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TAS · King Island Council
Currie, 7256
Est. population · Jun 2025
778
Growth (1 yr)
-0.6%
Growth (5 yr)
+0.5%
Median age
48
Median income
$1,242/wk
Employment rate
61.3%
Languages at home
6.9%non-English
Most common: Filipino, Punjabi
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Green suburb
- National parks
- High desirability
- Education hub
- Café precinct
Suburb profile
Away from the major hubs, Currie is a smaller community in King Island Council with its own quieter rhythm. Neighbouring centres cover more of the weekly rhythm than the distant capital does. A mature community gives the area a calm, settled social fabric, with multiple generations sharing the same neighbourhood.
For regional towns, the café and dining scene is notably rich, with locals returning to favourite spots. Parks and open space are a real strength relative to many regional towns, easy for walks, sport and weekend downtime. Housing is more affordable than in many parts of the state.
The streetscape feels settled and established, with older homes giving the area a familiar, lived-in look.
Desirability lands around average here: softer safety, plus schools and education weighing on the result versus similar regional towns, even with transport and access holding up better.
At a glance
Currie snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$330/wk
Population (ERP)
778
-0.6% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
20.3%
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
#11
among Country & regional · Mature
Pop. growth
5th
percentile in TAS
Advantage (IRSAD)
3/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
25th
percentile among schools with ICSEA
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
- 44.5/100 — Average
- State standing
- Top 33% of Tasmania's suburbs
- National rank
- 3011th in Australia
- State rank
- 107th in TAS
- Peer rank
- #11 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #56 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 65%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (latest monthly release)
- $330
- Rental bonds lodged (latest monthly release)
- 5
Median weekly rent from Tasmanian rental data where available.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- Tasmanian rental bond lodgements — Department of Justice (Tasmania) · latest monthly release · Updated · Monthly XLSX release
Population
Estimated resident population
778(June 2025)
-0.6% annual · +0.5% over 5 years · 5th percentile in TAS
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- -0.6%
- 5-year growth
- +0.5%
- Change in 1 year
- -5
- Change in 5 years
- +4
- Growth rank in TAS
- 5th 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 (~800), extrapolated at +0.1% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 766
- Median age
- 48
- Median household income / week
- $1,242
- Dwelling vacancy
- 20.3%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 84 of 413
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,083
- Employment rate
- 61.3%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 302 / 23 / 4
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.
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 1
- Median school ICSEA
- 950
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 25th
School list
- King Island District High SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 950 · 25th percentile · LBOTE 4% · 170 students · Top SEA quarter 7% · 0.6 km awayView on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Childcare
1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap
- Child Care Centrekindergarten
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Amenities
78 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
2 restaurants · 2 pubs · 2 supermarkets · 1 bakeries · 1 libraries · 2 places of worship · 1 playgrounds · 2 sports centres
Local character & venue list
Local character
- A car helps for daily errands
- Great for outdoor family life — 7 parks mapped in suburb, 1 playgrounds nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 35/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 6.53
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 9.14
Food & drink(5)
- King Island BakehouseBakery
5 Main Street, Currie
- Harbour Road TavernPub
- Parer's HotelPub
- King Island Club BistroRestaurant
8-10 Netherby Road, Currie
- Parer's HotelRestaurant
Shopping(4)
- Russell's King Island ButcheryButcher
5A Main Street, Currie
- Discount GroceriesConvenience store
22 Edward Street, Currie
- FoodworksSupermarket
6 Main Street, Currie
- IGASupermarket
Community(6)
- Nugara LodgeCommunity centre
- Phoenix HouseCommunity centre
