Located in Tasmania, West Ulverstone sits 303 km from Hobart CBD, around 3 hours 30 minutes by car. The suburb has 4,515 residents, a median age of 48, and a median household income of $55,068 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 7.7% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $240 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,213. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is West Ulverstone a good suburb?
West Ulverstone scores a C (37/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on safety, weaker on transit and community.
Mixed results
1 school
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 302.6 km · 208 min drive to Hobart
Median available
Median $625K
Low all-round risk
Fire 12/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 48 · 4,515 residents
Liveability Rating
37 / 100 · Ranked #156 in TASEach bar is West Ulverstone'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 West Ulverstone?
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Our score
37 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWest Ulverstone's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $625,000, about 5% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$625,000
Based on 55 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 33 days — median across 26 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 5 sales $500K
- 3 bed 36 sales $612K
- 4 bed 12 sales $692K
Land
$225,000
Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in West Ulverstone are currently listed at around $649,000 on average. Based on 37 houses listed in the past six months.
$649K
37 houses listed in the last 6 months.
39 of the suburb's 1,770 dwellings (2.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in West Ulverstone rent for around $490 a week on average, based on 14 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$490/wk
14 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$450/wk
3 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
17 rentals advertised against an estimated 464 rented homes (3.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Sep 2025–Aug 2026- 3-bed houses
- $490/wk
- 27 bonds
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025106 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 28% of its income on the median rent in postcode 7315.
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$490/week ($25,000 a year) on a $649,000 median
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
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
12 active Airbnb listings: 11 whole homes and 1 room. Whole homes are about 0.6% 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 Central Coast council area
Crime recorded across the whole council area over the 12 months to Jul 2026, not in West Ulverstone alone. Tasmania Police publish by council, not by suburb.
| Type | Count | Per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| All offences | 581 | 24.9 |
| Assault | 121 | 5.2 |
| Assault in a public place | 30 | 1.3 |
| Home burglary | 15 | 0.6 |
| Stolen vehicles | 9 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.1 |
| Serious crime | 22 | 0.9 |
| Public order incidents | 514 | 22.0 |
| Family violence order breaches | 54 | 2.3 |
| Police family violence order breaches | 49 | 2.1 |
Rates use the council’s 23,378 residents. The latest month is preliminary and may be revised.
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20253 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
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.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2024Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 2.2 km
- Rate
- -0.09 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -4.5 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
One school serve West Ulverstone, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 117 students in one school (avg 117)
Primary
Walkability
West Ulverstone 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 West Ulverstone.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 11.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 4.9 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 4.6 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 13.6 hours
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 West Ulverstone.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 41%
- Premises covered
- 2,186
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
Central Coast (Tas.): 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 14 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.
West Ulverstone is home to about 4,500 residents, with a median age of 48, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $55,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
4,515
Median Age
48
Median Household Income
$55,068/yr
Census Median Rent
$240/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,213/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$28,132/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
6.7%
Total Dwellings
1,770
Owner-Occupier Rate
73.8%
Houses
89.5%
Rental Stress
22.7%
Mortgage Stress
26.4%
Work From Home
7.0%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
144 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 38 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 449 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 83.6%
- English Spoken at Home
- 91.5%
- Employment Rate
- 44.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 25.2%
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.
36 residents (0.8%) 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.
4.3% of residents (188) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Hobart (47).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 4,333 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
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 628 people work here; 1,721 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.4 jobs per working resident. At least 64% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
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 $1,379 a year through Central Coast (Tas.) based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 56%
- Residential 16%
- Infrastructure and transport 11%
- Parks and recreation 8%
- Environmental 8%
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: Central Coast (Tas.)
In the year to August 2026, 84 new dwellings were approved across Central Coast (Tas.). That mix is 77 houses and 7 units. Approvals are down 37.5% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Forthside Research Station, 13.6 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 25 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 1.8 km
- 3.8 km to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 814 mm
- 83 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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- 2.5 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 3.6 kmFruit and Vegetable ProcessingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 7315, 57 of 14,262 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.6% (232 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.0%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 7315, 1,907 rooftop-solar systems totalling 12.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 6,899 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 138 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 2026-10-26 — 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 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 suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Elected at the 2025 election:
- Jeremy Rockliff Liberal Party
- Gavin Pearce Liberal Party
- Craig Garland Independent
- Felix Ellis Liberal Party
- Anita Dow Australian Labor Party
- Roger Jaensch Liberal Party
- Shane Broad Australian Labor Party
| 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 West Ulverstone
Is West Ulverstone a safe place to live?
TAS does not publish suburb-level crime statistics, so there is no crime figure for West Ulverstone.
What natural hazards affect West Ulverstone?
West Ulverstone has a low recorded bushfire history (12/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is West Ulverstone a good place to live?
West Ulverstone has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (37/100), 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 West Ulverstone?
West Ulverstone, TAS had a population of 4,515 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for West Ulverstone, TAS?
The postcode for West Ulverstone, TAS is 7315.
How far is West Ulverstone from Hobart?
West Ulverstone is 303 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 208 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in West Ulverstone?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in West Ulverstone was $55,068 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 West Ulverstone?
The median advertised rent in West Ulverstone is $490 a week for houses (14 listings) and $450 a week for units (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in West Ulverstone?
The median age of residents in West Ulverstone was 48 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is West Ulverstone at risk of bushfire?
West Ulverstone 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 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 West Ulverstone?
There is 1 school inside the West Ulverstone boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in West Ulverstone?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to West Ulverstone, Forthside Research Station (13.6 km away), 814 mm of rain a year over 83 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in West Ulverstone?
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 West Ulverstone belong to?
West Ulverstone sits within the Central Coast (Tas.) local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in West Ulverstone?
The average residential rates bill through Central Coast (Tas.) is $1,379 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near West Ulverstone?
Across Central Coast (Tas.), 84 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 37.5% 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 West Ulverstone in?
West Ulverstone sits within the federal Division of Braddon, currently held by Anne Urquhart (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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