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TAS · West Tamar Council

Riverside, 7250

Est. population · Jun 2025

7,723

Growth (1 yr)

+0.7%

Growth (5 yr)

+3.6%

Median age

40

Median income

$1,519/wk

Employment rate

58.9%

University qualified

26.7%

Work from home

6.5%

Languages at home

9.7%non-English

Most common: Nepali, Mandarin, Punjabi

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

52.8/100
Average

Top 7% of Tasmania's suburbs

Verified 97% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Green suburb
  • River access
  • High desirability
  • Rural living
What Riverside is known for: Green suburb, River access, High desirability, Rural living

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Suburb profile

Riverside is a rural locality in Tasmania, in West Tamar Council.

Public transport coverage is exceptionally strong, placing it among the highest-ranked rural localities. School access is exceptionally strong. Socio-economic advantage is among the highest in the peer group, and university qualifications are among the highest in the peer group. The clearer weaknesses are more mapped flood cover and weaker population growth, with population growth 24% below the peer median.

Riverside is a better fit for people who value school access and public transport more than population growth.

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

Rural locality · compared with rural localities in Tasmania (329)

Strengths

  • School access is exceptionally strong
  • Public transport coverage is exceptionally strong
  • Socio-economic advantage is among the highest in the peer group
  • University qualifications are among the highest in the peer group

Weaknesses

  • Mapped flood cover is a relative weakness
  • Population has been growing more slowly than in comparable places, or declining

What stands out

Nothing distinctive beyond the usual profile.

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • Students
  • Budget buyers

Housing, growth and risk

How Riverside compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$430/wk

Population (ERP)

7,723

+0.7% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

4.8%

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

#5

among Country & regional · Established

Pop. growth

68th

percentile in TAS

Rented dwellings

25%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

6/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

57th

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
52.8/100 — Average
State standing
Top 7% of Tasmania's suburbs
National rank
1489th in Australia
State rank
23rd in TAS
Peer rank
#5 among Country & regional · Established suburbs
Cohort rank
#12 among Country & regional suburbs
Data confidence
97%

Data sources & freshness

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

Housing

All types (latest monthly release)
$430
Rental bonds lodged (latest monthly release)
25

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

7,723(June 2025)

+0.7% annual · +3.6% over 5 years · 68th percentile in TAS

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+0.7%
5-year growth
+3.6%
Change in 1 year
+57
Change in 5 years
+269
Growth rank in TAS
68th 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 (~8,200), extrapolated at +1.2% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
7,326
Median age
40
Median household income / week
$1,519
Dwelling vacancy
4.8%
Unoccupied private dwellings
143 of 2,966
Median monthly mortgage
$1,440
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$300
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
38.9% / 35.8% / 25.3%
Employment rate
58.9%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
6.5% / 0.8% / 77%
Walked or cycled to work
1.8%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
2,677 / 31 / 107

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

26.7% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Tasmania. 18.1% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified26.7% · 21.9% TAS
  • Diploma qualified9.7% · 7.9% TAS
  • Trade / vocational18.1% · 18.5% TAS
  • Year 12 or below45.4% · 51.8% TAS

Highest qualification field

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

  • Management and commerce19.9%
  • Health15.8%
  • Engineering and related technologies15.1%
  • Education13.8%
  • Society and culture12.6%
  • Architecture and building6.3%
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)
$57,500

78th percentile in TAS · -2% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$60,287

69th percentile in TAS · -7% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
11.0%

45th percentile in TAS · -20% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$82,576

58th percentile in TAS · +30% vs Australia

Residents with business income
9.0%

18th percentile in TAS · -13% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 7250 — 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
31,666
Taxpayers reporting net rent
3,617
Median net rent
$901
Taxpayers reporting business income
2,990
Taxable income vs state median
+9%
Salary / wages vs state median
+4%
Rental investment vs state median
0%
Super vs state median
+10%
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

9.7% speak a language other than English at home; 17.7% born overseas

Language at home
6,385 English only · 688 other
Non-English at home
9.7%
Born overseas
1,251 (17.7%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
178 (2.4%)
Australian citizens
6,531
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
27

Top languages other than English

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

  • Nepali52 · 17%
  • Mandarin42 · 13.7%
  • Punjabi40 · 13.1%
  • Korean17 · 5.6%
  • Spanish17 · 5.6%
  • Malayalam13 · 4.2%
  • Cantonese12 · 3.9%
  • Greek11 · 3.6%

Religion

46.2%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 46.2%, while Christianity accounts for 44%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion46.2%49.6%
Christianity44%38.4%
Hinduism2.2%1.7%
Other / not stated7.7%10.4%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Anglican12.3%14.4%
Catholic11.8%12.7%
Christian (not further defined)5.4%2.5%
Presbyterian and Reformed4.4%1.5%
Uniting Church3%2.6%
Pentecostal2%0.9%

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 Central North Police Division, not this suburb alone.

