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Parklands flood risk

Of Parklands’s 550 mapped properties, 2.4% are in a mapped flood area and 0% are in a bushfire hazard area.

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

Check a specific Parklands address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

2.4%
Of properties in a flood area
0%
Of properties in a bushfire area
550
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Parklands

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

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Crime near Parklands

Parklands 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 Parklands

Parklands is mostly residential. The most common zones:

Residential98.5% of properties

General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.

Zone: General Residential

Open space0.6% of properties

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

Zone: Open Space

Community0.4% of properties

Community facilities — schools, hospitals, and civic or community uses.

Zone: Community Purpose

School catchments in Parklands

PrimaryBurnie Primary School · Cooee Primary School

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

Who lives in Parklands

At the 2021 Census, 14.8% of Parklands’s 865 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English44.4%
Australian39.7%
Scottish11.6%
Irish10.5%
Australian Aboriginal6.8%
German3.5%

Top countries of birth

England3%
India1.5%
South Africa0.9%
Ireland0.8%
New Zealand0.8%
Sri Lanka0.7%

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

Development near Parklands

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

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Dwellings/yr
53
Houses
0
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Burnie council area (not just Parklands). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Parklands 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.