Median house price
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TAS · Break O'Day Council
Douglas-Apsley, 7215
Suburb profile
In Break O'Day Council, Douglas-Apsley 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. Young professionals and new households shape much of the local mix.
Local shops are sparse, so a fuller set of amenities usually means travelling to a neighbouring town or regional hub. Local green pockets are modest, with bigger outdoor outings usually found in neighbouring areas. A car helps for most daily errands, with fewer amenities clustered within an easy walk.
Housing sits in the middle of the local market: neither cheap nor premium. Reported crime has been rising recently.
At a glance
Douglas-Apsley 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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How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Safety
8th
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 increased compared with the previous period.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (2024–25)
- 326
- Against the person
- 84
- Against property
- 221
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 795.1
- State safety percentile
- 7.6th (lower crime is better)
- Increase (daily rate)
- +40.3%
Most common offence types
- Offences Against Property221
- Offences Against The Person84
- Total Offences326
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
No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.
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
- St Marys Community Health Centre (23.2 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)
- 11
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 26.8
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
- 22° / 11°
- Rainfall
- 170 mm · ~21 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 19° / 8°
- Rainfall
- 145 mm · ~18 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 14° / 4°
- Rainfall
- 142 mm · ~18 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 18° / 7°
- Rainfall
- 154 mm · ~19 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
- 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
- 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 52.1 km away).
Coalition 35.8%Labor 64.2%
2.6 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +8.2 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- BichenoLabor 64.5% · Coalition 35.5% TPP (2025)13.7 km away
- St MarysLabor 72.7% · Coalition 27.3% TPP (2025)23.2 km away
- FingalLabor 57.8% · Coalition 42.2% TPP (2025)24.3 km away
- Coles BayLabor 61.2% · Coalition 38.8% TPP (2025)38.4 km away
- SwanseaLabor 55.4% · Coalition 44.6% TPP (2025)38.5 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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