Reported offences increased compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2024–25)
1,221
Against the person
232
Against property
953
Rate per 1,000 residents (area)
18.3
State crime-rate percentile
9.7th (higher = more crime)
Increase (daily rate)
+19.2%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
956
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
123.79

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
4
Median school ICSEA (4 schools)
1,022
Median ICSEA percentile
57th
School list
  • Launceston Christian SchoolCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1070 · 75th percentile · LBOTE 11% · 742 students · Top SEA quarter 28%View on My School →
  • Riverside High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 1009 · 51th percentile · LBOTE 8% · 624 students · Top SEA quarter 17%View on My School →
  • Riverside Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1018 · 55th percentile · LBOTE 8% · 673 students · Top SEA quarter 18%View on My School →
  • St Anthony's Catholic SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1026 · 58th percentile · LBOTE 17% · 180 students · Top SEA quarter 19%View 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

  • Windsor Children's Centrechildcare

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Childcare centres per 1,000 residents

Data sources & freshness

  • Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated

Public transport

48 public transport stops in this suburb

  • No.503 West Tamar Rd
  • No.669-673 West Tamar Hwy (Opp Tamar Wetlands Centre)
  • Opp. No.629 West Tamar Hwy (Outside Tamar Wetlands Centre)
  • Pitt Ave Before Rankine St
  • West Tamar Rd Opp. Danbury Dr

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

3 mapped amenities

1 swimming pools

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • A car helps for daily needs
  • Great for outdoor family life — 8 parks mapped in suburb
  • Well connected by public transport — 48 public transport stops
Walkability proxy
30/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
1.09
Sport & outdoors(3)
  • Warragul Farm Conservation CovenantNature reserve
  • Sports field
  • Swimming pool

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

Sporting clubs

5 named sporting clubs in this suburb

  • Launceston Football Club

    Australian Rules Football

  • Riverside Cricket Club

    Cricket

  • Riverside Golf Club (Tasmania)

    Golf

  • Riverside Olympic Soccer Club

    Soccer

  • Trevallyn Rowing Club

    Rowing

Named sporting clubs from OpenStreetMap, assigned to this suburb's boundary. Sporting facilities such as ovals, courts and recreation centres are listed under Amenities.

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap sporting clubs — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Geofabrik australia-latest.osm.pbf

Parks & reserves

4 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Camina Court ReservePark
  • Guilford Road PlaygroundPark
  • Lions ParkPark
  • Riverbank ReservePark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
32.3%
Woodland / forest cover
32.1%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
50
Parks (OSM)
8
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
St Vincents Hospital (8.0 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
Emergency department in suburb
Not in suburb
GP clinics in suburb
1
GPs tagged bulk billing (OSM)
0 of 1
Aged-care services
4
Residential aged-care places
121

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

  • Care Forward Northern TasmaniaRIVERSIDEShort-Term Restorative Care (STRC)
  • West Tamar Health Medical CentreGP
  • Dr Morgan Wishney and associatesWindsor DriveDentist
  • Windsor Pharmacy Capital ChemistPharmacy
Aged-care services
  • Cadorna HouseRIVERSIDEResidential
  • Calvary Riverside ViewsRIVERSIDEResidential
  • Care Forward Northern TasmaniaRIVERSIDEHome Care

Australian Government–subsidised services from the AIHW GEN list (30 June 2025), assigned to this suburb by location.

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
194
Participants per 1,000 residents
25.1

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° / 6°
Rainfall
173 mm · ~22 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
13° / 4°
Rainfall
185 mm · ~23 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
7° / -0°
Rainfall
250 mm · ~31 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
12° / 3°
Rainfall
229 mm · ~29 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

5 heritage places

  • Brownfield30 BROWNFIELD LANE, RIVERSIDE, 7250Permanently Registered
  • Cleghorn44 CLEGHORN AV, RIVERSIDE, 7250Permanently Registered
  • Cormiston18 Cormiston RD, Riverside, 7250Permanently Registered
  • Tamar (Cormiston) Battery BROWNFIELD LANE, RIVERSIDE, 7250Permanently Registered
  • Trevallyn House199 WEST TAMAR RD, RIVERSIDE, 7250Permanently 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
Overlay applies
Flood / inundation overlay
5.8% 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
Bass
Member of Parliament
Jess TEESDALE (Australian Labor Party)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
80,378
Turnout (2025)
92.8%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+9.4 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 42.0%Labor 58.0%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 7.3 km away).

Coalition 44.2%Labor 55.8%

2.2 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +8.4 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • Riverside NorthLabor 48.4% · Coalition 51.6% TPP (2025)4.5 km away
  • RiversideLabor 58.4% · Coalition 41.6% TPP (2025)4.7 km away
  • TrevallynLabor 50.8% · Coalition 49.2% TPP (2025)5.2 km away
  • Legana CentralLabor 40.9% · Coalition 59.1% TPP (2025)5.7 km away
  • Trevallyn CentralLabor 67.6% · Coalition 32.4% TPP (2025)6.1 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)
6/10
IRSD decile (2021)
6/10

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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