Rosebery TAS 7470

Rosebery sits 314 km from Hobart CBD in Tasmania, around 5 hours 5 minutes by car. Census data records 752 residents with a median age of 48 and a median household income of $50,024 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The locality grew 6.2% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $150 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $600. 2 schools sit within the locality boundary, and walkability is low.

Is Rosebery a good place to live?

Rosebery scores a D (36/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on safety, weaker on transit and community.

Schools

Mixed results

2 schools

Transit

Car-dependent

Walkability 4/100 · 313.7 km · 304 min drive to Hobart

Prices

Median available

Median $202K

Safety

Low all-round risk

Fire 12/100

Community

Highly disadvantaged

SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 48 · 752 residents

D

Liveability Rating

36 / 100 · Ranked #164 in TAS

Each bar is Rosebery'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.

Schools quality no data
too few schools to rate
Safety
78
Bushfire Low

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.

Socio-economic
7
Very disadvantaged
Walkability
31
Very car-dependent
CBD access
10
313.7 km · 304 min drive to Hobart
How it's calculated: Safety rank 78 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 7 × 25% + Walkability rank 31 × 15% + CBD access rank 10 × 10% = 36 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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36 / 100

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Rosebery's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $202,000, roughly 19% above where it sat a year earlier.

$202,500

last 7 quarters
↑ +19.1% year-on-year

Based on 51 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 84 days — median across 21 sales that recorded a listing period

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 36 sales $211K
  • 4 bed 8 sales $199K

Currently for Sale

Last 6 months

Houses in Rosebery are currently listed at around $244,000 on average. Based on 16 houses listed in the past six months.

$244K

last 3 months
↑ +14.5% vs previous 6 months from $214K
Since 2023: $193K → $215K (+12%)

16 houses listed in the last 6 months.

17 of the suburb's 324 dwellings (5.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Sep 2025–Aug 2026
3-bed houses
$320/wk
13 bonds

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.

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. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.

Crime in the West Coast council area

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

Type Count Per 1,000 residents
All offences 210 48.6
Assault 54 12.5
Assault in a public place 18 4.2
Home burglary 9 2.1
Stolen vehicles 3 0.7
Robbery 0 0.0
Serious crime 3 0.7
Public order incidents 281 65.0
Family violence order breaches 20 4.6
Police family violence order breaches 22 5.1

Rates use the council’s 4,320 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.

Schools

Two schools serve Rosebery, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.

30
out of 100
Weak
2 schools in this locality
2 below similar
  • • 110 students across 2 schools (avg 55)
  • • Sectors: 1 Government, 1 Catholic
  • • ICSEA 845-969, median 907 (below the national baseline of 1000)
  • • Largest: Rosebery District School (63 students)

Primary

Catholic · Prep-6 · 47 students
ICSEA 969 (higher than 33% of Australian schools) · 18% top-SEA students
Below similar

Combined

Government · K-12 · 63 students
ICSEA 845 (higher than 5% of Australian schools) · 1% top-SEA students
Below similar

Walkability

Rosebery is very car-dependent on foot — at 4/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the locality there are 1 supermarket, 2 parks and 4 cafes to anchor that walking radius.

4
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 60

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 Rosebery.

45
connectivity score / 100
Top 25% in TAS
Most common
Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
716
Technology mix
Fibre to the node (FTTN) 99%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 1%
Fibre to the building (FTTB) 0%

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
1 in locality
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
4 in locality
Parks & Reserves
2 in locality
Sport & Recreation
3 in locality
Beaches
None
Waterways
10 in locality
Childcare
None
GPs
2 in locality
Pharmacies
1 in locality
Hospitals
1 in locality
Police Stations
1 in locality
Banks & Bank@Post
1 in locality
Fuel Stations
1 in locality
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
2 in locality
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

West Coast: council population

The whole council area, not just Rosebery · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
4,320
+0.1% in a year
Change
+6
people since 2024
Density
0.5
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+7
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
-8
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+7
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
1/10
1/10 within TAS
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
1/10
1/10 within TAS
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
1/10
1/10 within TAS
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Rosebery is home to 752 residents, with a median age of 48, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $50,000 a year, with unemployment at 14.6%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

752

6.2% since 2016

Median Age

48

17.1% since 2016

Median Household Income

$50,024/yr

21.6% since 2016
Bottom 21% in TAS

Census Median Rent

$150/wk

50.0% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$600/mo

13.0% since 2016

Avg Household Size

1.9

9.5% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$27,248/yr

4.4% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

14.6%

32.7% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

28.1%

62.8% since 2016

Total Dwellings

324

12.9% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

70.6%

14.6% since 2016

Houses

91.7%

6.0% since 2016

Rental Stress

15.6%

92.6% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

14.4%

44.0% since 2016

Work From Home

0.0%

Dwelling Types

Houses 297 (91.7%)
Flats / Apartments 17 (5.2%)
Townhouses 10 (3.1%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 153 (50.5%)
Renting 89 (29.4%)
Mortgage 61 (20.1%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
72.1%
English Spoken at Home
81.6%
Employment Rate
36.4%
22.4% since 2016
Completed Year 12
24.6%

