Kettering is a rural locality in Tasmania, 34 km from Hobart CBD, around 37 minutes by car. Population is 943; the median age is 51 and the median household income is $73,424 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The locality grew 17.4% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $365 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,517. Kettering is characterised by high bushfire risk. Walkability is low.
Is Kettering a good place to live?
Kettering scores a C (43/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on safety.
Some car dependence
Walkability 0/100 · 34 km · 37 min drive to Hobart
Median available
Median $983K
High bushfire risk
Fire 95/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 51 · 943 residents
Liveability Rating
43 / 100 · Ranked #127 in TASEach bar is Kettering's rank among TAS suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
No crime data is published for Tasmania — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
Flood data for Tasmania covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.
How do you rate the liveability in Kettering?
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Our score
43 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataKettering's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $983,000, roughly 22% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$983,000
Based on 28 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 67 days — median across 14 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 15 sales $870K
- 4 bed 7 sales $1.41M
Land
$455,000
Based on only 3 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Kettering are currently listed at around $1.31 million on average. Based on 12 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.31M
12 houses listed in the last 6 months.
12 of the suburb's 371 dwellings (3.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Short-Stay Rentals
12 active Airbnb listings: 12 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 2.9% of the locality'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 Kingborough council area
Crime recorded across the whole council area over the 12 months to Jul 2026, not in Kettering alone. Tasmania Police publish by council, not by suburb.
| Type | Count | Per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| All offences | 1,164 | 28.0 |
| Assault | 106 | 2.5 |
| Assault in a public place | 28 | 0.7 |
| Home burglary | 42 | 1.0 |
| Stolen vehicles | 55 | 1.3 |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.1 |
| Serious crime | 23 | 0.6 |
| Public order incidents | 734 | 17.6 |
| Family violence order breaches | 35 | 0.8 |
| Police family violence order breaches | 25 | 0.6 |
Rates use the council’s 41,628 residents. The latest month is preliminary and may be revised.
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20252 crashes
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.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1990–2011Data Quality
Schools
Walkability
Kettering is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.
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.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Kettering.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 8.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 1.3 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 1.9 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 12.1 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 1 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 Kettering.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 424
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
Kingborough: council population
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
Kettering is home to 943 residents, with a median age of 51 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $73,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
943
Median Age
51
Median Household Income
$73,424/yr
Census Median Rent
$365/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,517/mo
Avg Household Size
2.4
Median Personal Income
$35,880/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
11.3%
Total Dwellings
371
Owner-Occupier Rate
89.3%
Houses
93.8%
Rental Stress
25.8%
Mortgage Stress
24.8%
Work From Home
15.4%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 75.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 89.3%
- Employment Rate
- 53.7%
- Completed Year 12
- 47.6%
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.
6 residents (0.6%) 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.
21.9% of residents (197) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Hobart (126).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 901 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
31% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (131 of 425).
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.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,735 a year through Kingborough based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Environmental 53%
- Rural and farming 41%
- Residential 4%
- Infrastructure and transport 2%
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: Kingborough
In the year to August 2026, 138 new dwellings were approved across Kingborough. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are down 13.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Mount Wellington (The Springs), 23.6 km- Elevation
- 205 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 1.6 km
- Annual rainfall
- —
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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
In postcode 7155, 21 of 964 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.3% (13 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.5%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 7155, 228 rooftop-solar systems totalling 1.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 413 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 15 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
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 2026-10-27 — 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 Julie Collins Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Julie Collins | 69.4% | 30.6% | +5.7 |
| 2022 | Julie Collins | 63.7% | 36.3% | -1.5 |
| 2019 | Julie Collins | 62.2% | 37.8% | -1.5 |
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
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
| Year | Seats won |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 Independent · 2 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Tasmanian Greens |
| 2024 | 3 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Tasmanian Greens · 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.
Looking at a specific address in Kettering?
Every figure above is a locality average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 943 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Kettering
Is Kettering a safe place to live?
TAS does not publish suburb-level crime statistics, so there is no crime figure for Kettering.
What natural hazards affect Kettering?
Kettering has a high recorded bushfire history (95/100, 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.
Is Kettering a good place to live?
Kettering has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (43/100), 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 Kettering?
Kettering, TAS had a population of 943 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Kettering, TAS?
The postcode for Kettering, TAS is 7155.
How far is Kettering from Hobart?
Kettering is 34 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 37 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Kettering?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Kettering was $73,424 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 Kettering?
There are too few current rental listings in Kettering for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $365, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Kettering?
The median age of residents in Kettering was 51 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Kettering at risk of bushfire?
Kettering has a high recorded bushfire history (95/100). 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.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Kettering?
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 Kettering belong to?
Kettering sits within the Kingborough local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Kettering?
The average residential rates bill through Kingborough is $1,735 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Kettering?
Across Kingborough, 138 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 13.0% 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 Kettering in?
Kettering sits within the federal Division of Franklin, currently held by Julie Collins (Australian Labor Party).
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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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