Elderslie TAS 7030

Elderslie is a rural locality in Tasmania, 46 km from Hobart CBD, around 42 minutes by car. Population is 168; the median age is 45 and the median household income is $65,832 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The locality grew 12.8% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $216 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,105. Elderslie is characterised by high bushfire risk. 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 168. 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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Median Land Price

Public listings data

The median land sale price in Elderslie sits at $320,000, 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.

$320,000

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

Rental Market

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

103 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 7030.

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 Southern Midlands council area

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

Type Count Per 1,000 residents
All offences 218 31.2
Assault 29 4.2
Assault in a public place 3 0.4
Home burglary 3 0.4
Stolen vehicles 18 2.6
Robbery 0 0.0
Serious crime 12 1.7
Public order incidents 88 12.6
Family violence order breaches 12 1.7
Police family violence order breaches 9 1.3

Rates use the council’s 6,987 residents. The latest month is preliminary and may be revised.

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Elderslie 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

Elderslie 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 Elderslie.

23
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
60
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 52%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 48%

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
7 in locality
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
1 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

Southern Midlands: council population

The whole council area, not just Elderslie · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
6,987
+0.5% in a year
Change
+34
people since 2024
Density
2.7
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+5
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+25
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+4
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
4/10
6/10 within TAS
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
7/10
9/10 within TAS
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
4/10
6/10 within TAS
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Elderslie is home to 168 residents, with a median age of 45, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $66,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.4%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

168

12.8% since 2016

Median Age

45

2.3% since 2016

Median Household Income

$65,832/yr

40.7% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$216/wk

8.0% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,105/mo

5.2% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.8

6.7% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$28,600/yr

29.4% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

4.4%

29.0% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

24.6%

20.6% since 2016

Total Dwellings

61

13.0% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

78.6%

5.3% since 2016

Houses

98.4%

3.4% since 2016

Rental Stress

17.1%

23.0% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

20.1%

25.3% since 2016

Work From Home

12.7%

135.2% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 60 (98.4%)
Flats / Apartments 1 (1.6%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 29 (51.8%)
Owned Outright 15 (26.8%)
Renting 12 (21.4%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
89.3%
English Spoken at Home
99.4%
Employment Rate
48.2%
4.1% since 2016
Completed Year 12
19.6%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 14 (21.5%)
Managers 10 (15.4%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 10 (15.4%)
Community & Personal Service 8 (12.3%)
Labourers 8 (12.3%)
Sales 7 (10.8%)
Professionals 5 (7.7%)
Clerical & Administrative 4 (6.2%)

Religion

No Religion 82 (48.8%)
Christianity 71 (42.3%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 6 (3.6%)

Age Distribution

0-4 4 (2.4%)
5-14 24 (14.3%)
15-19 8 (4.8%)
20-24 19 (11.3%)
25-34 10 (6.0%)
35-44 19 (11.3%)
45-54 31 (18.5%)
55-64 20 (11.9%)
65-74 19 (11.3%)
75-84 9 (5.4%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 20 (55.6%)
Lone Person 9 (25.0%)
One Parent Families 7 (19.4%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 45 (81.8%)
Worked from Home 7 (12.7%)
Car (passenger) 3 (5.5%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 26 (15.5%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 11 (6.5%)
Bachelor Degree 5 (3.0%)
Postgraduate Degree 3 (1.8%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 9 (14.8%)
2 cars 23 (37.7%)
3 cars 16 (26.2%)
4+ cars 16 (26.2%)

Council Rates

Southern Midlands
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,381 a year through Southern Midlands based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,381/yr
Valuation basis
AAV/CV

How this land is zoned

Share of Elderslie's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 88%
  • Environmental 12%

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: Southern Midlands

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

In the year to August 2026, 45 new dwellings were approved across Southern Midlands. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are up 33.3% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
45dwellings
+33.3% YoY
Houses
45
detached dwellings
Units
0
townhouses + apartments

Climate & Setting

from Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates), 19.1 km

Dry climate — warm summers, frosty winters.

Elevation
107 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
33.2 km
Annual rainfall
492 mm
87 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
24.5°C
3 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
1.7°C
43 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 0.03% in 2021
+0.1 points this year

In postcode 7030, 63 of 17,369 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.1% (196 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.5%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.03%
2022
0.04%
2023
0.12%
2024
0.24%
2025
0.36%

Rooftop solar

24
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.3 kW each

In postcode 7030, 2,032 rooftop-solar systems totalling 12.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 8,355 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 155 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
84
2020
100
2021
156
2022
144
2023
148
2024
139
2025
173
2026
85

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
$1,669
Loan amount
$256,000
Total interest over 30 years
$344,814
Deposit
$64,000
Stamp duty
$10,735
Cash needed at settlement
$74,735

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 Elderslie

Is Elderslie a safe place to live?

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

What natural hazards affect Elderslie?

Elderslie has a high recorded bushfire history (89/100, 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 Elderslie?

Elderslie, TAS had a population of 168 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Elderslie, TAS?

The postcode for Elderslie, TAS is 7030.

How far is Elderslie from Hobart?

Elderslie is 46 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 42 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Elderslie?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Elderslie was $65,832 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 Elderslie?

There are too few current rental listings in Elderslie for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $216, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Elderslie?

The median age of residents in Elderslie was 45 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Elderslie at risk of bushfire?

Elderslie has a high recorded bushfire history (89/100). 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 Elderslie?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Elderslie, Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates) (19.1 km away), summer days average 24.5°C, winter nights 1.7°C, 492 mm of rain a year over 87 rainy days, and 3 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Elderslie?

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 Elderslie belong to?

Elderslie sits within the Southern Midlands local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Elderslie?

The average residential rates bill through Southern Midlands is $1,381 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Elderslie?

Across Southern Midlands, 45 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 Elderslie in?

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

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