Occupations

Machinery Operators & Drivers 47 (20.1%)
Professionals 39 (16.7%)
Community & Personal Service 38 (16.2%)
Labourers 38 (16.2%)
Technicians & Trades 36 (15.4%)
Sales 20 (8.5%)
Managers 14 (6.0%)
Clerical & Administrative 9 (3.8%)

Religion

No Religion 342 (45.5%)
Christianity 259 (34.4%)
Other Religions 16 (2.1%)
Buddhism 3 (0.4%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 21 (2.8%)
New Zealand 20 (2.7%)
South Africa 9 (1.2%)
Scotland 6 (0.8%)
Philippines 3 (0.4%)
Canada 3 (0.4%)

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 10 (1.3%)
2011-2015 8 (1.1%)
2001-2010 15 (2.0%)
1991-2000 7 (0.9%)
1981-1990 14 (1.9%)
Before 1981 40 (5.3%)

10 residents (1.3%) 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.

7.5% of residents (55) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Hobart (19).

Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 734 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.

Age Distribution

0-4 18 (2.4%)
5-14 85 (11.3%)
15-19 30 (4.0%)
20-24 44 (5.9%)
25-34 79 (10.5%)
35-44 87 (11.6%)
45-54 116 (15.4%)
55-64 147 (19.5%)
65-74 105 (14.0%)
75-84 42 (5.6%)
85+ 3 (0.4%)

Family & Household Composition

Lone Person 149 (61.3%)
Couple Families 46 (18.9%)
One Parent Families 29 (11.9%)
Group Household 15 (6.2%)
Other Families 4 (1.6%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 150 (81.5%)
Walked Only 24 (13.0%)
Car (passenger) 10 (5.4%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 124 (16.5%)
Bachelor Degree 43 (5.7%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 37 (4.9%)
Postgraduate Degree 11 (1.5%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 4 (0.5%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 21 (6.6%)
1 car 164 (51.2%)
2 cars 89 (27.8%)
3 cars 27 (8.4%)
4+ cars 12 (3.8%)

Council Rates

West Coast
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,103 a year through West Coast based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$2,103/yr
Valuation basis
AAV/CV

How this land is zoned

Share of Rosebery's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 81%
  • Environmental 17%
  • Zones under 1% 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: West Coast

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

In the year to August 2026, 4 new dwellings were approved across West Coast. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are down 100.0% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
4dwellings
-100.0% YoY
Houses
4
detached dwellings
Units
0
townhouses + apartments

Climate & Setting

from Waratah (Mount Road), 39.6 km

High rainfall.

Elevation
223 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
32.8 km
Near high-voltage lines
2.4% of addresses
20 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
Annual rainfall
1,809 mm
161 rainy days
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.

Industrial Emissions Nearby

1 facility within 5 km

EV adoption

0.0%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.00% in 2021

In postcode 7470, 0 of 634 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 0.0% (0 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 0.0%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.00%
2022
0.00%
2023
0.00%
2024
0.00%
2025
0.00%

Rooftop solar

18
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 5.7 kW each

In postcode 7470, 76 rooftop-solar systems totalling 0.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 418 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 2 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
7
2020
8
2021
4
2022
10
2023
12
2024
1
2025
5
2026
1

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
$1,056
Loan amount
$162,000
Total interest over 30 years
$218,203
Deposit
$40,500
Stamp duty
$6,035
Cash needed at settlement
$46,535

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 Braddon

Currently held by Anne Urquhart Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Anne Urquhart 57.2% 42.8% +15.2
2022 Gavin Pearce 42.0% 58.0% +4.9
2019 Gavin Pearce 46.9% 53.1% +4.8

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 Braddon · 7 members

Elected at the 2025 election:

Year Seats won
2025 4 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Independent
2024 3 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Jacqui Lambie Network · 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 Rosebery

Is Rosebery a safe place to live?

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

What natural hazards affect Rosebery?

Rosebery has a low recorded bushfire history (12/100, 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 Rosebery a good place to live?

Rosebery has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (36/100), 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 Rosebery?

Rosebery, TAS had a population of 752 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Rosebery, TAS?

The postcode for Rosebery, TAS is 7470.

How far is Rosebery from Hobart?

Rosebery is 314 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 304 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Rosebery?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Rosebery was $50,024 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 Rosebery?

There are too few current rental listings in Rosebery for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $150, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Rosebery?

The median age of residents in Rosebery was 48 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Rosebery at risk of bushfire?

Rosebery has a low recorded bushfire history (12/100). 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 Rosebery?

There are 2 schools inside the Rosebery boundary: 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).

Is Rosebery walkable?

Rosebery scores 4/100 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 Rosebery?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Rosebery, Waratah (Mount Road) (39.6 km away), 1,809 mm of rain a year over 161 rainy days over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Rosebery?

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 Rosebery belong to?

Rosebery sits within the West Coast local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Rosebery?

The average residential rates bill through West Coast is $2,103 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Rosebery?

Across West Coast, 4 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 100.0% 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 Rosebery in?

Rosebery sits within the federal Division of Braddon, currently held by Anne Urquhart (Australian Labor Party).

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