Cradle Mountain TAS 7306

Located in Tasmania, Cradle Mountain sits 329 km from Hobart CBD, around 4 hours 30 minutes by car. The locality has 152 residents, a median age of 30, and a median household income of $39,624 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population more than doubled from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $50 per week. Walkability is low.

This locality is too small to rate.

The Liveability Rating is calculated for suburbs of 500 residents or more, and this one has 152. Below that the school, census and safety figures behind the score cover too few people to rank fairly against the rest of the state. The individual measures further down this page are still shown.

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Short-Stay Rentals

No active Airbnb listings.

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Crime in the West Coast council area

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

Type Count Per 1,000 residents
All offences 210 48.6
Assault 54 12.5
Assault in a public place 18 4.2
Home burglary 9 2.1
Stolen vehicles 3 0.7
Robbery 0 0.0
Serious crime 3 0.7
Public order incidents 281 65.0
Family violence order breaches 20 4.6
Police family violence order breaches 22 5.1

Rates use the council’s 4,320 residents. The latest month is preliminary and may be revised.

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Cradle Mountain 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

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

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
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 Cradle Mountain.

15
connectivity score / 100
Bottom 9% in TAS
Most common
Satellite (Sky Muster)
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
7
Technology mix
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 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
2 in locality
Parks & Reserves
2 in locality
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
67 in locality
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
2 in locality
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
1 in locality
Places of Worship
None

West Coast: council population

The whole council area, not just Cradle Mountain · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
4,320
+0.1% in a year
Change
+6
people since 2024
Density
0.5
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+7
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
-8
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+7
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
2/10
4/10 within TAS
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
1/10
2/10 within TAS
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
4/10
7/10 within TAS
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Cradle Mountain is home to 152 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 30 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $40,000 a year, with unemployment at 0.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

152

130.3% since 2016

Median Age

30

11.1% since 2016

Median Household Income

$39,624/yr

Bottom 8% in TAS

Census Median Rent

$50/wk

Census Median Mortgage

—

Avg Household Size

1.5

Median Personal Income

$53,976/yr

7.8% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

0.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

0.0%

Total Dwellings

3

no change since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

—

Houses

133.3%

33.3% since 2016

Rental Stress

6.6%

Mortgage Stress

—

Work From Home

6.8%

Dwelling Types

Houses 4 (133.3%)

Property Ownership

Renting 4 (100.0%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
19.7%
English Spoken at Home
24.3%
Employment Rate
65.5%
12.2% since 2016
Completed Year 12
59.9%

Occupations

Community & Personal Service 33 (35.1%)
Technicians & Trades 21 (22.3%)
Labourers 19 (20.2%)
Clerical & Administrative 12 (12.8%)
Managers 10 (10.6%)
Professionals 4 (4.3%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 4 (4.3%)

Religion

Hinduism 45 (29.6%)
No Religion 32 (21.1%)
Christianity 17 (11.2%)
Sikhism 6 (3.9%)
Other Religions 6 (3.9%)
Buddhism 4 (2.6%)
Islam 3 (2.0%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

Nepal 43 (28.3%)
India 11 (7.2%)
China 5 (3.3%)
Thailand 5 (3.3%)
England 4 (2.6%)
Vietnam 3 (2.0%)
Bangladesh 3 (2.0%)

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 43 (28.3%)
2011-2015 24 (15.8%)
2001-2010 6 (3.9%)
1991-2000 0 (0.0%)
1981-1990 0 (0.0%)
Before 1981 0 (0.0%)

43 residents (28.3%) 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.

Spanish 4 (2.6%)
Cantonese 3 (2.0%)
Punjabi 3 (2.0%)

Age Distribution

15-19 4 (2.6%)
20-24 20 (13.2%)
25-34 92 (60.5%)
35-44 17 (11.2%)
45-54 8 (5.3%)
55-64 7 (4.6%)

Family & Household Composition

Lone Person 4 (100.0%)

Commute to Work

Walked Only 71 (80.7%)
Car (driver) 11 (12.5%)
Worked from Home 6 (6.8%)

Education

Bachelor Degree 40 (26.3%)
Postgraduate Degree 27 (17.8%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 10 (6.6%)
Certificate III & IV 10 (6.6%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 4 (133.3%)
3 cars 4 (133.3%)

Council Rates

West Coast
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,103 a year through West Coast based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$2,103/yr
Valuation basis
AAV/CV

How this land is zoned

Share of Cradle Mountain's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Environmental 100%

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: West Coast

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

In the year to August 2026, 4 new dwellings were approved across West Coast. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are down 100.0% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
4dwellings
-100.0% YoY
Houses
4
detached dwellings
Units
0
townhouses + apartments

Climate & Setting

from Lake St Clair National Park, 45.1 km

High rainfall — mild summers, frosty winters.

Elevation
1,065 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Annual rainfall
1,867 mm
160 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
19.3°C
0 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
0.2°C
89 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

0.5%
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

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 Cradle Mountain

Is Cradle Mountain a safe place to live?

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

What natural hazards affect Cradle Mountain?

Cradle Mountain has a moderate recorded bushfire history (58/100, 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 Cradle Mountain?

Cradle Mountain, TAS had a population of 152 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Cradle Mountain, TAS?

The postcode for Cradle Mountain, TAS is 7306.

How far is Cradle Mountain from Hobart?

Cradle Mountain is 329 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 268 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Cradle Mountain?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Cradle Mountain was $39,624 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 Cradle Mountain?

There are too few current rental listings in Cradle Mountain for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $50, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Cradle Mountain?

The median age of residents in Cradle Mountain was 30 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Cradle Mountain at risk of bushfire?

Cradle Mountain has a moderate recorded bushfire history (58/100). 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 Cradle Mountain?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Cradle Mountain, Lake St Clair National Park (45.1 km away), summer days average 19.3°C, winter nights 0.2°C, 1,867 mm of rain a year over 160 rainy days, and 0 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Cradle Mountain?

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 Cradle Mountain belong to?

Cradle Mountain sits within the West Coast local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Cradle Mountain?

The average residential rates bill through West Coast is $2,103 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Cradle Mountain?

Across West Coast, 4 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 100.0% 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 Cradle Mountain in?

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

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