- Child Care CentreKindergarten
- Currie LibraryLibrary
- King Island District HighSchool
- Currie Town HallTownhall
Health & services(3)
- King Island District Hospital and Health CentreHospital
- King Island General PracticeMedical clinic
- King Island VetsVeterinary
Sport & outdoors(12)
- Bicentennial ParkPark
- Camp Creek ReservePark
- Eleanor Snodgrass ParkPark
- King Island War Memorial ParkPark
- Les Ross ParkPark
- Lions ParkPark
- Park
- Picnic area
- Playground
- Harold Sizer Memorial PoolSports centre
- Wilf Stellmaker ComplexSports centre
- Sports field
Entertainment(5)
- King Island Cultural CentreArts centre
- King Island MuseumMuseum
- Bell Hill LookoutViewpoint
- Bicentennial LookoutViewpoint
- Viewpoint
Other(37)
- The PotteryArt
- WestpacBank
- Bench (3)
- King Island Car RentalCar Rental
- P & A Car RentalCar Rental
1 Netherby Road, Currie
- Bass CabinsChalet
5 Fraser Road, Currie
- Currie CottageChalet
3 Netherby Road, Currie
- GullhavenChalet
- Island Breeze MotelChalet
- Currie Fire StationFire station
3 Edward Street, Currie
- The TrendFishing
- King Island Community GardenGarden
- Island Hair StudioHairdresser
- Sundari SalonHairdresser
- BestiesHardware
1 Jaycee Avenue, Currie
- King Island ClubHotel
- King Island Colonial LodgeHotel
- Information
- Laundry
- Island Breeze MotelMotel
- King Island MotorcyclesMotorcycle
- Currie Lightkeepers Residence Historic SiteNature Reserve
- HostelNursing Home
- Parking (5)
- King Island MotorsPetrol station
- The TrendPetrol station
- King Island PhysiotherapyPhysiotherapist
- Picnic Table
- All SaintsPlace of worship
- Our Lady Star of the SeaPlace of worship
- Police
- Tasmania PolicePolice
- Public toilets
- Shelter
- Telephone
- Track
- Waste Disposal
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
Parks & reserves
7 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Bicentennial ParkPark
- Camp Creek ReservePark
- Currie Lightkeepers Residence Historic SiteNature reserve
- Eleanor Snodgrass ParkPark
- King Island War Memorial ParkPark
- Les Ross ParkPark
- Lions ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 76
- Parks (OSM)
- 7
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Places of worship
2 places of worship within ~1.5 km
- All Saints
- Our Lady Star of the Sea
From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 3
- Nearest hospital
- King Island District Hospital and Health Centre (1.0 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- On site
- King Island District Hospital and Health CentreHospital
- King Island General PracticeDoctor
- King Island PhysiotherapyPhysiotherapist
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)
- 10
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 12.9
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
- 19° / 13°
- Rainfall
- 147 mm · ~18 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 17° / 12°
- Rainfall
- 254 mm · ~32 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 13° / 8°
- Rainfall
- 398 mm · ~50 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 15° / 9°
- Rainfall
- 277 mm · ~35 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Heritage
2 heritage places
- Currie Harbour Lighthouse38 LIGHTHOUSE ST, CURRIE, 7256Permanently Registered
- Lighthouse Keeper's Residence (Now Maritime Museum)36 LIGHTHOUSE ST, CURRIE, 7256Permanently Registered
Data sources & freshness
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- Overlay applies
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
- Braddon
- Member of Parliament
- Anne URQUHART (Australian Labor Party)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 84,244
- Turnout (2025)
- 93.0%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +15.2 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 42.8%Labor 57.2%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 176.5 km away).
Coalition 50.0%Labor 50.0%
7.2 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +13.6 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- CurrieLabor 50.0% · Coalition 50.0% TPP (2025)0.9 km away
- GrassyLabor 59.8% · Coalition 40.2% TPP (2025)22.1 km away
- MarrawahLabor 38.0% · Coalition 62.0% TPP (2025)132.3 km away
- SmithtonLabor 47.3% · Coalition 52.7% TPP (2025)148.8 km away
- StanleyLabor 50.5% · Coalition 49.5% TPP (2025)153.6 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
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 3/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 3/10
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 (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
More in King Island Council
Other suburbs in the same local government area.
Comparable suburbs
Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of Tasmania.