TAS · Clarence Council

Lauderdale, 7021

Est. population · Jun 2025

2,650

Growth (1 yr)

+0.3%

Growth (5 yr)

+6.0%

Median age

42

Median income

$1,877/wk

Employment rate

63.2%

University qualified

24.6%

Work from home

9.9%

Languages at home

2.5%non-English

Most common: Urdu, Hindi, French

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

57.9/100
Good

Top 4% of Tasmania's suburbs

Verified 96% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Beach
  • Walkable
  • Markets
  • High desirability
What Lauderdale is known for: Beach, Walkable, Markets, High desirability

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Suburb profile

Lauderdale is a middle-ring metropolitan suburb of Hobart, in Clarence Council, with mainly mixed commercial and residential development. It is close to the Ralphs Bay and the Frederick Henry Bay.

Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places. Health access is an exceptional strength. Trade-offs centre on more mapped flood cover and limited school access, with school access 50% below the peer median.

Overall, the suburb suits people prioritising daily services and health access over school access.

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

  • Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places
  • Health access is a relative strength

Weaknesses

  • Mapped flood cover is a relative weakness
  • School access is relatively limited

What stands out

  • Lauderdale Beach
  • Roches Beach
  • Ralphs Bay
  • Frederick Henry Bay
  • South Arm Peninsula

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • Students
  • Budget buyers

Housing, growth and risk

How Lauderdale compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$520/wk

Population (ERP)

2,650

+0.3% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

5.8%

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

#1

among Metro Hobart · Emerging

Pop. growth

49th

percentile in TAS

Rented dwellings

11%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

8/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

63rd

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
57.9/100 — Good
State standing
Top 4% of Tasmania's suburbs
National rank
736th in Australia
State rank
11th in TAS
Peer rank
#1 among Metro Hobart · Emerging suburbs
Cohort rank
#7 among Metro Hobart suburbs
Data confidence
96%

Data sources & freshness

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

Housing

All types (latest monthly release)
$520
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

2,650(June 2025)

+0.3% annual · +6.0% over 5 years · 49th percentile in TAS

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+0.3%
5-year growth
+6.0%
Change in 1 year
+9
Change in 5 years
+151
Growth rank in TAS
49th 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 (~2,850), extrapolated at +1.4% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
2,592
Median age
42
Median household income / week
$1,877
Dwelling vacancy
5.8%
Unoccupied private dwellings
59 of 1,015
Median monthly mortgage
$1,600
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$405
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
39.8% / 49.3% / 10.8%
Employment rate
63.2%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
9.9% / 2% / 71.6%
Walked or cycled to work
1.3%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
894 / 55 / 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

24.6% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Tasmania. 22.7% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified24.6% · 21.9% TAS
  • Diploma qualified10.4% · 7.9% TAS
  • Trade / vocational22.7% · 18.5% TAS
  • Year 12 or below42.4% · 51.8% TAS

Highest qualification field

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

  • Management and commerce18.1%
  • Society and culture15.5%
  • Engineering and related technologies14.5%
  • Health13.2%
  • Architecture and building12.5%
  • Education11.8%
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)
$61,519

95th percentile in TAS · +5% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$65,352

87th percentile in TAS · +1% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
16.0%

87th percentile in TAS · +16% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$123,105

94th percentile in TAS · +94% vs Australia

Residents with business income
9.0%

20th percentile in TAS · -13% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 7021 — 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
1,613
Taxpayers reporting net rent
263
Median net rent
$4
Taxpayers reporting business income
144
Taxable income vs state median
+16%
Salary / wages vs state median
+13%
Rental investment vs state median
+46%
Super vs state median
+63%
Business income vs state median
-18%

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

2.5% speak a language other than English at home; 10.9% born overseas

Language at home
2,459 English only · 63 other
Non-English at home
2.5%
Born overseas
273 (10.9%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
106 (4.1%)
Australian citizens
2,447
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
4

Top languages other than English

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

  • Urdu5 · 33.3%
  • Hindi4 · 26.7%
  • French3 · 20%
  • Italian3 · 20%

Religion

51.9%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 51.9%, while Christianity accounts for 42.2%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion51.9%49.6%
Christianity42.2%38.4%
Other / not stated6%12.1%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Anglican16%14.4%
Catholic15.3%12.7%
Uniting Church3%2.6%
Pentecostal2.9%0.9%
Christian (not further defined)2.5%2.5%

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 Clarence Police Division, not this suburb alone.

