Hobart TAS 7000
Located in Tasmania, Hobart sits 0 km from Hobart CBD, around 0 minutes by car. The suburb has 3,390 residents, a median age of 31, and a median household income of $76,128 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $380 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,848. Hobart is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure. 6 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Hobart a good suburb?
Hobart scores a A (71/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, safety, and community, weaker on schools.
Below the state average
6 schools · Bottom 24% in TAS
Walkable and central
Walkability 95/100 · 0 m · 0 min drive to Hobart
Median available
Median $875K
Low all-round risk
Fire 0/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 8/10 · median age 31 · 3,390 residents
Liveability Rating
71 / 100 · Ranked #18 in TASEach bar is Hobart's rank among TAS suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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
71 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median Unit Price
Public listings dataHobart's unit market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $892,000, 0.5% below where it sat a year earlier.
Units
$892,000
44% above its 5 neighbours (median $621,500)
Based on 75 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 47 days — median across 26 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 15 sales $517K
- 2 bed 39 sales $890K
- 3 bed 15 sales $1.06M
Houses
$875,000
12% below its 6 neighbours (median $995,000)
Based on 39 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 25 days — median across 8 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 7 sales $165K
- 2 bed 5 sales $850K
- 3 bed 13 sales $960K
- 4 bed 9 sales $960K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Hobart are currently listed at around $950,000 on average. Based on 17 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$950K
17 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$808K
16 units listed in the last 6 months.
33 of the suburb's 1,065 dwellings (3.1%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Hobart rent for around $695 a week on average, based on 14 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$695/wk
In line with its 5 neighbours (median $680/wk)
14 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$660/wk
32% above its 5 neighbours (median $500/wk)
27 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
41 rentals advertised against an estimated 758 rented homes (5.4%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Sep 2025–Aug 2026- 3-bed houses
- $675/wk
- 17 bonds
- 2-bed units
- $690/wk
- 70 bonds
- +18% 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 2025107 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 28% of its income on the median rent in postcode 7000.
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$695/week ($36,000 a year) on a $950,000 median
$660/week ($34,000 a year) on a $808,000 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
213 active Airbnb listings: 189 whole homes and 24 rooms. Whole homes are about 14.7% 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 Hobart 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
2021–202532 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 of them fatal
Where they happened
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.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1990–2024Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 1.3 km
- Rate
- -0.15 m/yr
- Net Movement
- —
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Six schools serve Hobart, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 2,325 students across 3 schools (avg 775)
- • Sectors: 3 Catholic, 2 Independent, 1 Government
- • ICSEA 996-1125, median 1069 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: St Mary's College (951 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Universities nearby
12.4% 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
Hobart is exceptionally walkable on foot — at 95/100, daily errands don't require a car at all. Within the suburb there are 2 supermarkets, 11 parks and 126 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Hobart.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 376.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 220.4 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 119.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 18.5 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 0 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 Hobart.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 91%
- Premises covered
- 5,214
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 8 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 5 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Hobart is home to about 3,400 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 31 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $76,000 a year, with unemployment at 13.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
3,390
Median Age
31
Median Household Income
$76,128/yr
Census Median Rent
$380/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,848/mo
Avg Household Size
2.0
Median Personal Income
$34,684/yr
Unemployment Rate
13.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
20.7%
Total Dwellings
1,065
Owner-Occupier Rate
28.8%
Houses
18.6%
Rental Stress
26.0%
Mortgage Stress
29.1%
Work From Home
9.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
104 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 51 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 723 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 50.6%
- English Spoken at Home
- 57.3%
- Employment Rate
- 49.7%
- Completed Year 12
- 67.5%
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.
586 residents (17.3%) 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.
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 3,316 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 (1,172 of 1,592), 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.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 34,574 people work here; 1,592 employed residents live here.
A jobs hub: 21.7 jobs for every working resident. At least 95% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
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
- Commercial 33%
- Other and special use 22%
- Infrastructure and transport 19%
- Residential 17%
- Industrial 6%
- Parks and recreation 3%
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), 0.8 kmModerate rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 23 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 924 m
- 1.5 km 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- 0.8 kmPort and Water Transport Terminal OperationsTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide · Carbon monoxide
- 1.1 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 2.7 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 3.2 kmWaste Treatment and Disposal ServicesTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 3.2 kmOther Electricity GenerationTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
EV adoption
In postcode 7000, 459 of 18,411 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 7.2% (1,326 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 9.7%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 7000, 1,309 rooftop-solar systems totalling 9.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 6,790 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 120 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
10 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 12 across postcode 7000.
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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- #8 in Sportiest Hobart suburbs
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- #12 in Hobart suburbs with the most parkland nearby
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South Hobart TAS 7004
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Battery Point TAS 7004
Glebe TAS 7000
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Common questions about Hobart
Is Hobart a safe place to live?
TAS does not publish suburb-level crime statistics, so there is no crime figure for Hobart.
What natural hazards affect Hobart?
Hobart has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Hobart a good place to live?
Hobart has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (71/100), 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 Hobart?
Hobart, TAS had a population of 3,390 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Hobart, TAS?
The postcode for Hobart, TAS is 7000.
What is the median household income in Hobart?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Hobart was $76,128 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 Hobart?
The median advertised rent in Hobart is $695 a week for houses (14 listings) and $660 a week for units (27 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Hobart?
The median age of residents in Hobart was 31 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Hobart?
There are 6 schools inside the Hobart boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Hobart walkable?
Hobart scores 95/100 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 Hobart?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Hobart, Hobart (Ellerslie Road) (0.8 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 Hobart?
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 Hobart belong to?
Hobart sits within the Hobart local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Hobart?
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 Hobart?
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 Hobart in?
Hobart 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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