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Tasmania council

Kentish

6,866 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 1,156 km², 29 suburbs. Council website: kentish.tas.gov.au.

Council series run to July 2026.

Population

6,866

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.3% in a year

Density

5.9/km²

1,156 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$530k

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

Federal grants per resident

$545

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

2.5 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

29

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
$1,207/week
Median rent
$230/week
Median mortgage repayment
$1,248/month
Households renting
12.4%
Average household
2.4 people
Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
decile 3 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD)
decile 4 of 10

Suburbs

29 suburbs where Kentish 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.

SuburbPopulationIn this councilMedian house (VG)Flood / bushfireIRSAD
Sheffield1,602All0% / 99%1
Railton1,079All3% / 99%1
Acacia Hills (Tas.)729All0% / 100%5
South Spreyton576All0% / 92%5
Wilmot287All0% / 100%1
Lower Barrington278All0% / 100%4
Claude Road275All0% / 100%3
Barrington (Tas.)209All0% / 100%4
Nook201All0% / 100%4
West Kentish160All0% / 100%4
Cradle Mountain152All0% / 100%2
Lower Wilmot136All0% / 100%1
Paradise (Tas.)126All0% / 100%5
Sunnyside (Tas.)110All0% / 100%4
Staverton98All0% / 100%2
Weegena898%0% / 100%4
Roland88All0% / 100%4
Paloona8411%– / 100%6
Lorinna81All0% / 100%2
Merseylea7173%10% / 100%4
Beulah (Tas.)67All0% / 100%5
Nowhere Else49All0% / 100%4
Stoodley48All0% / 100%4
Erriba43All0% / 100%2
Gowrie Park41All0% / 100%2
Lower Beulah41All0% / 100%5
Moina33All0% / 100%2
Promised Land32All0% / 100%4
Middlesex (Tas.)9All0% / 100%2
CethanaAll0% / 100%
Mersey Forest5%0% / 100%
Mount Roland67%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 31 of 32 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)

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Bushfire-prone land

99%

Over 32 of 32 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

2%

Over 32 of 32 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

  • Lyons · Rebecca WHITE (ALP)98%
  • Braddon · Anne URQUHART (ALP)2%

State districts

  • Lyons98%
  • Braddon2%

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.