IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,079
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within TasmaniaDecile 10 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Tasmania economy.
Housing
West Hobart
Tasmania · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
West Hobart is a leafy residential suburb of Hobart.
Household income
$1,996/wk91st pctile
of 740 TAS suburbs
Amenity score
31/10082nd pctile
of 250 rated TAS suburbs
Median house price
No median price series for West Hobart yet.
Valuer-General pricing is unavailable for this suburb.
How it compares
Household income / wk91st 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
6,525
Median age
38 yrs
Income / person / wk
$998
Household income / wk
$1,996
▲ 47% vs TAS
Median rent / wk
$400
Mortgage / month
$1,950
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,062
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within TasmaniaDecile 10 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 984
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 3 of 10
Within TasmaniaDecile 5 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,125
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
151 m
range 39–372 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% 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
3
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
9
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.7 km
Nearest train
6.2 km
Nearest hospital
1.4 km
Distance to coast
2.3 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 · 64%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 1%
- No religion
- 64%
- Born overseas
- 24%
- English only at home
- 86%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 2 / 2 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 3 / 1
- Nearest secondary
- 1.1 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Hobart
- Population / area
- 55,174 · 78 km²
- Density
- 708/km²
- Federal grants
- $3.42M/yr · $62/resident
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Clark
- Federal MP
- Andrew Wilkie (IND)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 71% 2PP
- State electorate
- Clark
- 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.