West Tamar

26,136 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 691 km², 30 suburbs. Council website: wtc.tas.gov.au.

Council series run to July 2026.

Population

26,136

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.3% in a year

Density

38/km²

691 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$630k

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

Federal grants per resident

$168

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

5.9 per 1,000

Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)

Advantage decile

7 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: 45
Median household income: $1,402/week
Median rent: $300/week
Median mortgage repayment: $1,364/month
Households renting: 18.4%
Average household: 2.4 people

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD): decile 7 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD): decile 7 of 10

Suburbs

30 suburbs where West Tamar holds most residents, plus 1 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
Riverside (Tas.)	7,326	All	6% / 88%	6
Trevallyn	4,826	60%	3% / 77%	7
Legana	4,719	All	7% / 82%	6
Beaconsfield (Tas.)	1,362	All	0% / 99%	1
Beauty Point	1,285	All	0% / 90%	1
Grindelwald	1,037	All	0% / 75%	8
Exeter (Tas.)	759	All	3% / 99%	2
Gravelly Beach	641	All	0% / 96%	3
Glengarry (Tas.)	540	All	<1% / 100%	5
Sidmouth	411	All	0% / 100%	4
Bridgenorth	403	All	0% / 100%	6
Rosevears	365	All	0% / 91%	7
Deviot	359	All	0% / 99%	8
Lanena	343	All	0% / 94%	7
Blackwall (Tas.)	303	All	0% / 71%	2
Swan Point	300	All	0% / 94%	5
Clarence Point	266	All	0% / 98%	3
Greens Beach	247	All	0% / 98%	3
Kayena	221	All	2% / 98%	4
Winkleigh	189	All	2% / 100%	4
Kelso (Tas.)	182	All	0% / 98%	3
Rowella	179	All	2% / 99%	4
Birralee	177	16%	<1% / 100%	2
Frankford	165	97%	0% / 100%	1
Loira	158	All	5% / 100%	4
Robigana	111	All	5% / 99%	8
Holwell	83	All	0% / 100%	1
Flowery Gully	82	All	<1% / 100%	1
York Town	78	All	0% / 100%	2
Notley Hills	63	All	0% / 100%	6
Badger Head	62	All	<1% / 100%	2

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 31 of 31 member suburbs

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Bushfire-prone land

88%

Over 31 of 31 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

Over 31 of 31 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

Bass · Jess TEESDALE (ALP)100%
Lyons · Rebecca WHITE (ALP)1%

State districts

Bass100%
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.