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TAS · Kingborough Council

Coningham, 7054

Est. population · Jun 2025

332

Growth (1 yr)

+0.3%

Growth (5 yr)

+3.1%

Median age

40

Median income

$1,875/wk

Employment rate

70.9%

University qualified

41.8%

Work from home

12.6%

Languages at home

6.1%non-English

Mostly English at home

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

38.4/100
Below average

213th in TAS

Verified 79% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Beach
  • Outer suburban
What Coningham is known for: Beach, Outer suburban

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Suburb profile

Coningham is an outer metropolitan suburb of Hobart, in Kingborough Council. It is mainly residential, with little in the way of a distinct commercial centre or landmark identity.

Socio-economic advantage is among the highest in the peer group, placing it among the highest-ranked outer metropolitan suburbs, and university qualifications are among the highest in the peer group, and recorded road crashes are a relative strength, with recorded road crashes 88% below the peer median. Space is a strength, but car dependence is high. The clearer weaknesses are weaker population growth and thinner mapped green cover within the suburb boundary, with population growth 65% below the peer median.

Coningham's appeal is better explained by housing, access and location than by a strong standalone precinct or destination.

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

Outer metropolitan suburb · compared with outer metropolitan suburbs in Tasmania (19)

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

  • Population growth is a relative weakness
  • Green cover is thinner than in comparable places

What stands out

  • Coningham Beach
  • Little Coningham Beach
  • Space is a strength, but car dependence is high

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • StudentsInsufficient data
  • Budget buyersInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Coningham compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent (Census)

$318/wk

2021 Census median weekly rent

Population (ERP)

332

+0.3% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

21.0%

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

#33

among Metro Hobart · Established

Pop. growth

47th

percentile in TAS

Rented dwellings

12%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

9/10

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
38.4/100 — Below average
National rank
4824th in Australia
State rank
213th in TAS
Peer rank
#33 among Metro Hobart · Established suburbs
Cohort rank
#60 among Metro Hobart suburbs
Data confidence
79%

Data sources & freshness

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

Population

Estimated resident population

332(June 2025)

+0.3% annual · +3.1% over 5 years · 47th percentile in TAS

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+0.3%
5-year growth
+3.1%
Change in 1 year
+1
Change in 5 years
+10
Growth rank in TAS
47th 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 (~350), extrapolated at +1.4% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
328
Median age
40
Median household income / week
$1,875
Dwelling vacancy
21%
Unoccupied private dwellings
30 of 143
Median monthly mortgage
$1,604
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$318
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
44.1% / 44.1% / 11.7%
Employment rate
70.9%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
12.6% / 1.7% / 75.4%
Walked or cycled to work
0%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
112 / 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

41.8% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Tasmania. 17.3% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified41.8% · 21.9% TAS
  • Diploma qualified7.6% · 7.9% TAS
  • Trade / vocational17.3% · 18.5% TAS
  • Year 12 or below33.3% · 51.8% TAS

Highest qualification field

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

  • Society and culture18.1%
  • Health15.1%
  • Engineering and related technologies14.5%
  • Management and commerce13.9%
  • Education13.3%
  • Food, hospitality and personal services8.4%
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.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$59,336

88th percentile in TAS · +1% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$63,359

86th percentile in TAS · -3% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
13.0%

68th percentile in TAS · -6% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$104,568

86th percentile in TAS · +65% vs Australia

Residents with business income
12.0%

60th percentile in TAS · +15% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 7054 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
5,970
Taxpayers reporting net rent
800
Median net rent
$1,108
Taxpayers reporting business income
691
Taxable income vs state median
+12%
Salary / wages vs state median
+9%
Rental investment vs state median
+18%
Super vs state median
+39%
Business income vs state median
+9%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in TAS, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Community & culture

6.1% speak a language other than English at home; 17.1% born overseas

Language at home
295 English only · 19 other
Non-English at home
6.1%
Born overseas
54 (17.1%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
19 (5.8%)
Australian citizens
299

Religion

53.7%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 53.7%, while Christianity accounts for 36.3%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion53.7%49.6%
Christianity36.3%38.4%
Other / not stated10.1%12.1%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic14.9%12.7%
Anglican11.9%14.4%
Presbyterian and Reformed3.4%1.5%

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

Figures are for the Kingston Police Division, not this suburb alone.

Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2024–25)
1,405
Against the person
246
Against property
1,110
Rate per 1,000 residents (area)
22.8
State crime-rate percentile
25.8th (higher = more crime)
Decrease (daily rate)
-16.5%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
6
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
18.07

Most common offence types

  • Offences Against Property
  • Offences Against The Person
  • Total Offences

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

Amenities

13 mapped amenities

5 beaches

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
Walkability proxy
0/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
0
Sport & outdoors(7)
  • Clarks BeachBeach
  • Coningham BeachBeach
  • Legacy BeachBeach
  • Little Coningham BeachBeach
  • Montgomery BeachBeach
  • Coningham Nature Recreation AreaNature reserve
  • Public toilets
Other(3)
  • Bench
  • Boat (4)
  • Parking

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

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
0%
Woodland / forest cover
0%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
0
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
19°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
Calvary Healthcare Tasmania - St John's Campus (21.3 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)
7
Participants per 1,000 residents
21.1

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
19° / 9°
Rainfall
221 mm · ~28 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
16° / 7°
Rainfall
221 mm · ~28 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
10° / 3°
Rainfall
289 mm · ~36 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
15° / 6°
Rainfall
285 mm · ~36 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
Overlay applies
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on 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 10.3 km away).

Coalition 28.4%Labor 71.6%

2.2 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +5.8 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • SnugLabor 72.2% · Coalition 27.8% TPP (2025)3.3 km away
  • KetteringLabor 67.1% · Coalition 32.9% TPP (2025)5.5 km away
  • MargateLabor 67.1% · Coalition 32.9% TPP (2025)6.6 km away
  • HowdenLabor 69.5% · Coalition 30.5% TPP (2025)6.9 km away
  • North BrunyLabor 78.1% · Coalition 21.9% TPP (2025)7.8 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)
9/10
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

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