IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 988
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 6 of 10
Within TasmaniaDecile 9 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Tasmania economy.
Housing
Kingston
Tasmania · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Kingston (Tas.) is an inner-city suburb of Kingborough.
Household income
$1,517/wk70th pctile
of 740 TAS suburbs
Amenity score
91/10097th pctile
of 250 rated TAS suburbs
Median house price
No open median house price for Kingston (Tas.).
Tasmania publishes no open Valuer-General sales feed, so there is no official suburb median we can show. ABS median established-house price, Greater Hobart: $750k; Rest of Tas.: $625k.
How it compares
Household income / wk70th percentile
<$450ABS Census 2021$2,750+
Percentiles rank this suburb against Tasmania suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Jun 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in Tasmania and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
12,288
Median age
36 yrs
Income / person / wk
$751
Household income / wk
$1,517
▲ 16% vs TAS
Median rent / wk
$380
Mortgage / month
$1,625
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 28%
- +3 pts vs TAS
- Living alone
- 27%
- −2 pts vs TAS
- Unemployment
- 7%
- +1 pts vs TAS
- In the labour force
- 63%
- +5 pts vs TAS
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 33%
- +11 pts vs TAS
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 25%
- −4 pts vs TAS
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 8%
- +1 pts vs TAS
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. TAS figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
4,757 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 89%
- Flat or apartment 1%
- Semi, terrace & other 10%
TAS: 87% separate houses · 5% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 33%
- Mortgaged 35%
- Rented 29%
- Other & not stated 3%
TAS: 36% owned outright · 33% mortgaged · 27% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,001
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 5 of 10
Within TasmaniaDecile 7 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 969
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 3 of 10
Within TasmaniaDecile 4 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,011
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 7 of 10
Within TasmaniaDecile 9 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
132 m
range 0–376 m
Land below 5 m
0.2%
0.1% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. Most of this suburb lies in a council whose planning scheme maps no flood-prone areas, or that is still on an interim scheme (Kingborough). Kingborough is still on an interim planning scheme, which this layer does not include. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Planning & zoning
Zoning mix (share of the suburb's land)
Show on map →- Conservation57%
- Rural14%
- General / medium / high-density residential13%
- Infrastructure & special purpose10%
- Open space & recreation3.5%
- Centres & mixed use1.7%
- Industrial & employment0.3%
- Low-density residential0.1%
Planning instruments: Kingborough Interim Planning Scheme 2015; Tasmanian Planning Scheme – Hobart Local Provisions Schedule. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Source: Kingborough Interim Planning Scheme zones; Tasmanian Planning Scheme zones.
Local amenities
Schools
6
Supermarkets
5
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
14
Libraries
1
GP clinics
4
Pharmacies
5
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
2.0 km
Nearest train
14.6 km
Nearest hospital
7.6 km
Distance to coast
3.2 km
Grocery mix: 2 Coles · 2 Woolworths. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 49%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 4%
- No religion
- 49%
- Born overseas
- 27%
- English only at home
- 81%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 2 / 0 / 4
- Primary / Secondary
- 3 / 4
- Nearest secondary
- 1.7 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Kingborough
- Population
- 41,628 (2025) · +0.4% in a year
- Area / density
- 720 km² · 58/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 41 · $1,667/wk household income · $380/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $815k
- Federal grants
- $3.32M in 2025-26 · $80/resident
- Website
- kingborough.tas.gov.au
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. ABS and Dept of Infrastructure data CC BY 4.0; council website from Wikidata (CC0).
Representation
- Federal division
- Clark
- Federal MP
- Andrew Wilkie (IND)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 71% 2PP
- State electorate
- Clark
- State MP
- —
Where it is in Tasmania
View on the full Tasmania map →Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Tasmanian Planning Scheme — Code Overlay (Flood-prone Areas), Tasmanian Planning Commission via theLIST (CC BY 3.0 AU); Tasmanian Planning Scheme — Code Overlay (Bushfire-prone Areas), Tasmanian Planning Commission via theLIST (CC BY 3.0 AU); Kingborough Interim Planning Scheme 2015 Zones, theLIST © State of Tasmania (CC BY 3.0 AU); Tasmanian Planning Scheme Zones, theLIST © State of Tasmania (CC BY 3.0 AU). Not financial advice.