Mount Rumney flood & bushfire risk
Of Mount Rumney’s 147 mapped properties, 4.1% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Mount Rumney’s flood exposure is above the TAS average of 3.2%, and bushfire exposure is above the TAS average of 35.4%.
Check a specific Mount Rumney address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Mount Rumney
Flood and bushfire areas across Mount Rumney. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Mount Rumney
Mount Rumney sits in the Tasmania police jurisdiction, which recorded 17,094 reported offences in the 12 months to Dec 2025.
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 Mount Rumney
Mount Rumney is mostly rural residential. The most common zones:
Rural residential — acreage-style homes on large lots; semi-rural living.
Zone: Rural Living
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Landscape Conservation
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: Open Space
School catchments in Mount Rumney
Mount Rumney can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Mount Rumney
At the 2021 Census, 15.5% of Mount Rumney’s 303 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 Rumney
Clarence council approved 292 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Clarence council area (not just Mount Rumney). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 111 Canopus Road, Mount Rumney TAS 7170
- 146 Houston Drive, Mount Rumney TAS 7170
- 168 Cilwen Road, Mount Rumney TAS 7170
- 184 Grahams Road, Mount Rumney TAS 7170
- 33 Dexter Drive, Mount Rumney TAS 7170
- 41 Centauri Drive, Mount Rumney TAS 7170
- 448 Mount Rumney Road, Mount Rumney TAS 7170
- 615 Cambridge Road, Mount Rumney TAS 7170
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Clarence
Compare Mount Rumney with the rest of the council area, largest first.
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.