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Mount Stuart, 7000

Est. population · Jun 2025

2,313

Growth (1 yr)

-0.5%

Growth (5 yr)

+0.6%

Median age

41

Median income

$1,960/wk

Employment rate

64%

University qualified

49.8%

Work from home

12.4%

Languages at home

13.5%non-English

Most common: Mandarin, Urdu, Nepali

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

52/100
Average

Top 11% of Tasmania's suburbs

Verified 95% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Heritage area
  • Inner city
What Mount Stuart is known for: Heritage area, Inner city

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Suburb profile

Mount Stuart is an inner metropolitan suburb of Hobart, in Hobart Council, where heritage listings sit alongside mixed commercial and residential development. Kunanyi / Mount Wellington is part of the surrounding geography.

School access is exceptionally strong, placing it among the highest-ranked inner metropolitan suburbs. Mapped flood cover is an exceptional strength, with mapped flood cover 100% below the peer median, and socio-economic advantage sits well above the peer median, and working from home is more common than in comparable places, with working from home 49% above the peer median. The main trade-offs are higher crime and thinner park access, with park access 31% below the peer median.

Overall, the suburb suits people prioritising school access and socio-economic advantage over peace and quiet.

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

Inner metropolitan suburb · compared with inner metropolitan suburbs in Tasmania (40)

Strengths

  • School access is exceptionally strong
  • Mapped flood cover is a relative strength
  • Socio-economic advantage sits well above the peer median
  • Working from home is more common than in comparable places

Weaknesses

  • Reported crime in the wider Hobart Police Division is elevated relative to comparable places
  • Park access is a relative weakness

What stands out

  • Heritage listings
  • Mount Wellington

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • Students
  • Budget buyers

Housing, growth and risk

How Mount Stuart compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$480/wk

Population (ERP)

2,313

-0.5% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

7.4%

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

#10

among Metro Hobart · Established

Pop. growth

6th

percentile in TAS

Rented dwellings

25%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

10/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

73rd

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
52.0/100 — Average
State standing
Top 11% of Tasmania's suburbs
National rank
1649th in Australia
State rank
34th in TAS
Peer rank
#10 among Metro Hobart · Established suburbs
Cohort rank
#14 among Metro Hobart suburbs
Data confidence
95%

Data sources & freshness

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

Housing

All types (latest monthly release)
$480
Rental bonds lodged (latest monthly release)
19

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

2,313(June 2025)

-0.5% annual · +0.6% over 5 years · 6th percentile in TAS

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
-0.5%
5-year growth
+0.6%
Change in 1 year
-12
Change in 5 years
+14
Growth rank in TAS
6th 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 (~2,400), extrapolated at +0.6% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
2,444
Median age
41
Median household income / week
$1,960
Dwelling vacancy
7.4%
Unoccupied private dwellings
78 of 1,052
Median monthly mortgage
$1,789
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$380
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
43.6% / 31.3% / 25.2%
Employment rate
64%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
12.4% / 3.3% / 56.2%
Walked or cycled to work
12.8%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
795 / 14 / 163

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

49.8% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Tasmania. 8.3% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified49.8% · 21.9% TAS
  • Diploma qualified8.5% · 7.9% TAS
  • Trade / vocational8.3% · 18.5% TAS
  • Year 12 or below33.3% · 51.8% TAS

Highest qualification field

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

  • Management and commerce20.9%
  • Health16.3%
  • Society and culture13.8%
  • Education11.5%
  • Creative arts9.1%
  • Engineering and related technologies8.5%
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)
$58,738

83rd percentile in TAS · 0% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$61,514

74th percentile in TAS · -5% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
14.0%

75th percentile in TAS · +1% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$58,143

26th percentile in TAS · -8% vs Australia

Residents with business income
12.0%

56th percentile in TAS · +15% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 7000 — 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
10,527
Taxpayers reporting net rent
1,524
Median net rent
$1,508
Taxpayers reporting business income
1,315
Taxable income vs state median
+11%
Salary / wages vs state median
+6%
Rental investment vs state median
+27%
Super vs state median
-23%
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

13.5% speak a language other than English at home; 22.2% born overseas

Language at home
2,053 English only · 320 other
Non-English at home
13.5%
Born overseas
527 (22.2%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
35 (1.4%)
Australian citizens
2,116
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
19

Top languages other than English

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

  • Mandarin24 · 15%
  • Urdu19 · 11.9%
  • Nepali16 · 10%
  • Punjabi13 · 8.1%
  • Cantonese11 · 6.9%
  • German11 · 6.9%
  • Arabic9 · 5.6%
  • Greek9 · 5.6%

Religion

57.3%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 57.3%, while Christianity accounts for 30.2%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion57.3%49.6%
Christianity30.2%38.4%
Hinduism2.7%1.7%
Islam2.1%0.9%
Other / not stated7.7%9.5%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic14.2%12.7%
Anglican8.8%14.4%

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 Hobart Police Division, not this suburb alone.

