Nicholls Rivulet TAS 7112

Nicholls Rivulet sits 40 km from Hobart CBD in Tasmania, around 43 minutes by car. Census data records 369 residents with a median age of 47 and a median household income of $68,536 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 18.6% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $335 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,560. The area shows high bushfire risk. 1 school sits within the locality boundary, and walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Nicholls Rivulet's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $836,000, about 8% below where it sat a year earlier.

$835,500

19% above its 4 neighbours (median $705,000)

↓ −8.4% year-on-year

Based on 12 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 5 sales $1M

Short-Stay Rentals

5 active Airbnb listings: 5 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 3.1% 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 Huon Valley council area

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

Type Count Per 1,000 residents
All offences 477 24.0
Assault 46 2.3
Assault in a public place 6 0.3
Home burglary 15 0.8
Stolen vehicles 35 1.8
Robbery 6 0.3
Serious crime 23 1.2
Public order incidents 366 18.4
Family violence order breaches 22 1.1
Police family violence order breaches 12 0.6

Rates use the council’s 19,893 residents. The latest month is preliminary and may be revised.

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

3 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital

Where they happened

Nicholls Rivulet Road 3 (100.0%)

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

One school serve Nicholls Rivulet, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.

38
out of 100
Weak
1 school in this locality
1 below similar
  • • 90 students in one school (avg 90)

Primary

Independent · Prep-10 · 90 students
ICSEA 1048 (higher than 68% of Australian schools) · 20% top-SEA students
Below similar

Walkability

Nicholls Rivulet is very car-dependent on foot — at 13/100, nearly all errands require a car.

13
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Top 22% in TAS
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 60
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 Nicholls Rivulet.

25
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
133
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 69%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 31%

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
None
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
22 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

Huon Valley: council population

The whole council area, not just Nicholls Rivulet · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
19,893
+0.9% in a year
Change
+181
people since 2024
Density
3.6
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+37
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+76
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+68
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
5/10
8/10 within TAS
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
4/10
7/10 within TAS
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
9/10
10/10 within TAS
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Nicholls Rivulet is home to 369 residents, with a median age of 47, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $69,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.2%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

369

18.6% since 2016

Median Age

47

4.1% since 2016

Median Household Income

$68,536/yr

28.1% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$335/wk

34.0% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,560/mo

15.6% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.5

8.7% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$30,108/yr

5.9% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

3.2%

36.0% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

13.0%

23.1% since 2016

Total Dwellings

138

16.9% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

87.2%

3.1% since 2016

Houses

100.0%

5.4% since 2016

Rental Stress

25.4%

4.5% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

27.3%

9.9% since 2016

Work From Home

19.7%

48.1% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 138 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 77 (54.6%)
Mortgage 46 (32.6%)
Renting 18 (12.8%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
75.1%
English Spoken at Home
92.1%
Employment Rate
48.4%
0.4% since 2016
Completed Year 12
48.8%

Occupations

Professionals 39 (25.3%)
Managers 32 (20.8%)
Technicians & Trades 32 (20.8%)
Community & Personal Service 15 (9.7%)
Labourers 14 (9.1%)
Clerical & Administrative 11 (7.1%)
Sales 8 (5.2%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 5 (3.2%)

Religion

No Religion 233 (63.1%)
Christianity 103 (27.9%)
Other Religions 10 (2.7%)
Buddhism 9 (2.4%)
Islam 3 (0.8%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 31 (8.4%)
Zimbabwe 6 (1.6%)
New Zealand 4 (1.1%)
Scotland 4 (1.1%)
Germany 4 (1.1%)
South Africa 3 (0.8%)
Singapore 3 (0.8%)
Netherlands 3 (0.8%)

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 0 (0.0%)
2011-2015 0 (0.0%)
2001-2010 13 (3.5%)
1991-2000 3 (0.8%)
1981-1990 22 (6.0%)
Before 1981 27 (7.3%)

0 residents (0.0%) 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.

