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TAS · Hobart Council
Sandy Bay, 7005
Est. population · Jun 2025
12,609
Growth (1 yr)
-0.2%
Growth (5 yr)
-2.3%
Median age
39
Median income
$1,915/wk
Employment rate
56.6%
Languages at home
28.4%non-English
Most common: Mandarin, Cantonese, Nepali
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Heritage area
- Green suburb
- High desirability
- National parks
- Excellent transport
Suburb profile
Sandy Bay sits up in the Hobart Council hills, a established suburb where elevation and tree cover define the mood. Residents are mostly families and working professionals, with plenty of young families in the mix. Many residents were born overseas or speak a language other than English at home.
School and preschool provision is plentiful within the local area. Parks and open space are a real strength relative to many metro suburbs, easy for walks, sport and weekend downtime. Reasonably walkable — many errands reachable on foot or by bus, with buses linking the suburb to surrounding areas.
Property sits in a premium price band and is harder to enter for many buyers. Period homes and heritage streetscapes give the area a character that newer suburbs rarely match.
Community and employment push the suburb to a good desirability read, even as safety look more ordinary among similar metro suburbs.
At a glance
Sandy Bay snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$490/wk
Population (ERP)
12,609
-0.2% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
11.4%
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
#11
among Metro Hobart · Established
Safety
3rd
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
9th
percentile in TAS
Advantage (IRSAD)
10/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
91st
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
- 59.5/100 — Good
- State standing
- Top 7% of Tasmania's suburbs
- National rank
- 1079th in Australia
- State rank
- 22nd in TAS
- Peer rank
- #11 among Metro Hobart · Established suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #14 among Metro Hobart suburbs
- Data confidence
- 85%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (latest monthly release)
- $490
- Rental bonds lodged (latest monthly release)
- 89
Median weekly rent from Tasmanian rental data where available.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- Tasmanian rental bond lodgements — Department of Justice (Tasmania) · latest monthly release · Updated · Monthly XLSX release
Population
Estimated resident population
12,609(June 2025)
-0.2% annual · -2.3% over 5 years · 9th percentile in TAS
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- -0.2%
- 5-year growth
- -2.3%
- Change in 1 year
- -26
- Change in 5 years
- -298
- Growth rank in TAS
- 9th 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 (~12,900), extrapolated at +0.5% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 12,315
- Median age
- 39
- Median household income / week
- $1,915
- Dwelling vacancy
- 11.4%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 610 of 5,343
- Median monthly mortgage
- $2,167
- Employment rate
- 56.6%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 3,242 / 628 / 807 (+ 43 other)
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)
- 4,872
- Against the person
- 733
- Against property
- 3,961
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 386.4
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 17 residents
- State safety percentile
- 3.2th (lower crime is better)
- Increase (daily rate)
- +0.6%
Most common offence types
- Offences Against Property3961
- Offences Against The Person733
- Total Offences4872
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
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 7
- Median school ICSEA (7 schools)
- 1,131
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 91th
School list
- Waimea Heights Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1135 · 92th percentile · LBOTE 31% · 359 students · Top SEA quarter 57% · 0.5 km awayView on My School →
- Sandy Bay Infant SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1131 · 91th percentile · LBOTE 34% · 84 students · Top SEA quarter 56% · 0.8 km awayView on My School →
- Fahan SchoolCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1154 · 96th percentile · LBOTE 13% · 419 students · Top SEA quarter 64% · 1.1 km awayView on My School →
- The Hutchins SchoolCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1140 · 93th percentile · LBOTE 18% · 986 students · Top SEA quarter 59% · 1.1 km awayView on My School →
- Mount Carmel CollegeCombined · Catholic · ICSEA 1077 · 78th percentile · LBOTE 17% · 572 students · Top SEA quarter 37% · 1.3 km awayView on My School →
- Mount Nelson Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1107 · 86th percentile · LBOTE 25% · 233 students · Top SEA quarter 52% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
- Hobart CollegeSecondary · Government · ICSEA 1049 · 68th percentile · LBOTE 11% · 1,369 students · Top SEA quarter 30% · 1.9 km awayView on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Childcare
1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap
- Child Care Centre - Lady Gowriechildcare
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Public transport
83 public transport stops in this suburb
- Nelson Rd near Hutchins School
- No.1A York St
- No.33 York St
- No.4 York St
- Opp.No.4 Nelson Rd
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- GTFS public transport stops — State transport authority open-data feeds · current · Updated
Amenities
357 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
5 restaurants · 1 cafes · 1 supermarkets · 1 bakeries · 1 places of worship · 5 playgrounds · 2 sports centres · 120 swimming pools
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Reasonably walkable — many errands reachable on foot or by bus
- Great for outdoor family life — 87 parks mapped in suburb, 5 playgrounds nearby
- Well connected by public transport — 83 public transport stops
