Devonport
26,994 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 111 km², 15 suburbs. Council website: devonport.tas.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
26,994
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.1% in a year
Density
243/km²
111 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
$125
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
3.8 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
15
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
- 43
- Median household income
- $1,167/week
- Median rent
- $250/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,200/month
- Households renting
- 31.8%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 2 of 10
Suburbs
15 suburbs where Devonport 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devonport | 14,481 | All | – / 17% | 1 | |
| East Devonport | 4,384 | 99% | – / 66% | 1 | |
| Spreyton | 1,876 | 92% | – / 72% | 3 | |
| Miandetta (Tas.) | 1,822 | All | – / 28% | 2 | |
| Forth | 738 | 5% | 5% / 100% | 6 | |
| Stony Rise | 728 | All | – / 78% | 4 | |
| Ambleside | 695 | All | – / 56% | 4 | |
| Don | 647 | All | – / 99% | 6 | |
| Leith | 504 | 11% | – / 91% | 7 | |
| Tugrah | 470 | All | – / 99% | 7 | |
| Quoiba | 427 | All | – / 75% | 3 | |
| Aberdeen (Tas.) | 268 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Eugenana | 169 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Melrose (Tas.) | 94 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Paloona | 84 | 89% | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Forthside | 76 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Lillico (Tas.) | 24 | All | – / 100% | 7 |
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
5%
Over 1 of 17 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
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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.