Invermay vs Launceston

Invermay is the younger of the two, with a median age of 33 against 41 in Launceston. In both, about half of households rent. In Invermay, the large majority of homes are detached houses and about half of households are people living alone. In Launceston, most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Launceston: a median of $698,000, against $535,000 in Invermay, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Invermay tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget, while Launceston suits people living alone.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Invermay

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (75% vs 38%)
  • is already more of a family suburb (40% vs 30%)

Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Invermay

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($535,000 vs $697,500)
  • has cheaper units ($483,500 vs $558,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Invermay

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($285/wk vs $310/wk)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Launceston

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (91/100 vs 73/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Launceston

ahead on 4 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (8 vs 1)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (62% vs 25%)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (19% vs 13%)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.

Investors

Invermay

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (14.3% vs 5.6%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

Invermay and Launceston drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Invermay Launceston
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Invermay Launceston
Walkability 73 / 91
Invermay — Walkability: 73/100 Launceston — Walkability: 91/100
Low fire risk 71 / 83
Invermay — Low fire risk: 71/100 Launceston — Low fire risk: 83/100

Demographics

Launceston has higher household incomes ($74,828 vs $58,656); Launceston skews older (41 vs 33).

Invermay Launceston
Population 3,498
+11% vs other
 3,110
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +14.3% +5.6%
Median age 33 41
Median household income $58,656/yr $74,828/yr
+28% vs other
Median weekly rent $285/wk $310/wk
+9% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Invermay Launceston
0-4 5.1% / 2.7%
Invermay — 0-4: 5.1% Launceston — 0-4: 2.7%
5-14 8.5% / 6.0%
Invermay — 5-14: 8.5% Launceston — 5-14: 6.0%
15-19 6.3% / 5.0%
Invermay — 15-19: 6.3% Launceston — 15-19: 5.0%
20-24 11.3% / 7.7%
Invermay — 20-24: 11.3% Launceston — 20-24: 7.7%
25-34 22.2% / 21.2%
Invermay — 25-34: 22.2% Launceston — 25-34: 21.2%
35-44 11.1% / 11.5%
Invermay — 35-44: 11.1% Launceston — 35-44: 11.5%
45-54 11.3% / 11.5%
Invermay — 45-54: 11.3% Launceston — 45-54: 11.5%
55-64 11.0% / 15.3%
Invermay — 55-64: 11.0% Launceston — 55-64: 15.3%
65-74 8.3% / 12.5%
Invermay — 65-74: 8.3% Launceston — 65-74: 12.5%
75-84 4.1% / 5.0%
Invermay — 75-84: 4.1% Launceston — 75-84: 5.0%
85+ 0.9% / 1.8%
Invermay — 85+: 0.9% Launceston — 85+: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Invermay 47.5% lone person
Invermay — Lone Person: 47.5% Invermay — Couple Families: 22.5% Invermay — One Parent Families: 18.0% Invermay — Group Household: 9.7% Invermay — Other Families: 2.3%
Launceston 58.0% lone person
Launceston — Lone Person: 58.0% Launceston — Couple Families: 18.3% Launceston — One Parent Families: 11.9% Launceston — Group Household: 10.9% Launceston — Other Families: 0.9%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Invermay 52.3% renting
Invermay — Owned Outright: 24.2% Invermay — Mortgage: 23.6% Invermay — Renting: 52.3%
Launceston 52.5% renting
Launceston — Owned Outright: 30.9% Launceston — Mortgage: 16.6% Launceston — Renting: 52.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Invermay Launceston
England 2.3% / 3.3%
Invermay — England: 2.3% Launceston — England: 3.3%
India 2.1% / 2.7%
Invermay — India: 2.1% Launceston — India: 2.7%
Nepal 2.2% / 2.5%
Invermay — Nepal: 2.2% Launceston — Nepal: 2.5%
China 1.9% / 1.8%
Invermay — China: 1.9% Launceston — China: 1.8%
New Zealand 0.9% / 1.4%
Invermay — New Zealand: 0.9% Launceston — New Zealand: 1.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.3%).

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Invermay Launceston
Bachelor Degree 12.6% / 21.2%
Invermay — Bachelor Degree: 12.6% Launceston — Bachelor Degree: 21.2%
Certificate III & IV 13.8% / 11.8%
Invermay — Certificate III & IV: 13.8% Launceston — Certificate III & IV: 11.8%
Postgraduate Degree 5.9% / 10.5%
Invermay — Postgraduate Degree: 5.9% Launceston — Postgraduate Degree: 10.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.1% / 7.1%
Invermay — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.1% Launceston — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.5% / 2.4%
Invermay — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5% Launceston — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Invermay 75.2% houses
Invermay — Houses: 75.2% Invermay — Townhouses: 13.0% Invermay — Flats / Apartments: 11.8%
Launceston 38.1% houses
Launceston — Houses: 38.1% Launceston — Townhouses: 33.1% Launceston — Flats / Apartments: 28.8%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Invermay Launceston
Median house price $535,000 $697,500
Median unit price $483,500 $558,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 27 days
from 40 sales
 36 days
from 36 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Invermay Launceston
2 bed $480K / $610K
Invermay — 2 bed: $480K (22 sales) Launceston — 2 bed: $610K (29 sales)

