Glamorgan-Spring Bay
5,352 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 2,592 km², 18 suburbs. Council website: gsbc.tas.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
5,352
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.9% in a year
Density
2.1/km²
2,592 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$690k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$305
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
10.3 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
3 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
18
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
- 57
- Median household income
- $1,005/week
- Median rent
- $250/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,103/month
- Households renting
- 20.3%
- Average household
- 2.1 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 3 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 4 of 10
Suburbs
18 suburbs where Glamorgan-Spring Bay holds most residents, plus 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bicheno | 1,049 | All | – / 99% | 3 | |
| Swansea (Tas.) | 997 | All | – / 99% | 2 | |
| Triabunna | 905 | All | – / 99% | 1 | |
| Orford (Tas.) | 685 | All | – / 97% | 4 | |
| Coles Bay | 515 | All | – / 98% | 6 | |
| Buckland (Tas.) | 188 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Dolphin Sands | 182 | All | – / 97% | 5 | |
| Little Swanport | 148 | All | – / 99% | 2 | |
| Levendale | 129 | 13% | 0% / 100% | 3 | |
| Spring Beach | 129 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Nugent | 117 | 5% | 0% / 100% | 3 | |
| Douglas River | 67 | 40% | 3% / 99% | 3 | |
| Cranbrook (Tas.) | 60 | All | – / 98% | 5 | |
| Lake Leake | 59 | 6% | <1% / 99% | 5 | |
| Pontypool | 53 | All | – / 99% | 2 | |
| Rheban | 22 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Apslawn | 15 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Friendly Beaches | 11 | All | – / 99% | 3 | |
| Rocky Hills | 8 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Douglas-Apsley | 14% | 0% / 100% | |||
| Freycinet | All | – / 99% | |||
| Maria Island | All | – / 99% | |||
| Schouten Island | All | – / 98% |
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
2%
Over 5 of 23 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%
State districts
- Lyons100%
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.