George Town

7,420 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 653 km², 14 suburbs. Council website: georgetown.tas.gov.au.

Council series run to July 2026.

Population

7,420

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.7% in a year

Density

11/km²

653 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$430k

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

Federal grants per resident

$366

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

9.7 per 1,000

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

Advantage decile

1 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: 49
Median household income: $996/week
Median rent: $220/week
Median mortgage repayment: $1,083/month
Households renting: 27.2%
Average household: 2.2 people

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD): decile 1 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD): decile 1 of 10

Suburbs

14 suburbs where George Town holds most residents, plus 1 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	Flood / bushfire	IRSAD
George Town	4,536	All	<1% / 95%	1
Low Head	619	All	2% / 96%	3
Hillwood	591	All	<1% / 99%	6
Pipers River	433	All	0% / 100%	2
Mount Direction	248	91%	0% / 100%	4
Lulworth	157	All	0% / 96%	3
Beechford	111	All	0% / 99%	1
Weymouth	111	All	4% / 99%	3
Pipers Brook	109	87%	<1% / 100%	2
Lefroy	82	All	0% / 100%	1
Bellingham	78	All	<1% / 100%	2
Lower Turners Marsh	28	10%	0% / 100%	4
Bell Bay	5	All	2% / 78%	2
Long Reach		All	<1% / 99%
Stony Head		All	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

<1%

Over 15 of 15 member suburbs

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Bushfire-prone land

96%

Over 15 of 15 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

Over 15 of 15 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

Bass · Jess TEESDALE (ALP)100%

State districts

Bass100%

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.