134 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Gunns Plains’s flood exposure is below the TAS average of 3.2%, and bushfire exposure is above the TAS average of 35.4%.

Check a specific Gunns Plains address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

0%
Of properties in a flood area
100%
Of properties in a bushfire area
134
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Gunns Plains

Flood and bushfire areas across Gunns Plains. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Gunns Plains

Gunns Plains sits in the Tasmania police jurisdiction, which recorded 17,094 reported offences in the 12 months to Dec 2025.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
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Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 17,094 total. Figures are for the whole Tasmania police jurisdiction (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Zoning in Gunns Plains

Gunns Plains is mostly rural. The most common zones:

Rural51.1% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Rural

Rural36% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Agriculture

Environmental9.4% of properties

Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.

Zone: Landscape Conservation

School catchments in Gunns Plains

Gunns Plains can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Who lives in Gunns Plains

At the 2021 Census, 13.8% of Gunns Plains’s 195 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian46.2%
English34.4%
Australian Aboriginal8.2%
Scottish7.2%
Dutch5.1%
German4.6%

Top countries of birth

England2.6%
New Zealand2.6%
India1.5%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Gunns Plains

Central Coast (Tas.) council approved 86 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

86
Dwellings/yr
82
Houses
4
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Central Coast (Tas.) council area (not just Gunns Plains). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.