Derwent Valley
11,513 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 4,108 km², 29 suburbs. Council website: derwentvalley.tas.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
11,513
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.7% in a year
Density
2.8/km²
4,108 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$485k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$268
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
9.9 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
29
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
- 42
- Median household income
- $1,244/week
- Median rent
- $285/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,235/month
- Households renting
- 21.6%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 2 of 10
Suburbs
29 suburbs where Derwent Valley holds most residents, plus 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Norfolk | 6,037 | All | 14% / 66% | 1 | |
| Granton | 1,903 | 21% | 7% / 88% | 6 | |
| Lachlan | 953 | All | <1% / 100% | 3 | |
| Magra | 759 | All | 0% / 100% | 2 | |
| Molesworth (Tas.) | 683 | All | 0% / 100% | 4 | |
| Collinsvale | 631 | 7% | <1% / 100% | 5 | |
| Lawitta | 226 | All | 5% / 92% | 1 | |
| Westerway | 210 | 56% | 0% / 99% | 1 | |
| Black Hills | 201 | All | 0% / 100% | 2 | |
| Maydena | 198 | All | 0% / 100% | 1 | |
| Glenfern (Tas.) | 176 | All | <1% / 100% | 1 | |
| Bushy Park (Tas.) | 147 | All | 7% / 91% | 2 | |
| Hayes | 109 | All | 4% / 100% | 2 | |
| Sorell Creek | 95 | All | 10% / 94% | 5 | |
| Glenora | 93 | All | 7% / 97% | 1 | |
| Rosegarland | 92 | All | 0% / 100% | 2 | |
| National Park | 80 | 87% | 0% / 100% | 1 | |
| Mount Lloyd | 78 | All | 0% / 100% | 1 | |
| Malbina | 77 | All | 4% / 100% | 5 | |
| Moogara | 67 | All | 0% / 100% | 1 | |
| Plenty (Tas.) | 66 | All | 7% / 100% | 2 | |
| Boyer | 58 | All | 3% / 93% | 1 | |
| Macquarie Plains | 53 | All | 17% / 91% | 2 | |
| Uxbridge | 40 | All | 0% / 100% | 1 | |
| Fitzgerald (Tas.) | 33 | All | 0% / 100% | 1 | |
| Karanja | 31 | All | 0% / 100% | 1 | |
| Tyenna (Tas.) | 29 | All | 0% / 100% | 1 | |
| Strathgordon | 8 | All | 0% / 100% | ||
| Florentine | 28% | – / 100% | |||
| Mount Field | 62% | 0% / 100% | |||
| Styx | All | 0% / 100% | |||
| Wellington Park | 45% | <1% / 81% |
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
8%
Over 31 of 32 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%
- Clark · Andrew WILKIE (IND)1%
State districts
- Lyons100%
- Clark1%
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.