Reported offences increased compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2024–25)
4,872
Against the person
733
Against property
3,961
Rate per 1,000 residents (area)
87.2
State crime-rate percentile
91.5th (higher = more crime)
Increase (daily rate)
+0.6%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
408
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
176.39

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
12
Median school ICSEA (12 schools)
1,063
Median ICSEA percentile
73th
School list
  • Mount Stuart Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1138 · 93th percentile · LBOTE 11% · 340 students · Top SEA quarter 57% · 0.5 km awayView on My School →
  • The Friends' SchoolCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1149 · 95th percentile · LBOTE 20% · 1,269 students · Top SEA quarter 63% · 0.9 km awayView on My School →
  • Sacred Heart CollegeCombined · Catholic · ICSEA 1017 · 55th percentile · LBOTE 19% · 934 students · Top SEA quarter 17% · 1.1 km awayView on My School →
  • Lansdowne Crescent Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1130 · 91th percentile · LBOTE 12% · 404 students · Top SEA quarter 56% · 1.2 km awayView on My School →
  • Elizabeth CollegeSecondary · Government · ICSEA 996 · 45th percentile · LBOTE 14% · 738 students · Top SEA quarter 16% · 1.3 km awayView on My School →
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1033 · 61th percentile · LBOTE 21% · 195 students · Top SEA quarter 23% · 1.3 km awayView on My School →
  • Lambert SchoolCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1007 · 50th percentile · LBOTE 6% · 33 students · Top SEA quarter 21% · 1.4 km awayView on My School →
  • Campbell Street Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1075 · 77th percentile · LBOTE 38% · 219 students · Top SEA quarter 36% · 1.6 km awayView on My School →
  • Lenah Valley Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1080 · 79th percentile · LBOTE 15% · 525 students · Top SEA quarter 39% · 1.6 km awayView on My School →
  • New Town Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1057 · 71th percentile · LBOTE 21% · 305 students · Top SEA quarter 30% · 1.6 km awayView on My School →

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

Public transport

20 public transport stops in this suburb

  • No.56 Mt Stuart Rd
  • Stop 12, No.70 Mt Stuart Rd
  • Stop 13, No.82 Mt Stuart Rd
  • Stop 14, No.108 Mt Stuart Rd
  • Stop 8, No.446 Elizabeth St

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

48 mapped amenities

1 supermarkets · 1 playgrounds · 1 swimming pools

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Reasonably walkable — many shops and services reachable on foot or by bus
  • Decent local green space — 2 parks in suburb, 1 playgrounds nearby
  • Well connected by public transport — 20 public transport stops
Walkability proxy
55/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
0.82
Shopping(1)
  • Hill Street Grocer New TownSupermarket

    2 Augusta Road, New Town

Community(2)
  • Mount Stuart Memorial HallCommunity centre
  • Mount Stuart Primary SchoolSchool
Sport & outdoors(12)
  • City Cycle RouteCycling route
  • Intercity CyclewayCycling route
  • Lenah Valley Cycle RouteCycling route
  • New Town Rivulet TrailCycling route
  • West Hobart Cycle RouteCycling route
  • Leonard Wall ReservePark
  • Mount Stuart ParkPark
  • Providence Valley ReservePark
  • City of HobartPlayground
  • Public toilets
  • Sports field
  • Swimming pool
Places to stay(1)
  • The ElmsHotel

    452 Elizabeth Street, North Hobart

Transport(21)

21 bus stops

Other(5)
  • Bench (2)
  • Garden (3)
  • Parking (4)
  • Montagu Street LibraryPublic Bookcase
  • 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

3 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Leonard Wall ReservePark
  • Mount Stuart ParkPark
  • Providence Valley ReservePark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
2.5%
Woodland / forest cover
0.3%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
10
Parks (OSM)
2
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 Hospital (0.6 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)
51
Participants per 1,000 residents
22.0

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

Heritage

13 heritage places

  • Arcadie454 ELIZABETH ST, NORTH HOBART, 7000Permanently Registered
  • Beaulieu6A-8 RUPERT AV, MOUNT STUART, 7000Permanently Registered
  • House45 ELPHINSTONE RD, MOUNT STUART, 7000Permanently Registered
  • House444 ELIZABETH ST, NORTH HOBART, 7000Permanently Registered
  • House5 MUIR CT, MOUNT STUART, 7000Permanently Registered
  • Lyndhurst448-450 ELIZABETH ST, NORTH HOBART, 7000Permanently Registered
  • Mimosa446 ELIZABETH ST, NORTH HOBART, 7000Permanently Registered
  • Newlands4 TOORAK AV, MOUNT STUART, 7000Permanently Registered
  • Newlands Lodge46 AUGUSTA RD, LENAH VALLEY, 7008Permanently Registered
  • Shalimar44 ELPHINSTONE RD, MOUNT STUART, 7000Permanently Registered

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Heritage listings as established streetscape

Data sources & freshness

  • State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
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
Clark
Member of Parliament
Andrew WILKIE (Independent)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
74,304
Turnout (2025)
93.1%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+3.6 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 29.1%Labor 70.9%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 1.7 km away).

Coalition 22.5%Labor 77.5%

6.6 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +4.1 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • Mount StuartLabor 81.0% · Coalition 19.0% TPP (2025)0.5 km away
  • Special Hospital Team 3Labor 68.0% · Coalition 32.0% TPP (2025)0.7 km away
  • North Hobart CentralLabor 80.3% · Coalition 19.7% TPP (2025)0.9 km away
  • West Hobart CentralLabor 80.1% · Coalition 19.9% TPP (2025)1.1 km away
  • North HobartLabor 76.5% · Coalition 23.5% TPP (2025)1.2 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)
10/10
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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