Huon Valley

19,893 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 5,507 km², 51 suburbs. Council website: huonvalley.tas.gov.au.

Council series run to July 2026.

Population

19,893

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.9% in a year

Density

3.6/km²

5,507 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$665k

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

Federal grants per resident

$233

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

4.4 per 1,000

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

Advantage decile

5 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: 46
Median household income: $1,227/week
Median rent: $290/week
Median mortgage repayment: $1,300/month
Households renting: 15.6%
Average household: 2.4 people

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD): decile 5 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD): decile 5 of 10

Suburbs

51 suburbs where Huon Valley 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	Flood / bushfire	IRSAD
Huonville	3,002	All	11% / 97%	2
Cygnet	1,742	All	0% / 99%	2
Ranelagh	1,484	All	5% / 98%	4
Geeveston	1,431	All	<1% / 100%	2
Franklin (Tas.)	1,301	All	4% / 99%	3
Dover	923	All	0% / 99%	2
Glen Huon	742	All	1% / 100%	3
Mountain River	606	All	1% / 100%	8
Grove	533	All	1% / 99%	5
Port Huon	492	All	4% / 93%	3
Cradoc	456	All	10% / 99%	6
Lucaston	422	All	<1% / 100%	9
Judbury	414	All	<1% / 100%	2
Nicholls Rivulet	369	All	0% / 100%	5
Gardners Bay	346	All	0% / 99%	4
Lymington	319	All	<1% / 99%	7
Crabtree	308	All	<1% / 100%	6
Garden Island Creek	282	All	0% / 76%	2
Deep Bay	267	All	0% / 99%	2
Lower Longley	267	28%	– / –	8
Pelverata	265	All	0% / 100%	4
Kaoota	229	19%	– / –	7
Petcheys Bay	194	All	<1% / 99%	7
Castle Forbes Bay	176	All	<1% / 100%	3
Surges Bay	163	All	<1% / 99%	3
Strathblane	150	All	0% / 100%	1
Southport (Tas.)	149	All	0% / 99%	1
Wattle Grove (Tas.)	135	All	<1% / 100%	8
Verona Sands	131	All	0% / 90%	2
Abels Bay	127	All	0% / 98%	3
Eggs And Bacon Bay	124	All	0% / 89%	3
Lonnavale	116	All	0% / 100%	4
Glaziers Bay	112	All	3% / 99%	8
Waterloo (Tas.)	104	All	<1% / 99%	4
Lower Wattle Grove	102	All	<1% / 100%	8
Glendevie	87	All	0% / 100%	3
Police Point	76	All	<1% / 99%	3
Upper Woodstock	66	All	0% / 100%	4
Surveyors Bay	56	All	0% / 100%	3
Hastings (Tas.)	54	All	0% / 99%	1
Randalls Bay	53	All	0% / 99%	3
Brooks Bay	51	All	1% / 99%	3
Charlotte Cove	48	All	0% / 91%	2
Cairns Bay	47	All	1% / 99%	4
Raminea	40	All	0% / 100%	1
Lune River	38	All	0% / 100%	1
Woodstock (Tas.)	35	All	20% / 100%	4
Recherche	16	All	0% / 100%	1
Ida Bay	14	All	0% / 98%	1
Huon Island	7	All	0% / 95%	2
Garden Island (Tas.)		All	0% / 96%
Southport Lagoon		All	0% / 98%
Southwest		All	0% / 96%

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

Over 51 of 53 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)

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Bushfire-prone land

98%

Over 51 of 53 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

12%

Over 53 of 53 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

Franklin · Julie COLLINS (ALP)100%
Clark · Andrew WILKIE (IND)1%
Lyons · Rebecca WHITE (ALP)1%

State districts

Franklin100%
Lyons1%

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.