Central Coast

23,378 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 933 km², 30 suburbs. Council website: centralcoast.tas.gov.au.

Council series run to July 2026.

Population

23,378

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.2% in a year

Density

25/km²

933 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$546k

Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)

Federal grants per resident

$277

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

3.3 per 1,000

Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)

Advantage decile

3 of 10

SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)

Suburbs

Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)

Trends

Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.

PopulationABS estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001–2025

Council-wide median sale pricesABS Data by Region: median transfer price across the whole council by financial year, 2018-19–2023-24. Not any one suburb's price.

Dwelling approvalsABS Building Approvals, monthly, 2021-07–2026-07

Federal Financial Assistance GrantsTotal grant by financial year, 2017-18–2025-26 (Dept of Infrastructure)

People and housing

Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).

Median age: 48
Median household income: $1,209/week
Median rent: $250/week
Median mortgage repayment: $1,300/month
Households renting: 20.7%
Average household: 2.3 people

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD): decile 3 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD): decile 4 of 10

Suburbs

30 suburbs where Central Coast holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.

Suburb	Population	In this council	Flood / bushfire	IRSAD
Ulverstone	6,653	All	0% / 69%	2
West Ulverstone	4,515	All	0% / 83%	1
Penguin	4,132	All	0% / 95%	3
Turners Beach	1,966	All	18% / 85%	4
Forth	738	95%	5% / 100%	6
Sulphur Creek	707	All	0% / 92%	6
Gawler (Tas.)	703	All	0% / 100%	5
Leith	504	89%	– / 91%	7
Heybridge	442	96%	0% / 97%	2
North Motton	425	All	0% / 100%	3
Riana	313	All	0% / 100%	3
Kindred	214	All	1% / 100%	5
South Riana	212	All	0% / 100%	3
Gunns Plains	195	All	0% / 100%	3
Sprent	160	All	0% / 100%	5
Preston (Tas.)	149	All	0% / 100%	1
West Pine	142	All	0% / 100%	5
Cuprona	140	All	0% / 100%	5
Preservation Bay	100	All	0% / 86%	6
Abbotsham	89	All	0% / 100%	6
Upper Castra	85	All	0% / 100%	3
Nietta	63	All	0% / 100%	1
Howth	61	All	0% / 98%	5
Spalford	55	All	0% / 100%	6
Castra	41	All	0% / 100%	3
Camena	24	All	<1% / 100%	5
South Preston	21	All	0% / 100%	1
Loyetea	20	All	0% / 100%	3
Loongana	16	All	0% / 100%	1
South Nietta	9	All	0% / 100%	1

Hazards

Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.

Flood planning land

Over 29 of 30 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)

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Bushfire-prone land

85%

Over 30 of 30 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

Over 30 of 30 member suburbs

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Representation

Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).

Federal electorates

Braddon · Anne URQUHART (ALP)100%

State districts

Braddon100%

Neighbouring councils

Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.

Compare it with every Tasmania council on the council map or the Tasmania council list.

Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.