IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,063
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within TasmaniaDecile 10 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Tasmania economy.
Housing
South Hobart
Tasmania · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
South Hobart is a leafy residential suburb of Hobart.
Household income
$1,787/wk84th pctile
of 740 TAS suburbs
Amenity score
41/10088th pctile
of 250 rated TAS suburbs
Median house price
No open median house price for South Hobart.
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 / wk84th 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
5,886
Median age
38 yrs
Income / person / wk
$891
Household income / wk
$1,787
▲ 36% vs TAS
Median rent / wk
$378
Mortgage / month
$1,648
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 23%
- −2 pts vs TAS
- Living alone
- 31%
- +1 pts vs TAS
- Unemployment
- 7%
- +1 pts vs TAS
- In the labour force
- 66%
- +8 pts vs TAS
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 52%
- +30 pts vs TAS
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 22%
- −6 pts vs TAS
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 14%
- +6 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
2,314 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 71%
- Flat or apartment 13%
- Semi, terrace & other 16%
TAS: 87% separate houses · 5% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 34%
- Mortgaged 30%
- Rented 32%
- Other & not stated 4%
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 1,050
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 8 of 10
Within TasmaniaDecile 10 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 971
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 1,128
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 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
205 m
range 46–435 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area; where part of a suburb is unmapped, only its mapped land counts, so the share is a floor. 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. A statutory planning-control boundary, not a flood extent, and it can lag the latest flood study. Only councils whose Local Provisions Schedule maps flood-prone areas are covered. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. Kingborough is still on an interim planning scheme and is shown as no statutory layer. 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 →- Conservation44%
- General / medium / high-density residential22%
- Infrastructure & special purpose12%
- Rural12%
- Low-density residential5.2%
- Open space & recreation3.8%
- Centres & mixed use0.3%
In a heritage area
9.8%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Planning instrument: 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: Tasmanian Planning Scheme zones; TAS Local Historic Heritage Code.
Local amenities
Schools
2
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
4
Parks
5
Libraries
0
GP clinics
3
Pharmacies
2
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
2.6 km
Nearest train
7.4 km
Nearest hospital
1.7 km
Distance to coast
3.9 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
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 · 62%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 1%
- No religion
- 62%
- Born overseas
- 25%
- English only at home
- 84%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 1 / 0 / 1
- Primary / Secondary
- 2 / 0
- Nearest secondary
- 2.7 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Hobart
- Population
- 55,859 (2025) · -0.3% in a year
- Area / density
- 78 km² · 717/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 37 · $1,842/wk household income · $390/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $950k
- Federal grants
- $3.42M in 2025-26 · $61/resident
- Website
- hobartcity.com.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); Tasmanian Planning Scheme Zones, theLIST © State of Tasmania (CC BY 3.0 AU); Tasmanian Planning Scheme Code Overlay — Local Historic Heritage, theLIST © State of Tasmania (CC BY 3.0 AU). Not financial advice.