Oakdowns flood & bushfire risk
Of Oakdowns’s 1,098 mapped properties, 12.5% are in a mapped flood area and 13.5% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Oakdowns’s flood exposure is above the TAS average of 3.2%, and bushfire exposure is below the TAS average of 35.4%.
Check a specific Oakdowns address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Oakdowns
Flood and bushfire areas across Oakdowns. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Oakdowns
Oakdowns 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 Oakdowns
Oakdowns is mostly residential. The most common zones:
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.
Zone: General Residential
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Utilities
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: Open Space
School catchments in Oakdowns
Oakdowns can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Oakdowns
At the 2021 Census, 10.8% of Oakdowns’s 1,897 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 Oakdowns
Clarence council approved 292 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Clarence council area (not just Oakdowns). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Clarence
Compare Oakdowns 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.