Sorell
18,108 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 584 km², 20 suburbs. Council website: sorell.tas.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
18,108
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.4% in a year
Density
31/km²
584 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$640k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$165
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
8.7 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
20
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
- 42
- Median household income
- $1,400/week
- Median rent
- $350/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,400/month
- Households renting
- 18.4%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 5 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 6 of 10
Suburbs
20 suburbs where Sorell holds most residents. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorell | 3,597 | All | 4% / 91% | 3 | |
| Midway Point | 3,384 | All | 3% / 20% | 4 | |
| Dodges Ferry | 2,646 | All | 14% / 72% | 4 | |
| Carlton (Tas.) | 1,363 | All | 11% / 92% | 3 | |
| Primrose Sands | 1,209 | All | 10% / 84% | 1 | |
| Forcett | 1,102 | All | 1% / 100% | 5 | |
| Lewisham (Tas.) | 799 | All | 9% / 86% | 5 | |
| Penna | 437 | All | <1% / 99% | 6 | |
| Orielton | 430 | 90% | 0% / 100% | 6 | |
| Carlton River | 347 | All | 2% / 99% | 4 | |
| Dunalley | 333 | 98% | – / 98% | 2 | |
| Copping | 200 | All | 0% / 100% | 5 | |
| Kellevie | 185 | All | 0% / 100% | 5 | |
| Wattle Hill (Tas.) | 176 | All | 0% / 100% | 3 | |
| Bream Creek | 126 | All | 0% / 100% | 5 | |
| Boomer Bay | 117 | All | <1% / 99% | 4 | |
| Nugent | 117 | 95% | 0% / 100% | 3 | |
| Pawleena | 112 | All | 0% / 100% | 3 | |
| Marion Bay (Tas.) | 56 | All | 0% / 99% | 4 | |
| Connellys Marsh | 40 | All | 26% / 94% | 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
6%
Over 19 of 20 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
- 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.