Central Highlands
2,603 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 7,982 km², 45 suburbs. Council website: centralhighlands.tas.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
2,603
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.3% in a year
Density
0.3/km²
7,982 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$330k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$1,339
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
1.1 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
2 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
45
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 50
- Median household income
- $1,013/week
- Median rent
- $200/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $900/month
- Households renting
- 16.3%
- Average household
- 2.1 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 2 of 10
Suburbs
45 suburbs where Central Highlands holds most residents, plus 4 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). 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 | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bothwell | 499 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Ouse | 326 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Ellendale (Tas.) | 285 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Gretna | 254 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Hamilton (Tas.) | 241 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Westerway | 210 | 44% | 0% / 99% | 1 | |
| Miena | 127 | All | – / 99% | 1 | |
| Fentonbury | 88 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| National Park | 80 | 13% | 0% / 100% | 1 | |
| Flintstone | 73 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Bronte Park | 49 | All | – / 99% | 1 | |
| Apsley (Tas.) | 44 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Bradys Lake | 42 | All | – / 87% | 1 | |
| Derwent Bridge | 40 | All | – / 98% | 1 | |
| Hollow Tree | 33 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Lower Marshes | 30 | 88% | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Pelham (Tas.) | 24 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Strickland | 24 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Wilburville | 23 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Interlaken | 22 | All | – / 84% | 2 | |
| Victoria Valley (Tas.) | 18 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Wayatinah | 18 | All | – / 98% | 2 | |
| Osterley (Tas.) | 17 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Tods Corner | 14 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Cramps Bay | 13 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Meadowbank (Tas.) | 13 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Morass Bay | 13 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Brandum | 11 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Breona | 10 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| London Lakes | 10 | All | – / 67% | 1 | |
| Arthurs Lake | 9 | All | – / 74% | 2 | |
| Lake St Clair | 9 | All | 0% / 97% | 1 | |
| Reynolds Neck | 9 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Doctors Point | 8 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Dee | 7 | All | – / 93% | 1 | |
| Hermitage | 6 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Steppes | 4 | All | – / 93% | 2 | |
| Tarraleah | 4 | All | – / 98% | 1 | |
| Waddamana | 3 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Butlers Gorge | All | – / 82% | |||
| Central Plateau | 88% | – / 89% | |||
| Florentine | 72% | – / 100% | |||
| Lake Sorell | 79% | – / 87% | |||
| Liawenee | All | – / 100% | |||
| Little Pine Lagoon | All | – / 98% | 1 | ||
| Millers Bluff | 91% | – / 100% | |||
| Mount Field | 38% | 0% / 100% | |||
| Shannon (Tas.) | All | – / 100% | |||
| Walls Of Jerusalem | 35% | 0% / 100% |
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
0%
Over 5 of 49 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →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
- Lyons · Rebecca WHITE (ALP)100%
- Braddon · Anne URQUHART (ALP)1%
State districts
- Lyons100%
- Braddon1%
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.