Mount Hicks bushfire risk
Of Mount Hicks’s 181 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Mount Hicks’s flood exposure is below the TAS average of 3.2%, and bushfire exposure is above the TAS average of 35.4%.
Where the hazards are in Mount Hicks
Flood and bushfire areas across Mount Hicks. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Mount Hicks
Mount Hicks sits in the Tasmania police jurisdiction, which recorded 21,019 reported offences in the 12 months to Dec 2024.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 21,019 total. Figures are for the whole Tasmania police jurisdiction (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Zoning in Mount Hicks
Mount Hicks is mostly rural. The most common zones:
Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.
Zone: Agriculture
Rural residential — acreage-style homes on large lots; semi-rural living.
Zone: Rural Living
Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.
Zone: Rural
School catchments in Mount Hicks
Mount Hicks can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Mount Hicks
At the 2021 Census, 11.8% of Mount Hicks’s 356 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Mount Hicks
Waratah-Wynyard council approved 67 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Waratah-Wynyard council area (not just Mount Hicks). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 28 Taylors Road, Mount Hicks TAS 7325
- 601 Mount Hicks Road, Mount Hicks TAS 7325
- 19 Tippetts Road, Mount Hicks TAS 7325
- 149 Aitkens Road, Mount Hicks TAS 7325
- 517 Seabrook Road, Mount Hicks TAS 7325
- 186 Old Mount Hicks Road, Mount Hicks TAS 7325
- 1081 Deep Creek Road, Mount Hicks TAS 7325
- 128 Coates Road, Mount Hicks TAS 7325
Nearby suburbs
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.