22 vs 29 sales

3 bed $534K / $762K
Invermay — 3 bed: $534K (86 sales) Launceston — 3 bed: $762K (40 sales)

86 vs 40 sales

4 bed $590K / $980K
Invermay — 4 bed: $590K (17 sales) Launceston — 4 bed: $980K (19 sales)

17 vs 19 sales

Zoning mix

Launceston has more rural and farming land (28% vs 0%); Invermay has more industrially zoned land (15% vs 4%).

Invermay Launceston
Residential 24% 35%
Rural and farming 0% 28%
Parks and recreation 20% 8%
Infrastructure and transport 18% 12%
Industrial 15% 4%
Commercial 12% 10%
Other and special use 7% 1%
Environmental 4% 1%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Invermay Launceston
New dwellings approved 208
across Launceston
same for both
Approvals change year on year -29%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Invermay Launceston
Houses 4.5%
$520/wk on $599K
 4.1%
$555/wk on $699K
Units — 3.8%
$425/wk on $575K

Ranking within TAS

Invermay Launceston
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 35% of TAS Higher than 64% of TAS
Schools Higher than 72% of TAS Higher than 8% of TAS
Walkability Higher than 97% of TAS Higher than 99% of TAS
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 9% of TAS Higher than 73% of TAS
NBN connectivity Higher than 97% of TAS Higher than 94% of TAS
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 65% of TAS Higher than 46% of TAS
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 16% of TAS

Liveability

Launceston is more walkable (91 vs 73).

Invermay Launceston
Grade B
same for both
Score 56/100 58/100
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Invermay carries more bushfire risk (29 vs 17).

Invermay Launceston
Bushfire Low
29/100
 Low
17/100
Crime Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 10
within 5 km
 11
within 5 km

Schools

Invermay Launceston
Inside the suburb 3
same for both
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 2 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 1
Launceston, 1.6 km
 1
Launceston, 0.0 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 3.7% 2.1%

Schools in Invermay

  • St Finn Barr's Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary above peers
  • Invermay Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • Launceston Big Picture School Government · Secondary at peers

Schools in Launceston

  • Sacred Heart Catholic School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Launceston College Government · Secondary
  • Indie School - Devonport (Launceston Campus) Independent · Secondary · Special school

Amenities in the suburb

Invermay Launceston
Supermarkets 3 5
Cafes & restaurants 7 114
Parks & reserves 7 8
Childcare 2 4
GPs 1 8
Pharmacies 0 11
Hospitals 0 2
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 1 10
Fuel stations 3 5
EV chargers 1 2

Mobility

Invermay Launceston
Walkability score 73/100 91/100
Distance to Hobart 202.6 km 201.4 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 144 min 142 min
Public transport score 92/100
Bus
same for both
Peak arrivals per hour 68.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 202.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 7248
 0.8%
postcode 7250
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 20
postcode 7248
 25
postcode 7250

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Invermay Launceston
Car (driver) 71.6% / 54.0%
Invermay — Car (driver): 71.6% Launceston — Car (driver): 54.0%
Walked Only 9.7% / 27.1%
Invermay — Walked Only: 9.7% Launceston — Walked Only: 27.1%
Worked from Home 6.1% / 10.8%
Invermay — Worked from Home: 6.1% Launceston — Worked from Home: 10.8%
Car (passenger) 8.3% / 5.8%
Invermay — Car (passenger): 8.3% Launceston — Car (passenger): 5.8%
Bus 2.7% / 1.3%
Invermay — Bus: 2.7% Launceston — Bus: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (71.6%).

Setting

Invermay Launceston
Elevation 7 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 20 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 42.2 km
4.8 km to a named beach
 43.9 km
3.7 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Invermay Launceston
Connectivity score 100/100 99/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 100%
2,235 premises
 96%
4,015 premises

Climate

Invermay Launceston
Annual rainfall 676 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 24.5°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 3.1°C
same for both

Council rates

Invermay Launceston
Average residential rate $2,075/yr
same for both
Council Launceston
same for both

Federal electorate

Invermay Launceston
Division Bass
same for both
Member Jess Teesdale
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Invermay Launceston
Grant amount $20,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Invermay

Easy Commute Parks Transport Hub

Launceston

Cafe Culture Easy Commute Nightlife Parks Professionals River Townhouses Transport Hub

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