Red Hills flood & bushfire risk

Of Red Hills’s 64 mapped properties, 3.1% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Red Hills’s flood exposure is in line with the TAS average of 3.2%, and bushfire exposure is above the TAS average of 35.4%.

Check a specific Red Hills address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

3.1%
Of properties in a flood area
100%
Of properties in a bushfire area
64
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Red Hills

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

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Crime near Red Hills

Red Hills 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 Red Hills

Red Hills is mostly rural. The most common zones:

Rural56.3% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Agriculture

Rural residential35.9% of properties

Rural residential — acreage-style homes on large lots; semi-rural living.

Zone: Rural Living

Rural7.8% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Rural

School catchments in Red Hills

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

Who lives in Red Hills

At the 2021 Census, 14.5% of Red Hills’s 124 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English47.6%
Australian36.3%
Scottish14.5%
Irish11.3%
Australian Aboriginal5.6%
Maori4%

Top countries of birth

Germany3.2%
Pakistan2.4%

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

Development near Red Hills

Meander Valley council approved 185 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

185
Dwellings/yr
180
Houses
5
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Meander Valley council area (not just Red Hills). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

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.