- Strong local sport and recreation — 131 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 69/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0.08
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0.57
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 7.06
Food & drink(7)
- Fresco BakeryBakery
- In Good CompanyCafe
479 Sandy Bay Road
- Beach House CafeRestaurant
- Prossers on the BeachRestaurant
19 Beach Road, Sandy Bay
- Restaurant
- Sandy Bay Beach Wood Fired PizzaRestaurant
7a Beach Road, Sandy Bay
- The NosebagRestaurant
Shopping(2)
- Convenience store
- Fresco MarketSupermarket
644 Sandy Bay Road
Community(6)
- Sandy Bay Senior Citizens ClubCommunity centre
- Fahan SchoolSchool
- Mount Carmel CollegeSchool
361 Sandy Bay Road
- Sandy Bay Infant SchoolSchool
- The Hutchins SchoolSchool
- Waimea Heights Primary SchoolSchool
Health & services(1)
- Bayside Medical CentreMedical clinic
7 Beach Road, Sandy Bay
Sport & outdoors(175)
- Alexandra Battery ParkPark
- Maning Reef ReservePark
- Park (38)
- Queenborough Memorial ReservePark
- Red Chapel ReservePark
- Sandown ParkPark
- Picnic area
- Liberty SwingPlayground
- Playground (3)
- playscapePlayground
- Hutchins Football ClubSports centre
- South Hobart-Sandy Bay Cricket ClubSports centre
- Hutchins War Memorial OvalSports field
- Queenborough OvalSports field
- Sandy Bay Croquet ClubSports field
- Sports field
- Swimming pool (120)
Entertainment(1)
- Theatre
Transport(45)
45 bus stops
Other(42)
- Big Bargain BottleshopAlcohol
- Tidal PoolsArtwork
- Bbq (2)
- Bench (3)
- Bicycle Parking (11)
- University of TasmaniaBicycle Parking
- Wrest Point Hotel CasinoCasino
- Lipscombe LarderDeli
- Drinking water
- KempowerEV charging
- Fountain
- Garden (2)
- Wrest Point HotelHotel
- Motel 429Motel
429 Sandy Bay Road
- Lambert ParkNature Reserve
- McAulay ReserveNature Reserve
- Parking (28)
- University of TasmaniaParking
- Parking Space (31)
- Petrol station
- UnitedPetrol station
- Picnic Table (2)
- Saint Stephen's Anglican ChurchPlace of worship
- Post Box (6)
- Life Saving PavillionPublic toilets
- Long Beach Bathing PavilionPublic toilets
- Nut Grove BeachPublic toilets
- Prossers RestaurantPublic toilets
- Public toilets
- Queenborough Oval - FemalePublic toilets
- Queenborough Oval - Male (Peel Street)Public toilets
- UTAS Recycling WallRecycling
- Shelter
- Guilford Young GroveSocial Facility
- Lipscombe Community Child CareSocial Facility
- Queenborough RiseSocial Facility
- Sandown VillageSocial Facility
- St Canice Lifestyle VillageSocial Facility
- TelstraTelephone
- University CentreUniversity
- Waste Basket (2)
- Watering Place
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
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
Parks & reserves
11 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Alexandra Battery ParkPark
- Errol Flynn ReservePark
- Lambert ParkNature reserve
- Maning Reef ReservePark
- McAulay ReserveNature reserve
- Osborne ParkPark
- Parliament Street ReservePark
- Porter Hill Conservation CovenantNature reserve
- Queenborough Memorial ReservePark
- Red Chapel ReservePark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 94
- Parks (OSM)
- 87
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Places of worship
1 places of worship within ~1.5 km
- Saint Stephen's Anglican Church
From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 17
- Nearest hospital
- Calvary Healthcare Tasmania - St John's Campus (3.4 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- Not in suburb
- Bayside Medical CentreBeach RoadDoctor
- Chemist WarehousePharmacy
- ClinicGregory StreetClinic
- Clubb Chiropractic ClinicMagnet CourtAlternative
- Dental On GregoryGregory StreetDentist
- General Practice PlusGregory StreetDoctor
- Gregory Street PsychologyGregory StreetClinic
- Grosvenor Street General PracticeGrosvenor StreetDoctor
- Magnet Court Chemmart PharmacySandy Bay RoadPharmacy
- Precision Eye ClinicQueen StreetOptometrist
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)
- 145
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 11.5
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
- 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 (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Heritage
195 heritage places
- Alexandra Battery629-663 SANDY BAY RD, SANDY BAY, 7005Permanently Registered
- Ashfield11 MARGARET ST, SANDY BAY, 7005Permanently Registered
- Ashfield (Stables)13A Margaret ST, Sandy Bay, 7005Permanently Registered
- Astley Bank20 BYRON ST, SANDY BAY, 7005Permanently Registered
- Beacon at Blinking Billy Point652 SANDY BAY RD, SANDY BAY, 7005Permanently Registered
- Beth Salem23 GREGORY ST, SANDY BAY, 7005Permanently Registered
- Bishopscourt (incl. house, Montgomery Chapel, fences, garden etc.)Unit 2, 26 FITZROY PL, SANDY BAY, 7005Permanently Registered
- Bourna Breena147 SANDY BAY RD, SANDY BAY, 7005Permanently Registered
- Brentwood296 SANDY BAY RD, SANDY BAY, 7005Permanently Registered
- Brick wall adjacent to former Police Station271-275 Sandy Bay RD, Sandy Bay, 7005Permanently Registered
Data sources & freshness
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated
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
- 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 3.1 km away).
Coalition 43.0%Labor 57.0%
13.9 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +2.3 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- Lower Sandy BayLabor 53.5% · Coalition 46.5% TPP (2025)0.5 km away
- Sandy Bay SouthLabor 60.4% · Coalition 39.6% TPP (2025)0.6 km away
- Sandy Bay BeachLabor 47.5% · Coalition 52.5% TPP (2025)1.0 km away
- Mount NelsonLabor 75.2% · Coalition 24.8% TPP (2025)1.7 km away
- Sandy BayLabor 62.2% · Coalition 37.8% TPP (2025)1.9 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
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 10/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 8/10
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 (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
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