Acacia Hills TAS 7306

Located in Tasmania, Acacia Hills sits 285 km from Hobart CBD, around 3 hours 25 minutes by car. The locality has 729 residents, a median age of 41, and a median household income of $95,784 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 17.0% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $250 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,517. Walkability is low.

Is Acacia Hills a good place to live?

Acacia Hills scores a C (48/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on safety, weaker on transit.

Transit

Car-dependent

Walkability 0/100 · 285.4 km · 207 min drive to Hobart

Prices

Median available

Median $800K

Safety

Low all-round risk

Fire 20/100

Community

Mid-range socio-economic

SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 41 · 729 residents

C

Liveability Rating

48 / 100 · Ranked #102 in TAS

Each bar is Acacia Hills's rank among TAS suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.

Schools quality no data
no schools mapped
Safety
69
Bushfire Low

No crime data is published for Tasmania — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.

Flood data for Tasmania covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.

Socio-economic
60
Mid-range
Walkability
15
Very car-dependent
CBD access
15
285.4 km · 207 min drive to Hobart
How it's calculated: Safety rank 69 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 60 × 25% + Walkability rank 15 × 15% + CBD access rank 15 × 10% = 48 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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Our score

48 / 100

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Acacia Hills's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $800,000, roughly 12% below where it sat a year earlier.

Houses

$800,000

last 2 quarters

25% above its 3 neighbours (median $640,000)

↓ −11.5% year-on-year

Based on 17 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 30 days — median across 5 sales that recorded a listing period

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 9 sales $820K

Land

$305,000

Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Currently for Sale

Last 6 months

Houses in Acacia Hills are currently listed at around $882,000 on average. Based on 6 houses listed in the past six months.

$882K

↑ +11.0% vs previous 6 months from $795K

6 houses listed in the last 6 months.

6 of the suburb's 255 dwellings (2.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Short-Stay Rentals

1 active Airbnb listing: 1 whole home and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.4% of the locality's homes.

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.

Crime in the Kentish council area

Crime recorded across the whole council area over the 12 months to Jul 2026, not in Acacia Hills alone. Tasmania Police publish by council, not by suburb.

Type Count Per 1,000 residents
All offences 216 31.5
Assault 54 7.9
Assault in a public place 6 0.9
Home burglary 13 1.9
Stolen vehicles 18 2.6
Robbery 0 0.0
Serious crime 14 2.0
Public order incidents 99 14.4
Family violence order breaches 12 1.7
Police family violence order breaches 21 3.1

Rates use the council’s 6,866 residents. The latest month is preliminary and may be revised.

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Acacia Hills killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Acacia Hills is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Bottom 16% in TAS
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Acacia Hills.

30
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
294
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 100%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
2 in locality
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
7 in locality
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Kentish: council population

The whole council area, not just Acacia Hills · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
6,866
+0.3% in a year
Change
+22
people since 2024
Density
5.9
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
-10
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+13
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+19
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
5/10
8/10 within TAS
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
8/10
10/10 within TAS
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
3/10
5/10 within TAS
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Acacia Hills is home to 729 residents, with a median age of 41, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $96,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.7%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

729

17.0% since 2016

Median Age

41

2.5% since 2016

Median Household Income

$95,784/yr

43.5% since 2016
Top 13% in TAS

Census Median Rent

$250/wk

12.3% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,517/mo

6.1% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.7

no change since 2016

Median Personal Income

$42,432/yr

27.5% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

2.7%

60.9% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

5.1%

56.0% since 2016

Total Dwellings

255

18.1% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

98.0%

7.6% since 2016

Houses

100.0%

0.5% since 2016

Rental Stress

13.6%

38.7% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

19.0%

26.1% since 2016

Work From Home

7.8%

116.7% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 255 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 157 (62.5%)
Owned Outright 89 (35.5%)
Renting 5 (2.0%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
89.6%
English Spoken at Home
93.7%
Employment Rate
65%
5.3% since 2016
Completed Year 12
25.4%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 89 (22.8%)
Professionals 60 (15.4%)
Community & Personal Service 52 (13.3%)
Labourers 51 (13.1%)
Clerical & Administrative 44 (11.3%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 36 (9.2%)
Managers 27 (6.9%)
Sales 20 (5.1%)

Religion

No Religion 416 (57.1%)
Christianity 274 (37.6%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 20 (2.7%)
New Zealand 6 (0.8%)
Philippines 5 (0.7%)
Netherlands 5 (0.7%)
Taiwan 4 (0.5%)
Scotland 3 (0.4%)

When They Arrived

Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.

2016-2021 4 (0.5%)
2011-2015 0 (0.0%)
2001-2010 11 (1.5%)
1991-2000 3 (0.4%)
1981-1990 13 (1.8%)
Before 1981 22 (3.0%)

4 residents (0.5%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.

Languages Spoken at Home

Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.

Mandarin 5 (0.7%)
Russian 4 (0.5%)

Age Distribution

0-4 36 (4.9%)
5-14 94 (12.9%)
15-19 37 (5.1%)
20-24 33 (4.5%)
25-34 83 (11.4%)
35-44 97 (13.3%)
45-54 97 (13.3%)
55-64 132 (18.1%)
65-74 87 (11.9%)
75-84 19 (2.6%)
85+ 6 (0.8%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 101 (61.6%)
Lone Person 44 (26.8%)
One Parent Families 15 (9.1%)
Group Household 4 (2.4%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 290 (84.3%)
Worked from Home 27 (7.8%)
Car (passenger) 24 (7.0%)
Bus 3 (0.9%)

1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (4 of 390).

