Circular Head
8,286 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 4,898 km², 40 suburbs. Council website: circularhead.tas.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
8,286
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.0% in a year
Density
1.7/km²
4,898 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$410k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$542
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
0.4 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
40
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
- 41
- Median household income
- $1,270/week
- Median rent
- $220/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,083/month
- Households renting
- 22.0%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 3 of 10
Suburbs
40 suburbs where Circular Head holds most residents, plus 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithton | 3,934 | All | – / 0% | 1 | |
| Stanley (Tas.) | 595 | All | – / 4% | 3 | |
| Forest | 464 | All | – / 0% | 2 | |
| Irishtown (Tas.) | 307 | All | – / 0% | 4 | |
| Scotchtown | 274 | All | – / 0% | 4 | |
| Rocky Cape | 211 | All | – / 2% | 2 | |
| Hellyer | 189 | All | – / 0% | 2 | |
| Woolnorth | 161 | All | – / 99% | 4 | |
| Marrawah | 152 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Mengha | 151 | All | – / 0% | 1 | |
| Christmas Hills (Tas.) | 127 | All | – / 69% | 3 | |
| Edith Creek | 116 | All | – / 0% | 4 | |
| Redpa | 106 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| South Forest | 100 | All | – / 0% | 1 | |
| Mella | 97 | All | – / 5% | 4 | |
| Togari | 92 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Trowutta | 88 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Mawbanna | 84 | All | – / 51% | 4 | |
| Montagu | 83 | All | – / 95% | 4 | |
| Lileah | 79 | All | – / 53% | 2 | |
| Crayfish Creek | 68 | All | – / 0% | 2 | |
| Edgcumbe Beach | 65 | All | – / 0% | 2 | |
| Broadmeadows (Tas.) | 61 | All | – / 0% | 4 | |
| Alcomie | 58 | All | – / 0% | 1 | |
| Scopus | 56 | All | – / 44% | 4 | |
| Roger River | 51 | All | – / 89% | 2 | |
| Montumana | 46 | All | – / <1% | 4 | |
| Black River (Tas.) | 42 | All | – / 0% | 4 | |
| West Montagu | 39 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Brittons Swamp | 36 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Detention | 35 | All | – / 0% | 2 | |
| Nabageena | 34 | All | – / 34% | 2 | |
| Arthur River (Tas.) | 32 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Wiltshire | 32 | All | – / 0% | 2 | |
| Cowrie Point | 16 | All | – / 0% | 4 | |
| Temma | 14 | All | – / 100% | ||
| West Coast | 8 | 40% | 0% / 99% | ||
| Couta Rocks | 7 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Nelson Bay (Tas.) | 4 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Corinna | All | – / 100% | |||
| Meunna | 25% | 0% / 100% | |||
| Port Latta | All | – / 0% |
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 2 of 42 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Observed surface water (1986–present)
5%
Over 41 of 42 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
- 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.