Meander Valley

21,739 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 3,331 km², 43 suburbs. Council website: meander.tas.gov.au.

Council series run to July 2026.

Population

21,739

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.8% in a year

Density

6.5/km²

3,331 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$593k

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

Federal grants per resident

$264

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

9.5 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

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: $1,290/week
Median rent: $270/week
Median mortgage repayment: $1,322/month
Households renting: 20.5%
Average household: 2.4 people

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD): decile 4 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD): decile 5 of 10

Suburbs

43 suburbs where Meander Valley 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.

Suburb	Population	In this council	Flood / bushfire	IRSAD
Prospect Vale	5,433	All	0% / 71%	3
Deloraine	3,035	All	7% / 97%	2
Hadspen	2,429	All	31% / 88%	3
Westbury (Tas.)	2,272	All	5% / 98%	2
Blackstone Heights	1,245	All	6% / 100%	7
Carrick (Tas.)	721	All	14% / 99%	5
Mole Creek	528	All	2% / 100%	2
Bracknell	493	96%	4% / 99%	2
Travellers Rest	348	All	13% / 100%	8
Hagley	340	All	4% / 100%	5
Meander	337	All	0% / 100%	3
Elizabeth Town	299	All	<1% / 100%	3
Golden Valley	226	All	0% / 100%	3
Exton	221	All	26% / 100%	3
Chudleigh	213	All	7% / 100%	3
Reedy Marsh	199	All	1% / 100%	3
Whitemore	197	All	0% / 100%	5
Birralee	177	84%	<1% / 100%	2
Liffey	164	44%	<1% / 100%	3
Dunorlan	145	All	0% / 100%	4
Caveside	142	All	9% / 100%	4
Rosevale (Tas.)	132	All	0% / 100%	2
Western Creek (Tas.)	128	All	3% / 100%	4
Kimberley (Tas.)	124	All	<1% / 100%	4
Red Hills	124	All	8% / 100%	3
Parkham	111	All	3% / 100%	3
Quamby Brook	111	All	0% / 100%	3
Osmaston	96	All	10% / 100%	6
Moltema	89	All	0% / 100%	4
Weegena	89	92%	0% / 100%	4
Westwood (Tas.)	88	All	6% / 100%	7
Weetah	75	All	0% / 100%	3
Selbourne	68	All	5% / 100%	2
Dairy Plains	66	All	3% / 100%	4
Montana	57	All	0% / 100%	3
Needles	50	All	0% / 100%	3
Jackeys Marsh	42	All	0% / 100%	3
Cluan	36	All	0% / 100%	5
Liena	31	All	0% / 100%	3
Quamby Bend	28	All	7% / 100%	6
Oaks	24	All	13% / 100%	7
Mayberry	18	All	0% / 100%	3
Central Plateau		12%	– / 89%
Mersey Forest		95%	0% / 100%
Mount Roland		33%	0% / 100%
Walls Of Jerusalem		65%	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

Over 45 of 46 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)

Show the layer on the map →

Bushfire-prone land

90%

Over 46 of 46 member suburbs

Show the layer on the map →

Observed surface water (1986–present)

Over 46 of 46 member suburbs

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.