Southern Midlands

6,987 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 2,616 km², 31 suburbs. Council website: southernmidlands.tas.gov.au.

Council series run to July 2026.

Population

6,987

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.5% in a year

Density

2.7/km²

2,616 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$550k

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

Federal grants per resident

$689

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

6.4 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

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: 44
Median household income: $1,332/week
Median rent: $250/week
Median mortgage repayment: $1,300/month
Households renting: 12.9%
Average household: 2.5 people

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD): decile 3 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD): decile 4 of 10

Suburbs

31 suburbs where Southern Midlands holds most residents, plus 4 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
Bagdad	1,482	All	0% / 100%	2
Campania	1,158	87%	1% / 100%	4
Dromedary (Tas.)	856	8%	0% / 96%	4
Oatlands (Tas.)	728	All	<1% / 98%	1
Pontville	675	9%	6% / 98%	5
Tea Tree	464	22%	0% / 100%	7
Mangalore (Tas.)	435	All	<1% / 100%	4
Kempton	420	All	1% / 99%	1
Colebrook	372	All	0% / 99%	1
Dysart (Tas.)	252	All	<1% / 100%	2
Tunnack	212	All	0% / 100%	1
Elderslie (Tas.)	168	All	3% / 100%	4
Broadmarsh	160	All	2% / 100%	4
Parattah	147	All	<1% / 100%	1
Levendale	129	87%	0% / 100%	3
Tunbridge	123	90%	5% / 100%	3
Woodsdale	84	All	0% / 100%	3
Mount Seymour	78	All	0% / 100%	1
Runnymede (Tas.)	77	All	0% / 100%	3
Rhyndaston	73	All	0% / 100%	1
York Plains (Tas.)	69	All	<1% / 100%	4
Melton Mowbray	68	All	<1% / 100%	2
Jericho (Tas.)	51	All	1% / 100%	1
Stonor	47	All	0% / 100%	1
Whitefoord	46	All	2% / 100%	4
Baden	43	All	<1% / 100%	1
Andover	39	All	2% / 100%	4
Pawtella	33	All	0% / 100%	4
Woodbury (Tas.)	31	All	4% / 100%	2
Lower Marshes	30	13%	– / 100%	2
Lemont	26	All	0% / 100%	4
Stonehenge (Tas.)	17	All	2% / 100%	4
Antill Ponds	13	All	<1% / 100%	2
Tiberias	6	All	0% / 100%	1
Swanston	4	All	<1% / 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

<1%

Over 34 of 35 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)

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Bushfire-prone land

100%

Over 35 of 35 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

<1%

Over 35 of 35 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)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.