Port Huon TAS 7116

Located in Tasmania, Port Huon sits 57 km from Hobart CBD, around 55 minutes by car. The locality has 492 residents, a median age of 50, and a median household income of $59,904 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 15.0% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $278 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. The area shows high bushfire risk. Walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Port Huon's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $698,000, roughly 18% above where it sat a year earlier.

Houses

$697,500

last 5 quarters
↑ +17.6% year-on-year

Based on 32 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 52 days — median across 14 sales that recorded a listing period

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 19 sales $695K
  • 4 bed 8 sales $1.21M

Land

$190,000

Based on only 7 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Currently for Sale

Last 6 months

Houses in Port Huon are currently listed at around $695,000 on average. Based on 9 houses listed in the past six months.

$695K

↓ −0.2% vs previous 6 months from $696K

9 houses listed in the last 6 months.

9 of the suburb's 201 dwellings (4.5%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Short-Stay Rentals

2 active Airbnb listings: 2 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.9% 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 Huon Valley council area

Crime recorded across the whole council area over the 12 months to Jul 2026, not in Port Huon 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

1 crash

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

4
monitoring points
within 5 km
4
actively eroding
> 0.1 m/yr retreat
-0.47
worst rate (m/yr)
Significant
484 m
nearest coastline
monitoring point

Shoreline Change Summary

1990–2025
Stable or accreting 0 (0%)
Moderate erosion (0.1–0.3 m/yr) 0 (0%)
Significant erosion (> 0.3 m/yr) 4 (100%)

Nearest Eroding Coastline

Distance
484 m
Rate
-0.44 m/yr
Net Movement
—
Certainty
good

Data Quality

High certainty: 4 of 4 points (100%)

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Port Huon is car-dependent on foot — at 25/100, most errands require a car.

25
out of 100
Car-Dependent
Top 13% in TAS
Public Transport within 1 km 53
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

Public transport

Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Port Huon.

40
out of 100
Bus
Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
2.5 arrivals/hr
Off-peak weekday
1.8 arrivals/hr
Saturday
1.0 arrivals/hr
Median peak wait
1 min
Span of service
13.3 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 Port Huon.

30
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
248
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 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
None
Parks & Reserves
None
Sport & Recreation
2 in locality
Beaches
None
Waterways
None
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
1 in locality
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Huon Valley: council population

The whole council area, not just Port Huon · 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
3/10
6/10 within TAS
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
3/10
4/10 within TAS
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
4/10
6/10 within TAS
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Port Huon is home to 492 residents, with a median age of 50 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $60,000 a year, with unemployment at 8.3%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

492

15.0% since 2016

Median Age

50

4.2% since 2016

Median Household Income

$59,904/yr

36.2% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$278/wk

12.1% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,300/mo

1.7% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.3

4.5% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$30,160/yr

18.1% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

8.3%

11.7% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

12.9%

10.3% since 2016

Total Dwellings

201

23.3% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

86.3%

11.5% since 2016

Houses

99.0%

1.0% since 2016

Rental Stress

24.1%

17.7% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

26.0%

25.5% since 2016

Work From Home

15.6%

77.3% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 199 (99.0%)
Flats / Apartments 2 (1.0%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 104 (52.8%)
Mortgage 66 (33.5%)
Renting 27 (13.7%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
78.5%
English Spoken at Home
92.5%
Employment Rate
46.5%
11.0% since 2016
Completed Year 12
33.3%

Occupations

Managers 36 (18.8%)
Professionals 34 (17.7%)
Labourers 34 (17.7%)
Technicians & Trades 22 (11.5%)
Community & Personal Service 21 (10.9%)
Clerical & Administrative 19 (9.9%)
Sales 16 (8.3%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 14 (7.3%)

Religion

No Religion 263 (53.5%)
Christianity 201 (40.9%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 42 (8.5%)
New Zealand 7 (1.4%)
Germany 4 (0.8%)
Scotland 3 (0.6%)
Canada 3 (0.6%)
Ireland 3 (0.6%)
Netherlands 3 (0.6%)

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 17 (3.5%)
1991-2000 5 (1.0%)
1981-1990 15 (3.0%)
Before 1981 30 (6.1%)

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.

Languages Spoken at Home

Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.

Korean 3 (0.6%)

Age Distribution

0-4 25 (5.1%)
5-14 58 (11.8%)
15-19 25 (5.1%)
20-24 22 (4.5%)
25-34 44 (8.9%)
35-44 53 (10.8%)
45-54 46 (9.3%)
55-64 82 (16.7%)
65-74 91 (18.5%)
75-84 43 (8.7%)
85+ 10 (2.0%)

Family & Household Composition

Lone Person 49 (42.6%)
Couple Families 37 (32.2%)
One Parent Families 21 (18.3%)
Group Household 5 (4.3%)
Other Families 3 (2.6%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 113 (70.6%)
Worked from Home 25 (15.6%)
Car (passenger) 17 (10.6%)
Walked Only 5 (3.1%)

14% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (27 of 192).

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

Certificate III & IV 87 (17.7%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 48 (9.8%)
Bachelor Degree 43 (8.7%)
Postgraduate Degree 19 (3.9%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 70 (35.9%)
2 cars 79 (40.5%)
3 cars 21 (10.8%)
4+ cars 14 (7.2%)

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 Port Huon's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 72%
  • Environmental 15%
  • Residential 7%
  • Other and special use 3%
  • Industrial 2%
  • 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: Huon Valley

The whole council area, not just Port Huon · 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, 19.9 km

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

Elevation
8 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
388 m
Near high-voltage lines
3.5% of addresses
13 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
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

0.6%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.18% in 2021
+0.1 points this year

In postcode 7116, 14 of 2,399 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.2% (28 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.8%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.18%
2022
0.14%
2023
0.31%
2024
0.51%
2025
0.58%

Rooftop solar

37
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 5.8 kW each

In postcode 7116, 428 rooftop-solar systems totalling 2.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,166 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 34 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
15
2020
22
2021
27
2022
33
2023
33
2024
33
2025
23
2026
23

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
$3,638
Loan amount
$558,000
Total interest over 30 years
$751,587
Deposit
$139,500
Stamp duty
$26,641
Cash needed at settlement
$166,141

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 Port Huon

Is Port Huon a safe place to live?

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

What natural hazards affect Port Huon?

Port Huon has a high recorded bushfire history (96/100, 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 Port Huon?

Port Huon, TAS had a population of 492 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Port Huon, TAS?

The postcode for Port Huon, TAS is 7116.

How far is Port Huon from Hobart?

Port Huon is 57 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 55 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Port Huon?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Port Huon was $59,904 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 Port Huon?

There are too few current rental listings in Port Huon for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $278, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Port Huon?

The median age of residents in Port Huon was 50 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Port Huon at risk of bushfire?

Port Huon has a high recorded bushfire history (96/100). 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 Port Huon walkable?

Port Huon scores 25/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it 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 Port Huon?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Port Huon, Dover (19.9 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 Port Huon?

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 Port Huon belong to?

Port Huon 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 Port Huon?

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 Port Huon?

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 Port Huon in?

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

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