Strengths and weaknesses
Rural locality · compared with rural localities in Tasmania (329)
Strengths
- Mapped flood cover is a relative strength
Weaknesses
- Employment is a relative weakness
What stands out
- Ocean Beach
- Macquarie Harbour
TAS · West Coast Council
Macquarie Heads, 7116
- Beach
- Rural living
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Suburb profile
Macquarie Heads is a rural locality in Tasmania, in West Coast Council. The Macquarie Harbour is part of the surrounding geography.
Mapped flood cover is a relative strength. Employment is a relative weakness, with employment 100% below the peer median.
Few other published measures stand out from similar places, so this profile stays brief rather than filling gaps with unsupported detail about the locality.
Employment is the most material weakness.
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.
Housing, growth and risk
How Macquarie Heads compares
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median house price
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No data available
Median rent
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No data available
Population (ERP)
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No data available
Dwelling vacancy
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No data available
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 (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.
Tax & income
- Median taxable income (2023–24)
- $46,339
- Median salary / wages (2023–24)
- $54,360
- Residents with rental investments
- 10.0%
- Median super balance (2023–24)
- $68,953
- Residents with business income
- 11.0%
19th percentile in TAS · -21% vs Australia
30th percentile in TAS · -16% vs Australia
42nd percentile in TAS · -27% vs Australia
42nd percentile in TAS · +9% vs Australia
51st percentile in TAS · +6% vs Australia
Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 7116 — 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
- 1,424
- Taxpayers reporting net rent
- 149
- Median net rent
- $2,222
- Taxpayers reporting business income
- 160
- Taxable income vs state median
- -12%
- Salary / wages vs state median
- -6%
- Rental investment vs state median
- -9%
- Super vs state median
- -8%
- Business income vs state median
- 0%
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
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
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 Central West Police Division, not this suburb alone.
Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (2024–25)
- 1,087
- Against the person
- 334
- Against property
- 692
- Rate per 1,000 residents (area)
- 39.3
- State crime-rate percentile
- 45th (higher = more crime)
- Decrease (daily rate)
- -3.6%
- Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
- 0
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
- Tasmanian crash locations — Department of State Growth (Tasmania) · 2020–latest · Updated · Located crashes from 2020 onward
- 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
2 mapped amenities
1 beaches
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Limited walkable amenities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 0/100
Sport & outdoors(2)
- Ocean BeachBeach
- Cape Sorell Historic SiteNature reserve
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
- 3.3%
- Woodland / forest cover
- 3.3%
- Parks & woodland features (OSM)
- 1
- Parks (OSM)
- 0
- Typical summer maximum
- 20°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
- West Coast District Hospital At Queenstown (33.7 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
- Hospitals, GPs and aged care — OpenStreetMap + AIHW GEN aged care service list · current · Updated
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
- 20° / 10°
- Rainfall
- 299 mm · ~37 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 16° / 8°
- Rainfall
- 448 mm · ~56 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 11° / 5°
- Rainfall
- 601 mm · ~75 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 15° / 7°
- Rainfall
- 452 mm · ~56 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
- 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 123.6 km away).
Coalition 41.2%Labor 58.8%
1.6 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +19.9 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- StrahanLabor 55.3% · Coalition 44.7% TPP (2025)10.7 km away
- QueenstownLabor 65.2% · Coalition 34.8% TPP (2025)31.7 km away
- Special Hospital Team 3Labor 75.0% · Coalition 25.0% TPP (2025)31.7 km away
- ZeehanLabor 67.3% · Coalition 32.7% TPP (2025)37.3 km away
- RoseberyLabor 67.6% · Coalition 32.4% TPP (2025)55.0 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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