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TAS · Central Highlands Council
Butlers Gorge, 7140
Suburb profile
In Central Highlands Council, Butlers Gorge keeps a rural calm, a smaller community with room to breathe and a strong local rhythm. Genuine distance from the metro area around Hobart is part of the character: quiet streets, big skies and a town that looks after itself. The community skews younger.
Local shops are sparse, so a fuller set of amenities usually means travelling to a neighbouring town or regional hub. Open space is thinner than in many comparable suburbs, so residents often travel a little further for a longer park day. Day-to-day life is more car-oriented here than in denser, more walkable pockets.
Property prices are middling for the area: fair relative to what is nearby.
At a glance
Butlers Gorge snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
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Population (ERP)
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No data available
Dwelling vacancy
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No data available
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Safety
86th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Population
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 0
- Median age
- 0
- Median household income / week
- $0
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 0 of 0
- Median monthly mortgage
- $0
- Employment rate
- 0%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 0 / 0 / 0
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (2024–25)
- 3,231
- Against the person
- 598
- Against property
- 2,498
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 55,706.9
- State safety percentile
- 86.2th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate)
- -2.5%
Most common offence types
- Offences Against Property2498
- Offences Against The Person598
- Total Offences3231
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- Tasmania Police division crime statistics — Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management · 2023-24 → 2024-25; 2024-25 · Updated · Annual June Corporate Performance Reports; division-level totals
Family & Lifestyle
Amenities
1 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Limited walkable amenities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 0/100
Other(1)
- Camp Site
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Nearest hospital
- Ouse District Public Hospital (45.9 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 1
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 17.2
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Data sources & freshness
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
Weather
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 17° / 5°
- Rainfall
- 348 mm · ~44 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 12° / 3°
- Rainfall
- 457 mm · ~57 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 6° / -0°
- Rainfall
- 598 mm · ~75 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 11° / 2°
- Rainfall
- 540 mm · ~68 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via state planning hazard mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Lyons
- Member of Parliament
- Rebecca WHITE (Australian Labor Party)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 88,977
- Turnout (2025)
- 92.8%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +10.7 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 38.4%Labor 61.6%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 79.5 km away).
Coalition 46.9%Labor 53.1%
8.5 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +8.6 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- OuseLabor 50.9% · Coalition 49.1% TPP (2025)44.7 km away
- MienaLabor 49.6% · Coalition 50.4% TPP (2025)46.5 km away
- BothwellLabor 56.5% · Coalition 43.5% TPP (2025)62.5 km away
- WesterwayLabor 61.2% · Coalition 38.8% TPP (2025)63.6 km away
- GlenoraLabor 59.4% · Coalition 40.6% TPP (2025)71.1 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
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