Castle Forbes Bay ^{TAS 7116}

Castle Forbes Bay's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $745,000, roughly 25% above where it sat a year earlier.

Short-Stay Rentals

3 active Airbnb listings: 3 whole homes and 0 rooms.

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

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.

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,884 a year through Huon Valley based on 2024 figures.

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.

In the year to August 2026, 81 new dwellings were approved across Huon Valley. That mix is 79 houses and 2 units. Approvals are down 33.3% on the same period a year earlier.

Moderate rainfall — warm summers, cold winters with occasional frost.

Elevation

248 m

above sea level, at the locality centre

Distance to the ocean

3.7 km

Annual rainfall

854 mm

134 rainy days

Summer max (Jan)

21.0°C

1 days ≥ 35°C

Winter min (Jul)

3.7°C

11 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.

$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.

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Currently held by Julie Collins Australian Labor Party

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.

Elected at the 2025 election:

• Peter George Independent
• Eric Abetz Liberal Party
• Rosalie Woodruff Tasmanian Greens
• David O'Byrne Independent
• Dean Winter Australian Labor Party
• Jacquie Petrusma Liberal Party
• Meg Brown Australian Labor Party

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.