Kingborough
41,628 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 720 km², 38 suburbs. Council website: kingborough.tas.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
41,628
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.4% in a year
Density
58/km²
720 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$815k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$80
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
4.0 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
9 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
38
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
- 41
- Median household income
- $1,667/week
- Median rent
- $380/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,625/month
- Households renting
- 20.4%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 9 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 9 of 10
Suburbs
38 suburbs where Kingborough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston (Tas.) | 12,288 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Blackmans Bay | 7,688 | All | – / – | 8 | |
| Margate (Tas.) | 4,239 | All | – / – | 8 | |
| Taroona | 3,121 | All | – / – | 10 | |
| Kingston Beach | 2,305 | All | – / – | 8 | |
| Snug | 1,440 | All | – / – | 5 | |
| Kettering | 943 | All | – / – | 7 | |
| Fern Tree | 763 | 6% | 0% / 66% | 10 | |
| Howden | 717 | All | – / – | 10 | |
| Woodbridge (Tas.) | 547 | All | – / – | 8 | |
| Huntingfield | 540 | All | – / – | 5 | |
| Bonnet Hill | 515 | All | – / – | 10 | |
| Allens Rivulet | 506 | All | – / – | 9 | |
| Lower Snug | 460 | All | – / – | 7 | |
| Leslie Vale | 392 | All | – / – | 8 | |
| Tinderbox | 392 | All | – / – | 10 | |
| Electrona | 391 | All | – / – | 4 | |
| Sandfly | 336 | All | – / – | 7 | |
| Oyster Cove (Tas.) | 330 | All | – / – | 7 | |
| Coningham | 328 | All | – / – | 9 | |
| Middleton (Tas.) | 287 | All | – / – | 7 | |
| Lower Longley | 267 | 72% | – / – | 8 | |
| Longley | 241 | All | – / – | 9 | |
| Kaoota | 229 | 81% | – / – | 7 | |
| Adventure Bay | 218 | All | – / – | 2 | |
| Gordon (Tas.) | 208 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Neika | 200 | All | – / – | 8 | |
| Alonnah | 164 | All | – / – | 2 | |
| Lunawanna | 144 | All | – / – | 2 | |
| North Bruny | 122 | All | – / – | 7 | |
| Birchs Bay | 116 | All | – / – | 8 | |
| Flowerpot | 108 | All | – / – | 8 | |
| South Bruny | 98 | All | – / – | 2 | |
| Great Bay | 92 | All | – / – | 7 | |
| Barretta | 63 | All | – / – | 4 | |
| Dennes Point | 55 | All | – / – | 7 | |
| Simpsons Bay | 49 | All | – / – | 2 | |
| Apollo Bay (Tas.) | 38 | All | – / – | 7 | |
| Barnes Bay | 28 | All | – / – | 7 | |
| Wellington Park | 19% | <1% / 81% |
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
0%
Over 2 of 40 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Bushfire-prone land
66%
Over 2 of 40 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
- Franklin · Julie COLLINS (ALP)59%
- Clark · Andrew WILKIE (IND)41%
- Lyons · Rebecca WHITE (ALP)1%
State districts
- Franklin58%
- Clark42%
- 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.