Age Distribution

0-4 14 (3.8%)
5-14 39 (10.6%)
15-19 18 (4.9%)
20-24 12 (3.3%)
25-34 27 (7.3%)
35-44 59 (16.0%)
45-54 51 (13.8%)
55-64 67 (18.2%)
65-74 59 (16.0%)
75-84 15 (4.1%)
85+ 5 (1.4%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 45 (48.9%)
Lone Person 26 (28.3%)
One Parent Families 17 (18.5%)
Group Household 4 (4.3%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 90 (70.9%)
Worked from Home 25 (19.7%)
Walked Only 6 (4.7%)
Car (passenger) 3 (2.4%)
Bus 3 (2.4%)

21% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (32 of 154).

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

Bachelor Degree 80 (21.7%)
Certificate III & IV 48 (13.0%)
Postgraduate Degree 25 (6.8%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 20 (5.4%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 13 (3.5%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 33 (24.1%)
2 cars 75 (54.7%)
3 cars 15 (10.9%)
4+ cars 20 (14.6%)

Council Rates

Huon Valley
FY 2024-25

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

Avg residential rate
$1,884/yr
Valuation basis
AAV/CV

How this land is zoned

Share of Nicholls Rivulet's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Environmental 50%
  • Rural and farming 49%
  • Zones under 1% 1%

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: Huon Valley

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

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.

Trailing 12 months
81dwellings
-33.3% YoY
Houses
79
detached dwellings
Units
2
townhouses + apartments

Climate & Setting

from Dover, 25.0 km

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

Elevation
98 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
5.8 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.

EV adoption

1.4%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.10% in 2021
+0.2 points this year
Top 12% in TAS

In postcode 7112, 49 of 3,381 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.7% (57 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.1%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.10%
2022
0.28%
2023
0.56%
2024
1.28%
2025
1.45%

Rooftop solar

37
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 5.6 kW each

In postcode 7112, 670 rooftop-solar systems totalling 3.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,812 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 58 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
23
2020
29
2021
48
2022
30
2023
51
2024
52
2025
53
2026
33

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
$4,357
Loan amount
$668,400
Total interest over 30 years
$900,288
Deposit
$167,100
Stamp duty
$32,782
Cash needed at settlement
$199,882

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 Franklin

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

Division of Franklin · 7 members

Elected at the 2025 election:

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.

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Common questions about Nicholls Rivulet

Is Nicholls Rivulet a safe place to live?

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

What natural hazards affect Nicholls Rivulet?

Nicholls Rivulet has a high recorded bushfire history (92/100, 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 Nicholls Rivulet?

Nicholls Rivulet, TAS had a population of 369 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Nicholls Rivulet, TAS?

The postcode for Nicholls Rivulet, TAS is 7112.

How far is Nicholls Rivulet from Hobart?

Nicholls Rivulet is 40 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 43 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Nicholls Rivulet?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Nicholls Rivulet was $68,536 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 Nicholls Rivulet?

There are too few current rental listings in Nicholls Rivulet for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $335, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Nicholls Rivulet?

The median age of residents in Nicholls Rivulet was 47 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Nicholls Rivulet at risk of bushfire?

Nicholls Rivulet has a high recorded bushfire history (92/100). 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.

How are the schools in Nicholls Rivulet?

There is 1 school inside the Nicholls Rivulet boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).

Is Nicholls Rivulet walkable?

Nicholls Rivulet scores 13/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. 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 Nicholls Rivulet?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Nicholls Rivulet, Dover (25 km away), summer days average 21°C, winter nights 3.7°C, 854 mm of rain a year over 134 rainy days, and 1 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Nicholls Rivulet?

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 Nicholls Rivulet belong to?

Nicholls Rivulet sits within the Huon Valley local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Nicholls Rivulet?

The average residential rates bill through Huon Valley is $1,884 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Nicholls Rivulet?

Across Huon Valley, 81 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 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 Nicholls Rivulet in?

Nicholls Rivulet sits within the federal Division of Franklin, currently held by Julie Collins (Australian Labor Party).

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