City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.

Education

Certificate III & IV 193 (26.5%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 63 (8.6%)
Bachelor Degree 60 (8.2%)
Postgraduate Degree 11 (1.5%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 7 (1.0%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 51 (20.0%)
2 cars 94 (36.9%)
3 cars 54 (21.2%)
4+ cars 53 (20.8%)

Council Rates

Kentish
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,299 a year through Kentish based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,299/yr
Valuation basis
AAV/CV

How this land is zoned

Share of Acacia Hills's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 83%
  • Environmental 16%
  • Zones under 1% 1%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Kentish

The whole council area, not just Acacia Hills · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 19 new dwellings were approved across Kentish. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses.

Trailing 12 months
19dwellings
Houses
19
detached dwellings
Units
0
townhouses + apartments

Climate & Setting

from Forthside Research Station, 10.8 km

Moderate rainfall.

Elevation
162 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
12.6 km
Near high-voltage lines
11.9% of addresses
39 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
Annual rainfall
814 mm
83 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
—
Winter min (Jul)
—

Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

Industrial Emissions Nearby

2 facilities within 5 km

EV adoption

0.5%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.00% in 2021
+0.1 points this year

In postcode 7306, 20 of 4,241 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.2% (52 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.7%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.00%
2022
0.07%
2023
0.24%
2024
0.33%
2025
0.47%

Rooftop solar

36
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.4 kW each

In postcode 7306, 636 rooftop-solar systems totalling 4.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,755 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 44 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
33
2020
40
2021
34
2022
36
2023
46
2024
39
2025
41
2026
24

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$20,000 for new homes.

$20,000 for transactions commencing 1 July 2026 - 30 June 2027. THE AMOUNT MOVES EVERY YEAR AND THE SRO PUBLISHES THE TABLE: $30,000 (FY2025-26), $10,000 (FY2024-25), $30,000 (Apr 2021 - Jun 2024). We held $10,000 until 2026-09-18, which was the FY2024-25 figure — two years stale, and wrong in both directions in between. Nothing is published beyond 30 June 2027, so this is due again then regardless of the 1 July sweep. No purchase-price cap is STATED on the eligibility pages (an absence, not an explicit "no cap"); the Grant Guideline PDF was not read. Eligible new builds include substantially renovated homes and kit homes. Completion within 24 months of the transaction start date, or the grant drops to $10,000. Separate from the grant: the first home buyer duty exemption on ESTABLISHED homes up to $750,000 closed for settlements after 30 June 2026.

Verify eligibility with State Revenue Office of Tasmania

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$4,172
Loan amount
$640,000
Total interest over 30 years
$862,036
Deposit
$160,000
Stamp duty
$31,185
Cash needed at settlement
$191,185

Property transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with State Revenue Office of Tasmania

Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Lyons

Currently held by Rebecca White Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Rebecca White 61.6% 38.4% +10.7
2022 Brian Mitchell 50.9% 49.1% +4.3
2019 Brian Mitchell 55.2% 44.8% -1.4

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Division of Lyons · 7 members

Elected at the 2025 election:

Year Seats won
2025 3 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Tasmanian Greens · 1 Shooters, Fishers, Farmers TAS
2024 3 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Jacqui Lambie Network · 1 Tasmanian Greens

A vacancy here is filled by a recount of the original votes, not a by-election, so a member listed may since have been replaced. Results: Tasmanian Electoral Commission.

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Common questions about Acacia Hills

Is Acacia Hills a safe place to live?

TAS does not publish suburb-level crime statistics, so there is no crime figure for Acacia Hills.

What natural hazards affect Acacia Hills?

Acacia Hills has a low recorded bushfire history (20/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Is Acacia Hills a good place to live?

Acacia Hills has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (48/100), ranked against other TAS suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.

What is the population of Acacia Hills?

Acacia Hills, TAS had a population of 729 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Acacia Hills, TAS?

The postcode for Acacia Hills, TAS is 7306.

How far is Acacia Hills from Hobart?

Acacia Hills is 285 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 207 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Acacia Hills?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Acacia Hills was $95,784 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Acacia Hills?

There are too few current rental listings in Acacia Hills for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $250, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Acacia Hills?

The median age of residents in Acacia Hills was 41 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Acacia Hills at risk of bushfire?

Acacia Hills has a low recorded bushfire history (20/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.

What is the weather like in Acacia Hills?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Acacia Hills, Forthside Research Station (10.8 km away), 814 mm of rain a year over 83 rainy days over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Acacia Hills?

First-home buyers in TAS may be eligible for $20,000 towards new homes. The grant is administered by State Revenue Office of Tasmania; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Acacia Hills belong to?

Acacia Hills sits within the Kentish local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Acacia Hills?

The average residential rates bill through Kentish is $1,299 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Acacia Hills?

Across Kentish, 19 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Acacia Hills in?

Acacia Hills sits within the federal Division of Lyons, currently held by Rebecca White (Australian Labor Party).

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