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Highclere bushfire risk

Of Highclere’s 66 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Highclere’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 Highclere address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

0%
Of properties in a flood area
100%
Of properties in a bushfire area
66
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Highclere

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

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Crime near Highclere

Highclere 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 Highclere

Highclere is mostly rural. The most common zones:

Rural93.9% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Agriculture

Special purpose4.5% of properties

Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.

Zone: Utilities

Open space1.5% of properties

Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.

Zone: Recreation

School catchments in Highclere

PrimaryRidgley Primary School

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

Who lives in Highclere

At the 2021 Census, 9.2% of Highclere’s 119 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian57.1%
English48.7%
Australian Aboriginal12.6%
Scottish12.6%
Irish8.4%

Top countries of birth

England6.7%

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

Development near Highclere

Burnie council approved 53 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

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Dwellings/yr
53
Houses
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Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Burnie council area (not just Highclere). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Highclere address:

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.