Calder TAS 7325

Calder is a rural locality in Tasmania, 360 km from Hobart CBD, around 4 hours 15 minutes by car. Population is 231; the median age is 39 and the median household income is $89,856 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 9.0% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $220 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,289. Walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Public listings data

The median house sale price in Calder sits at $700,000, broadly flat year-on-year. That said, only three sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.

$700,000

Based on only 3 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Rental Market

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

115 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 26% of its income on the median rent in postcode 7325.

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.

Short-Stay Rentals

No active Airbnb listings.

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months.

Crime in the Waratah-Wynyard council area

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

Type Count Per 1,000 residents
All offences 574 38.5
Assault 116 7.8
Assault in a public place 29 1.9
Home burglary 9 0.6
Stolen vehicles 22 1.5
Robbery 6 0.4
Serious crime 34 2.3
Public order incidents 382 25.6
Family violence order breaches 38 2.5
Police family violence order breaches 29 1.9

Rates use the council’s 14,916 residents. The latest month is preliminary and may be revised.

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

1 crash

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital

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

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

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Bottom 22% 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 Calder.

29
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
103
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 92%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 8%

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
1 in locality
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
2 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

Waratah-Wynyard: council population

The whole council area, not just Calder · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
14,916
+0.2% in a year
Change
+24
people since 2024
Density
4.2
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
-45
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+43
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+26
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
3/10
5/10 within TAS
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
6/10
8/10 within TAS
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
2/10
4/10 within TAS
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Calder is home to 231 residents, with a median age of 39, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $90,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.2%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

231

9.0% since 2016

Median Age

39

4.9% since 2016

Median Household Income

$89,856/yr

37.0% since 2016
Top 18% in TAS

Census Median Rent

$220/wk

18.9% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,289/mo

14.1% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.8

12.0% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$37,440/yr

18.4% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

6.2%

19.2% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

9.8%

54.6% since 2016

Total Dwellings

82

10.8% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

95.3%

7.4% since 2016

Houses

97.6%

2.4% since 2016

Rental Stress

12.7%

13.6% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

17.2%

37.5% since 2016

Work From Home

13.5%

16.1% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 80 (97.6%)
Flats / Apartments 2 (2.4%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 54 (63.5%)
Owned Outright 27 (31.8%)
Renting 4 (4.7%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
84.0%
English Spoken at Home
91.3%
Employment Rate
65.8%
1.5% since 2016
Completed Year 12
30.3%

Occupations

Professionals 21 (16.9%)
Technicians & Trades 21 (16.9%)
Managers 14 (11.3%)
Labourers 14 (11.3%)
Community & Personal Service 13 (10.5%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 11 (8.9%)
Clerical & Administrative 9 (7.3%)
Sales 9 (7.3%)

Religion

No Religion 155 (67.1%)
Christianity 65 (28.1%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 12 (5.2%)
New Zealand 6 (2.6%)

Languages Spoken at Home

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

German 3 (1.3%)

Age Distribution

0-4 9 (3.9%)
5-14 40 (17.3%)
15-19 7 (3.0%)
20-24 19 (8.2%)
25-34 26 (11.3%)
35-44 33 (14.3%)
45-54 40 (17.3%)
55-64 37 (16.0%)
65-74 13 (5.6%)
75-84 9 (3.9%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 29 (63.0%)
Lone Person 14 (30.4%)
One Parent Families 3 (6.5%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 91 (82.0%)
Worked from Home 15 (13.5%)
Car (passenger) 5 (4.5%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 58 (25.1%)
Bachelor Degree 21 (9.1%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 15 (6.5%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3 (1.3%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 8 (9.8%)
2 cars 32 (39.0%)
3 cars 17 (20.7%)
4+ cars 20 (24.4%)

Council Rates

Waratah-Wynyard
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,820 a year through Waratah-Wynyard based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,820/yr
Valuation basis
AAV/CV

How this land is zoned

Share of Calder's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 99%
  • 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: Waratah-Wynyard

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

In the year to August 2026, 65 new dwellings were approved across Waratah-Wynyard. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are up 33.3% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
65dwellings
+33.3% YoY
Houses
65
detached dwellings
Units
0
townhouses + apartments

Climate & Setting

from Wynyard Airport, 11.9 km

High rainfall — mild summers, cold winters with occasional frost.

Elevation
218 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
13.0 km
Annual rainfall
929 mm
112 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
21.8°C
0 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
3.8°C
20 frost days ≤ 0°C

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.

EV adoption

0.4%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.08% in 2021
+0.2 points this year

In postcode 7325, 34 of 8,302 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.2% (98 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.6%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.08%
2022
0.08%
2023
0.13%
2024
0.20%
2025
0.41%

Rooftop solar

28
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.5 kW each

In postcode 7325, 1,115 rooftop-solar systems totalling 7.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,953 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 99 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
45
2020
55
2021
54
2022
63
2023
93
2024
84
2025
87
2026
45

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
$3,651
Loan amount
$560,000
Total interest over 30 years
$754,281

3 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 7325.

Deposit
$140,000
Stamp duty
$26,748
Cash needed at settlement
$166,748

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 Braddon

Currently held by Anne Urquhart Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Anne Urquhart 57.2% 42.8% +15.2
2022 Gavin Pearce 42.0% 58.0% +4.9
2019 Gavin Pearce 46.9% 53.1% +4.8

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 Braddon · 7 members

Elected at the 2025 election:

Year Seats won
2025 4 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Independent
2024 3 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Jacqui Lambie Network · 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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Common questions about Calder

Is Calder a safe place to live?

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

What natural hazards affect Calder?

Calder has a low recorded bushfire history (11/100, 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.

What is the population of Calder?

Calder, TAS had a population of 231 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Calder, TAS?

The postcode for Calder, TAS is 7325.

How far is Calder from Hobart?

Calder is 360 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 256 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Calder?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Calder was $89,856 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 Calder?

There are too few current rental listings in Calder for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $220, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Calder?

The median age of residents in Calder was 39 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Calder at risk of bushfire?

Calder has a low recorded bushfire history (11/100). 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 Calder?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Calder, Wynyard Airport (11.9 km away), summer days average 21.8°C, winter nights 3.8°C, 929 mm of rain a year over 112 rainy days, and 0 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Calder?

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 Calder belong to?

Calder sits within the Waratah-Wynyard local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Calder?

The average residential rates bill through Waratah-Wynyard is $1,820 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Calder?

Across Waratah-Wynyard, 65 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 33.3% 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 Calder in?

Calder sits within the federal Division of Braddon, currently held by Anne Urquhart (Australian Labor Party).

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