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Clifton Beach

Est. population · Jun 2025

623

Growth (1 yr)

+0.8%

Growth (5 yr)

+1.8%

Median age

42

Median income

$2,426/wk

Employment rate

71.4%

University qualified

40%

Work from home

9.7%

Languages at home

4.2%non-English

Most common: Spanish

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

49.2/100
Average

Top 14% of Tasmania's suburbs

Verified 66% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Beach
  • Green suburb
What Clifton Beach is known for: Beach, Green suburb

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Suburb profile

Clifton Beach is a coastal middle-ring metropolitan suburb of Hobart. It is close to the Clifton Beach and the Pipe Clay Lagoon.

Socio-economic advantage is among the highest in the peer group, placing it among the highest-ranked middle-ring metropolitan suburbs, and university qualifications are among the highest in the peer group, with university qualifications 63% above the peer median, and recorded road crashes are a relative strength, with recorded road crashes 72% below the peer median. Space is a strength, but car dependence is high. The clearer weaknesses are higher rents and more mapped flood cover, with median rents 27% above the peer median.

Overall, the suburb suits people prioritising socio-economic advantage and university qualifications over lower rents.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Middle-ring metropolitan suburb · compared with middle-ring metropolitan suburbs in Tasmania (41)

Strengths

  • Socio-economic advantage is among the highest in the peer group
  • University qualifications are among the highest in the peer group
  • Recorded road crashes are a relative strength

Weaknesses

  • Rents are among the highest in the peer group
  • A larger share of the suburb sits in mapped inundation than in comparable places

What stands out

  • Clifton Beach
  • Pipe Clay Lagoon
  • Storm Bay
  • Cape Deslacs
  • Cape Contrariety
  • South Arm Peninsula

Who it suits

  • FamiliesInsufficient data
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • Students
  • Budget buyers

Housing, growth and risk

How Clifton Beach compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$665/wk

Population (ERP)

623

+0.8% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

11.0%

Census unoccupied dwellings

Livability profile

Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Desirability

#3

among Coastal & beach · Established

Pop. growth

71st

percentile in TAS

Rented dwellings

9%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

10/10

national SEIFA decile

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Desirability

Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
49.2/100 — Average
State standing
Top 14% of Tasmania's suburbs
National rank
2168th in Australia
State rank
46th in TAS
Peer rank
#3 among Coastal & beach · Established suburbs
Cohort rank
#4 among Coastal & beach suburbs
Data confidence
66%

Data sources & freshness

  • Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated

Housing

All types (latest monthly release)
$665
Rental bonds lodged (latest monthly release)
2

Median weekly rent from Tasmanian rental data where available.

Contributes to desirability score · Housing (10%) · Future Growth (6%)

Household crowding and healthy vacancy — not cheapness Modest price change as a healthy-growth band

Data sources & freshness

Population

Estimated resident population

623(June 2025)

+0.8% annual · +1.8% over 5 years · 71th percentile in TAS

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+0.8%
5-year growth
+1.8%
Change in 1 year
+5
Change in 5 years
+11
Growth rank in TAS
71th percentile

ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.

Methodology

Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.

The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~650), extrapolated at +0.8% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
618
Median age
42
Median household income / week
$2,426
Dwelling vacancy
11%
Unoccupied private dwellings
24 of 218
Median monthly mortgage
$1,625
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$445
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
41.1% / 50.3% / 8.6%
Employment rate
71.4%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
9.7% / 1.1% / 70.8%
Walked or cycled to work
1.4%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
200 / 0 / 0

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted 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

Qualifications

40% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Tasmania. 16.8% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified40% · 21.9% TAS
  • Diploma qualified11.9% · 7.9% TAS
  • Trade / vocational16.8% · 18.5% TAS
  • Year 12 or below31.4% · 51.8% TAS

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Education16.5%
  • Management and commerce15.3%
  • Health13.6%
  • Engineering and related technologies12.1%
  • Society and culture10.7%
  • Architecture and building9.2%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Community & culture

4.2% speak a language other than English at home; 13.1% born overseas

Language at home
576 English only · 25 other
Non-English at home
4.2%
Born overseas
79 (13.1%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
23 (3.7%)
Australian citizens
579
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
1

Top languages other than English

Share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census).

  • Spanish4 · 100%

Religion

68.9%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 68.9%, while Christianity accounts for 25.1%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion68.9%49.6%
Christianity25.1%38.4%
Other / not stated6%12.1%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Anglican9.2%14.4%
Catholic9.1%12.7%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Offence counts & rates
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
24
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
38.52

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

Family & Lifestyle

Public transport

3 public transport stops in this suburb

  • Bicheno St/Clifton Beach Rd
  • No.7 Clifton Beach Rd
  • No.9 Clifton Beach Rd

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

7 mapped amenities

1 beaches

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
Walkability proxy
5/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
0
Sport & outdoors(3)
  • Clifton BeachBeach
  • Cape Deslacs Nature ReserveNature reserve
  • Clifton Beach Conservation AreaNature reserve
Transport(1)

1 bus stops

Other(2)
  • Parking (2)
  • Public Bookcase

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Sporting clubs

1 named sporting club in this suburb

  • Surf Lifesaving Club

    Surf Life Saving

Named sporting clubs from OpenStreetMap, assigned to this suburb's boundary. Sporting facilities such as ovals, courts and recreation centres are listed under Amenities.

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap sporting clubs — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Geofabrik australia-latest.osm.pbf

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
12.5%
Woodland / forest cover
12.5%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
9
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
18°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Nearest hospital
The Hobart Clinic (11.3 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
11
Participants per 1,000 residents
17.7

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

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
18° / 11°
Rainfall
201 mm · ~25 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
15° / 9°
Rainfall
207 mm · ~26 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
11° / 5°
Rainfall
246 mm · ~31 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
14° / 7°
Rainfall
213 mm · ~27 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
16% of suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via LIST bushfire impact area mapping. Flood cover uses Tasmanian Planning Scheme flood-prone area overlays against the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Franklin
Member of Parliament
Julie COLLINS (Australian Labor Party)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
83,693
Turnout (2025)
94.2%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+5.7 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 30.6%Labor 69.4%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 14.8 km away).

Coalition 27.7%Labor 72.3%

2.9 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +6.7 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • SandfordLabor 74.3% · Coalition 25.7% TPP (2025)6.0 km away
  • LauderdaleLabor 70.2% · Coalition 29.9% TPP (2025)10.0 km away
  • South ArmLabor 72.5% · Coalition 27.4% TPP (2025)11.2 km away
  • RokebyLabor 74.8% · Coalition 25.2% TPP (2025)12.7 km away
  • Clarendon ValeLabor 76.2% · Coalition 23.9% TPP (2025)13.1 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

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
10/10
IRSD decile (2021)
10/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

Comparable suburbs

Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of Tasmania.