Sassafras flood & bushfire risk
Of Sassafras’s 179 mapped properties, 0.6% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Sassafras’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 Sassafras
Flood and bushfire areas across Sassafras. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Sassafras
Sassafras 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 Sassafras
Sassafras is mostly rural. The most common zones:
Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.
Zone: Agriculture
Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.
Zone: Rural
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Utilities
School catchments in Sassafras
Sassafras can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Sassafras
At the 2021 Census, 5.4% of Sassafras’s 352 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 Sassafras
Latrobe (Tas.) council approved 96 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Latrobe (Tas.) council area (not just Sassafras). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 30 Lovetts Flat Road, Sassafras TAS 7307
- 34 Native Plains Road, Sassafras TAS 7307
- 35 Skelbrook Lane, Sassafras TAS 7307
- 56 Cutting Road, Sassafras TAS 7307
- 39 Eversons Road, Sassafras TAS 7307
- 29 East Sassafras Road, Sassafras TAS 7307
- 514 Greens Creek Road, Sassafras TAS 7307
- 65 Smiths Street, Sassafras TAS 7307
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.