Battery Point TAS 7004
Battery Point sits 2 km from Hobart CBD in Tasmania, around 7 minutes by car. Census data records 2,096 residents with a median age of 43 and a median household income of $98,332 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 20% nationally. Population grew 5.0% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $450 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure. All 1 school within the suburb boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Battery Point a good suburb?
Battery Point scores a A+ (96/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, safety, and community.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Walkable and central
Walkability 93/100 · 2 km · 7 min drive to Hobart
Median available
Median $1.65M
Low all-round risk
Fire 0/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 43 · 2,096 residents
Liveability Rating
96 / 100 · Ranked #1 in TASEach bar is Battery Point'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.
No crime data is published for Tasmania — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
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Our score
96 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median Unit Price
Public listings dataBattery Point's unit market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $752,000, about 9% below where it sat a year earlier.
Units
$752,500
Based on 54 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 26 days — median across 22 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 9 sales $575K
- 2 bed 33 sales $750K
- 3 bed 10 sales $2.4M
Houses
$1,645,000
Based on 49 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 35 days — median across 21 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 9 sales $1.42M
- 3 bed 17 sales $1.65M
- 4 bed 15 sales $1.85M
- 5 bed 5 sales $2.26M
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Battery Point are currently listed at around $1.95 million on average. Based on 11 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$1.95M
11 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$925K
8 units listed in the last 6 months.
19 of the suburb's 989 dwellings (1.9%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Battery Point rent for around $762 a week on average, based on 16 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$762/wk
16 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$550/wk
17 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
33 rentals advertised against an estimated 477 rented homes (6.9%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Sep 2025–Aug 2026- 3-bed houses
- $898/wk
- 28 bonds
- 2-bed units
- $600/wk
- 55 bonds
- +19% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025100 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 30% of its income on the median rent in postcode 7004.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$762/week ($40,000 a year) on a $1.95 million median
$550/week ($29,000 a year) on a $925,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
127 active Airbnb listings: 115 whole homes and 12 rooms. Whole homes are about 9.3% of the suburb'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 Hobart council area
Crime recorded across the whole council area over the 12 months to Jul 2026, not in Battery Point alone. Tasmania Police publish by council, not by suburb.
| Type | Count | Per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| All offences | 5,146 | 92.1 |
| Assault | 478 | 8.6 |
| Assault in a public place | 226 | 4.0 |
| Home burglary | 123 | 2.2 |
| Stolen vehicles | 230 | 4.1 |
| Robbery | 62 | 1.1 |
| Serious crime | 78 | 1.4 |
| Public order incidents | 4,011 | 71.8 |
| Family violence order breaches | 118 | 2.1 |
| Police family violence order breaches | 80 | 1.4 |
Rates use the council’s 55,859 residents. The latest month is preliminary and may be revised.
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20251 crash
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
One school serve Battery Point, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Albuera Street Primary School leads the pack.
- • 252 students in one school (avg 252)
Primary
Universities nearby
2.4% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Battery Point is exceptionally walkable on foot — at 93/100, daily errands don't require a car at all. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 8 parks and 34 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Battery Point.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 18.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 13.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 9.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 18.1 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 1 min wait
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Battery Point.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 100%
- Premises covered
- 1,770
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
Hobart: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 5 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Battery Point is home to about 2,100 residents, with a median age of 43, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $98,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.0%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,096
Median Age
43
Median Household Income
$98,332/yr
Census Median Rent
$450/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,733/mo
Avg Household Size
2.0
Median Personal Income
$56,160/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.0%
Unoccupied Dwellings
24.7%
Total Dwellings
989
Owner-Occupier Rate
51.8%
Houses
35.1%
Rental Stress
23.8%
Mortgage Stress
21.1%
Work From Home
15.9%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 62.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 75.6%
- Employment Rate
- 57.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 71.2%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
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.
224 residents (10.7%) 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.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 2,036 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
74% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (817 of 1,103), an area that takes in all or part of this suburb, so many of them work close to home.
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
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,818 a year through Hobart based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 70%
- Other and special use 24%
- Infrastructure and transport 3%
- Parks and recreation 2%
- Not zoned 1%
Planning zones cover 99% of the suburb's area. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.
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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Hobart
In the year to August 2026, 163 new dwellings were approved across Hobart. That mix is 91 houses and 72 units. Approvals are down 75.6% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Hobart (Ellerslie Road), 0.4 kmModerate rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 33 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 428 m
- 576 m to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 559 mm
- 88 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 22.4°C
- 2 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 5.6°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb 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
12 facilities within 5 km- 1.0 kmPort and Water Transport Terminal OperationsTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide · Carbon monoxide
- 1.4 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 2.8 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 3.4 kmBeer ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 3.5 kmWaste Treatment and Disposal ServicesTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 7004, 187 of 5,644 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.2% (236 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 7.5%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 7004, 809 rooftop-solar systems totalling 4.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,733 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 59 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.
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.
Mortgage repayments
1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb.
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
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
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 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Andrew Wilkie Independent
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Andrew Wilkie | 70.9% | 29.1% | +3.6 |
| 2022 | Andrew Wilkie | 67.2% | 32.8% | -1.1 |
| 2019 | Andrew Wilkie | 66.2% | 33.8% | -0.8 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Elected at the 2025 election:
- Kristie Johnston Independent
- Vica Bayley Tasmanian Greens
- Ella Haddad Australian Labor Party
- Josh Willie Australian Labor Party
- Helen Burnet Tasmanian Greens
- Marcus Vermey Liberal Party
- Madeleine Ogilvie Liberal Party
| Year | Seats won |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 Tasmanian Greens · 2 Australian Labor Party · 2 Liberal Party · 1 Independent |
| 2024 | 2 Australian Labor Party · 2 Tasmanian Greens · 2 Liberal Party · 1 Independent |
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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- #15 in Best Hobart suburbs for first-home buyers (houses)
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Common questions about Battery Point
Is Battery Point a safe place to live?
TAS does not publish suburb-level crime statistics, so there is no crime figure for Battery Point.
What natural hazards affect Battery Point?
Battery Point has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Battery Point a good place to live?
Battery Point has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A+ (96/100), 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 Battery Point?
Battery Point, TAS had a population of 2,096 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Battery Point, TAS?
The postcode for Battery Point, TAS is 7004.
How far is Battery Point from Hobart?
Battery Point is 2 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 7 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Battery Point?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Battery Point was $98,332 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 Battery Point?
The median advertised rent in Battery Point is $762 a week for houses (16 listings) and $550 a week for units (17 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Battery Point?
The median age of residents in Battery Point was 43 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Battery Point?
There is 1 school inside the Battery Point boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Battery Point walkable?
Battery Point scores 93/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it exceptionally walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Battery Point?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Battery Point, Hobart (Ellerslie Road) (0.4 km away), summer days average 22.4°C, winter nights 5.6°C, 559 mm of rain a year over 88 rainy days, and 2 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Battery Point?
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 Battery Point belong to?
Battery Point sits within the Hobart local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Battery Point?
The average residential rates bill through Hobart is $2,818 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Battery Point?
Across Hobart, 163 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 75.6% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Battery Point in?
Battery Point sits within the federal Division of Clark, currently held by Andrew Wilkie (Independent).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2025
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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