Latrobe
13,264 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 601 km², 13 suburbs. Council website: latrobe.tas.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
13,264
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.9% in a year
Density
22/km²
601 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$660k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$188
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
6.6 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
4 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
13
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
- 49
- Median household income
- $1,256/week
- Median rent
- $260/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,322/month
- Households renting
- 22.1%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 4 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 5 of 10
Suburbs
13 suburbs where Latrobe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latrobe | 5,030 | All | 9% / 95% | 2 | |
| Port Sorell | 2,221 | All | 3% / 88% | 3 | |
| Shearwater | 2,051 | All | 0% / 64% | 3 | |
| Spreyton | 1,876 | 8% | – / 72% | 3 | |
| Hawley Beach | 590 | All | 0% / 89% | 7 | |
| Wesley Vale | 483 | All | 0% / 97% | 3 | |
| Tarleton | 377 | All | 9% / 92% | 3 | |
| Sassafras (Tas.) | 352 | All | 2% / 100% | 5 | |
| Squeaking Point | 337 | All | <1% / 99% | 3 | |
| Northdown | 265 | All | 1% / 100% | 3 | |
| Moriarty | 245 | All | 0% / 100% | 4 | |
| Thirlstane | 108 | All | 3% / 100% | 5 | |
| Harford | 97 | All | 0% / 99% | 5 | |
| Bakers Beach | 72 | All | 0% / 99% | 5 | |
| Merseylea | 71 | 27% | 10% / 100% | 4 |
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
5%
Over 14 of 15 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
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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
- Braddon · Anne URQUHART (ALP)100%
- Lyons · Rebecca WHITE (ALP)1%
State districts
- Braddon100%
- 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.