Reported offences increased compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2024–25)
3,536
Against the person
482
Against property
2,927
Rate per 1,000 residents (area)
55.5
State crime-rate percentile
70.8th (higher = more crime)
Increase (daily rate)
+4.1%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
369
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
139.25

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

Schools & preschools

Schools within 2 km
1
Median school ICSEA
1,037
Median ICSEA percentile
63th
School list
  • Lauderdale Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1037 · 63th percentile · LBOTE 2% · 689 students · Top SEA quarter 21% · 0.8 km awayView on My School →

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

Childcare

1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap

  • childcareActon Roadchildcare

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Childcare centres per 1,000 residents

Data sources & freshness

  • Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated

Public transport

36 public transport stops in this suburb

  • Stop 73, No.231 South Arm Rd
  • Stop 77, No.347 South Arm Rd
  • Stop 78, No.401 South Arm Rd
  • Stop 79, South Arm Rd opp. Ringwood Rd
  • Stop 80, Opp. No.512 South Arm Rd

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

174 mapped amenities

4 restaurants · 2 cafes · 1 pubs · 1 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 1 fast food · 1 bakeries · 2 playgrounds

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Highly walkable for shops and everyday services
  • Decent local green space — 2 parks in suburb, 2 playgrounds nearby
  • Well connected by public transport — 36 public transport stops
  • Strong local sport and recreation — 13 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
Walkability proxy
88/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0.77
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
3.47
Parks per 1,000 residents
0.77
Food & drink(9)
  • Windy's Bakehouse And Cafe LauderdaleBakery

    530 South Arm Road, Lauderdale

  • Canal Cafe and PiizaCafe

    Unit 1 10A Bangalee Street, Lauderdale

  • Ventura Cafe & SurfCafe

    2 Bayview Road, Lauderdale

  • Fast food
  • Foreshore HotelPub

    464 South Arm Road, Lauderdale

  • @RiceRestaurant

    Unit 6 476 South Arm Road, Lauderdale

  • Driftwood RestaurantRestaurant

    13 North Terrace, Lauderdale

  • Restaurant

    13 North Terrace, Lauderdale

  • She's Cooked CafeRestaurant

    534 South Arm Road, Lauderdale

Shopping(4)
  • BWSBottle shop
  • TCM MarketMarketplace

    476 South Arm Road, Lauderdale

  • Hill Street GrocerSupermarket
Everyday services(1)
  • BPPetrol station

    538 South Arm Road, Lauderdale

Community(4)
  • Childcare

    17 Acton Road, Acton Park

  • Community centre

    528A South Arm Road, Lauderdale

  • Lauderdale Community HallCommunity centre
  • Lauderdale Primary SchoolSchool
Health & services(3)
  • Child Health and Parenting ServiceClinic

    8 Bangalee Street, Lauderdale

  • Lauderdale Doctors SurgeryMedical clinic

    444 South Arm Road, Lauderdale

  • Lauderdale Amcal PharmacyPharmacy
Sport & outdoors(22)
  • Beach (2)
  • Roches BeachBeach
  • Boat ramp
  • Tangara TrailCycling route
  • Ralphs Bay Conservation AreaNature reserve
  • Epping Play ParkPark
  • Park
  • Playground (2)
  • Public toilets
  • SwimkampSports centre

    538 South Arm Road, Lauderdale

  • Lauderdale OvalSports field
  • Lauderdale Skate ParkSports field
  • Sports field
  • Swimming pool (7)
Places to stay(2)
  • Foreshore MotelHotel
  • Foreshore HotelMotel
Transport(30)

30 bus stops

Other(7)
  • Lauderdale Fire StationFire station

    8A Bangalee Street, Lauderdale

  • Garden
  • Garden Centre

    450 South Arm Road, Lauderdale

  • Parking (6)
  • Parking Space (89)
  • Picnic Table
  • Shelter

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

Parks & reserves

1 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Epping Play ParkPark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
4%
Woodland / forest cover
3.9%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
6
Parks (OSM)
2
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

Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
3
Nearest hospital
The Hobart Clinic (4.2 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
Emergency department in suburb
Not in suburb
GP clinics in suburb
2
GPs tagged bulk billing (OSM)
0 of 2

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

  • Lauderdale Doctors SurgerySouth Arm RoadGP
  • Child Health and Parenting ServiceBangalee StreetClinic
  • Lauderdale Amcal PharmacyPharmacy

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
47
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
44.5% 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 7.7 km away).

Coalition 29.3%Labor 70.7%

1.3 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +6.8 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • LauderdaleLabor 70.2% · Coalition 29.9% TPP (2025)1.0 km away
  • SandfordLabor 74.3% · Coalition 25.7% TPP (2025)3.4 km away
  • Clarendon ValeLabor 76.2% · Coalition 23.9% TPP (2025)4.4 km away
  • RokebyLabor 74.8% · Coalition 25.2% TPP (2025)4.7 km away
  • Howrah EastLabor 65.3% · Coalition 34.7% TPP (2025)6.4 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)
8/10
IRSD decile (2021)
9/10

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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