Sorell TAS 7172
Located in Tasmania, Sorell sits 26 km from Hobart CBD, around 25 minutes by car. The suburb has 3,597 residents, a median age of 41, and a median household income of $68,484 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 23.7% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $350 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,517. The area shows high bushfire risk. 2 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Sorell a good suburb?
Sorell scores a D (32/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on safety.
Mixed results
2 schools
Some car dependence
Walkability 0/100 · 26.2 km · 25 min drive to Hobart
Median available
Median $712K
High bushfire risk
Fire 94/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 41 · 3,597 residents
Liveability Rating
32 / 100 · Ranked #176 in TASEach bar is Sorell'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 Sorell?
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Our score
32 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataSorell's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $712,000, about 7% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$712,500
Based on 136 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 34 days — median across 74 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 13 sales $545K
- 3 bed 84 sales $688K
- 4 bed 30 sales $772K
Units
$550,000
Based on 31 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 28 days — median across 16 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 15 sales $540K
- 3 bed 14 sales $568K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Sorell are currently listed at around $760,000 on average. Based on 44 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$760K
44 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$570K
8 units listed in the last 6 months.
52 of the suburb's 1,430 dwellings (3.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Sorell rent for around $650 a week on average, based on 41 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$650/wk
41 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$570/wk
9 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
50 rentals advertised against an estimated 393 rented homes (12.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Sep 2025–Aug 2026- 3-bed houses
- $650/wk
- 58 bonds
- +25% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $470/wk
- 22 bonds
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 2025104 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 7172.
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$650/week ($34,000 a year) on a $760,000 median
$570/week ($30,000 a year) on a $570,000 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
22 active Airbnb listings: 19 whole homes and 3 rooms. Whole homes are about 1.3% 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 Sorell council area
Crime recorded across the whole council area over the 12 months to Jul 2026, not in Sorell alone. Tasmania Police publish by council, not by suburb.
| Type | Count | Per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| All offences | 458 | 25.3 |
| Assault | 74 | 4.1 |
| Assault in a public place | 17 | 0.9 |
| Home burglary | 8 | 0.4 |
| Stolen vehicles | 28 | 1.5 |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.2 |
| Serious crime | 15 | 0.8 |
| Public order incidents | 396 | 21.9 |
| Family violence order breaches | 19 | 1.0 |
| Police family violence order breaches | 37 | 2.0 |
Rates use the council’s 18,108 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 suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Aircraft Noise
ANEF Contour Details
Noticeable aircraft noise
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 1.9 km
- Rate
- -0.80 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -32.4 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Two schools serve Sorell, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 792 students in one school (avg 792)
- • Sectors: 1 Independent, 1 Government
- • Largest: Sorell School (792 students)
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Sorell is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the suburb there are 2 supermarkets, 4 parks and 6 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
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 Sorell.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 8.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 5.3 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 3.5 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 13.1 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 Sorell.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 93%
- Premises covered
- 2,254
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
Sorell: 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 7 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Sorell is home to about 3,600 residents, with a median age of 41, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $68,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
3,597
Median Age
41
Median Household Income
$68,484/yr
Census Median Rent
$350/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,517/mo
Avg Household Size
2.4
Median Personal Income
$35,308/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
4.8%
Total Dwellings
1,430
Owner-Occupier Rate
72.5%
Houses
97.0%
Rental Stress
26.6%
Mortgage Stress
26.6%
Work From Home
7.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
60 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 12 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 382 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 83.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 89.4%
- Employment Rate
- 52.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 31.7%
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.
76 residents (2.1%) 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 3,374 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
27% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (419 of 1,569).
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 1,860 people work here; 1,569 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.2 per resident). At least 15% 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 $1,598 a year through Sorell based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 81%
- Residential 10%
- Infrastructure and transport 3%
- Environmental 2%
- Parks and recreation 2%
- Commercial 1%
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: Sorell
In the year to August 2026, 169 new dwellings were approved across Sorell. That mix is 165 houses and 4 units. Approvals are up 345.5% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Hobart Airport West, 8.6 kmDry climate — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 35 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 1.5 km
- 4.8 km to a named beach
- Near high-voltage lines
- 0.3% of addresses
- 8 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 460 mm
- 83 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 22.7°C
- 2 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 4.8°C
- 2 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
2 facilities within 5 km- 1.9 km
- 4.7 km
EV adoption
In postcode 7172, 19 of 4,295 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.4% (62 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 7172, 599 rooftop-solar systems totalling 4.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,825 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 53 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 Rebecca White Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rebecca White | 61.6% | 38.4% | +10.7 |
| 2022 | Brian Mitchell | 50.9% | 49.1% | +4.3 |
| 2019 | Brian Mitchell | 55.2% | 44.8% | -1.4 |
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:
- Guy Barnett Liberal Party
- Jane Howlett Liberal Party
- Tabatha Badger Tasmanian Greens
- Jen Butler Australian Labor Party
- Brian Mitchell Australian Labor Party
- Mark Shelton Liberal Party
- Carlo Di Falco Shooters, Fishers, Farmers TAS
| Year | Seats won |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Tasmanian Greens · 1 Shooters, Fishers, Farmers TAS |
| 2024 | 3 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Jacqui Lambie Network · 1 Tasmanian Greens |
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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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Sorell
Is Sorell a safe place to live?
TAS does not publish suburb-level crime statistics, so there is no crime figure for Sorell.
What natural hazards affect Sorell?
Sorell has a high recorded bushfire history (94/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Part of it sits inside an aircraft noise contour. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Sorell a good place to live?
Sorell has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (32/100), 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 Sorell?
Sorell, TAS had a population of 3,597 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Sorell, TAS?
The postcode for Sorell, TAS is 7172.
How far is Sorell from Hobart?
Sorell is 26 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 25 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Sorell?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Sorell was $68,484 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 Sorell?
The median advertised rent in Sorell is $650 a week for houses (41 listings) and $570 a week for units (9 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Sorell?
The median age of residents in Sorell was 41 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Sorell at risk of bushfire?
Sorell has a high recorded bushfire history (94/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb 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 Sorell?
There are 2 schools inside the Sorell boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in Sorell?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Sorell, Hobart Airport West (8.6 km away), summer days average 22.7°C, winter nights 4.8°C, 460 mm of rain a year over 83 rainy days, and 2 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Sorell?
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 Sorell belong to?
Sorell sits within the Sorell local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Sorell?
The average residential rates bill through Sorell is $1,598 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Sorell?
Across Sorell, 169 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 345.5% 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 Sorell in?
Sorell sits within the federal Division of Lyons, currently held by Rebecca White (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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