IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,008
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 7 of 10
Within TasmaniaDecile 9 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Tasmania economy.
Housing
Launceston
Tasmania · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Launceston is an inner-city suburb of Launceston.
Household income
$1,439/wk64th pctile
of 740 TAS suburbs
Amenity score
100/10099th pctile
of 250 rated TAS suburbs
Median house price
No median price series for Launceston yet.
Valuer-General pricing is unavailable for this suburb.
How it compares
Household income / wk64th 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. The state and national figures are the average of the latest suburb medians in that area, not a transaction-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
3,110
Median age
41 yrs
Income / person / wk
$871
Household income / wk
$1,439
▲ 6% vs TAS
Median rent / wk
$310
Mortgage / month
$1,530
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,002
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 904
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within TasmaniaDecile 1 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,047
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within TasmaniaDecile 10 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
8 m
range 0–84 m
Land below 5 m
36%
7.7% 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. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled. No open statutory flood or bushfire layer is published for Tasmania yet.
Local amenities
Schools
4
Supermarkets
5
Pubs & bars
20
Parks
9
Libraries
1
GP clinics
9
Pharmacies
11
Hospitals
2
Nearest supermarket
0.6 km
Nearest train
1.4 km
Nearest hospital
0.9 km
Distance to coast
1.6 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
Grocery mix: 2 Coles · 1 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 · 47%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 1%
- No religion
- 47%
- Born overseas
- 27%
- English only at home
- 81%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 1 / 1 / 1
- Primary / Secondary
- 1 / 2
- Nearest secondary
- 0.6 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Launceston
- Population / area
- 67,580 · 1,414 km²
- Density
- 48/km²
- Federal grants
- $5.60M/yr · $83/resident
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Bass
- Federal MP
- Jess Teesdale (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 58% 2PP
- State electorate
- Bass
- State MP
- —
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). Not financial advice.