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TAS · Launceston Council

Summerhill, 7250

Est. population · Jun 2025

3,169

Growth (1 yr)

+0.2%

Growth (5 yr)

+0.6%

Median age

38

Median income

$1,327/wk

Employment rate

60.5%

University qualified

13%

Work from home

5.5%

Languages at home

4.4%non-English

Most common: Mandarin, Nepali, Greek

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

47.4/100
Average

Top 20% of Tasmania's suburbs

Verified 92% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Green suburb
  • Regional centre
What Summerhill is known for: Green suburb, Regional centre

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Suburb profile

Summerhill is a major regional centre in Tasmania, in Launceston Council, with mainly mixed commercial and residential development.

Employment rates are stronger than in comparable places, with employment 15% above the peer median. Rents sit a little below those in comparable places, with median rents 10% below the peer median. Recorded road crashes are a relative strength, with recorded road crashes 67% below the peer median, and green cover is an exceptional strength, well above typical levels for major regional centres. Trade-offs centre on higher crime and thinner dining and café options.

Summerhill is a better fit for people who value employment and lower rents more than 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

Major regional centre · compared with major regional centres in Tasmania (67)

Strengths

  • Recorded road crashes are a relative strength
  • Employment rates are stronger than in comparable places
  • Green cover is stronger than in comparable places
  • Rents sit a little below those in comparable places

Weaknesses

  • Reported crime in the wider Launceston Police Division is elevated relative to comparable places
  • Dining and cafés are a relative weakness

What stands out

Nothing distinctive beyond the usual profile.

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • Students
  • Budget buyers

Housing, growth and risk

How Summerhill compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$360/wk

Population (ERP)

3,169

+0.2% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

5.9%

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

#19

among Country & regional · Established

Pop. growth

45th

percentile in TAS

Rented dwellings

27%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

2/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

33rd

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
47.4/100 — Average
State standing
Top 20% of Tasmania's suburbs
National rank
2572nd in Australia
State rank
65th in TAS
Peer rank
#19 among Country & regional · Established suburbs
Cohort rank
#36 among Country & regional suburbs
Data confidence
92%

Data sources & freshness

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

Housing

All types (latest monthly release)
$360
Rental bonds lodged (latest monthly release)
15

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

3,169(June 2025)

+0.2% annual · +0.6% over 5 years · 45th percentile in TAS

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+0.2%
5-year growth
+0.6%
Change in 1 year
+7
Change in 5 years
+20
Growth rank in TAS
45th 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 (~3,250), extrapolated at +0.5% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
3,139
Median age
38
Median household income / week
$1,327
Dwelling vacancy
5.9%
Unoccupied private dwellings
79 of 1,345
Median monthly mortgage
$1,300
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$295
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
32.7% / 40.1% / 27.2%
Employment rate
60.5%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
5.5% / 1% / 79.2%
Walked or cycled to work
0.8%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
1,044 / 0 / 227

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

13% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Tasmania. 23.8% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified13% · 21.9% TAS
  • Diploma qualified7.7% · 7.9% TAS
  • Trade / vocational23.8% · 18.5% TAS
  • Year 12 or below55.5% · 51.8% TAS

Highest qualification field

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

  • Management and commerce19%
  • Engineering and related technologies17.5%
  • Society and culture14.7%
  • Health12%
  • Food, hospitality and personal services9.7%
  • Education9.4%
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

4.4% speak a language other than English at home; 8.4% born overseas

Language at home
2,897 English only · 132 other
Non-English at home
4.4%
Born overseas
253 (8.4%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
134 (4.3%)
Australian citizens
2,910
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
6

Top languages other than English

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

  • Mandarin9 · 31%
  • Nepali8 · 27.6%
  • Greek3 · 10.3%
  • Italian3 · 10.3%
  • Punjabi3 · 10.3%
  • Tagalog3 · 10.3%

Religion

50.3%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 50.3%, while Christianity accounts for 42.2%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion50.3%49.6%
Christianity42.2%38.4%
Other / not stated7.5%12.1%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Anglican14.8%14.4%
Catholic14.5%12.7%
Christian (not further defined)3.7%2.5%
Baptist2.4%1.1%
Presbyterian and Reformed2.1%1.5%
Uniting Church2%2.6%

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 Launceston Police Division, not this suburb alone.

Reported offences increased compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2024–25)
8,302
Against the person
1,513
Against property
6,472
Rate per 1,000 residents (area)
120.4
State crime-rate percentile
96.5th (higher = more crime)
Increase (daily rate)
+2%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
264
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
83.31

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
3
Median school ICSEA (3 schools)
969
Median ICSEA percentile
33th
School list
  • Summerdale Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 969 · 33th percentile · LBOTE 11% · 555 students · Top SEA quarter 10% · 0.9 km awayView on My School →
  • St Patrick's CollegeSecondary · Catholic · ICSEA 1020 · 56th percentile · LBOTE 11% · 1,522 students · Top SEA quarter 17% · 1.0 km awayView on My School →
  • Prospect High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 958 · 28th percentile · LBOTE 8% · 572 students · Top SEA quarter 7% · 1.4 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

16 public transport stops in this suburb

  • No.111 Hardwicke St
  • Stop 15, No.131 Peel St West
  • Stop 17, No.175 Peel St West
  • Stop 19, No.110 Hardwicke St
  • Stop 21, No.62-64 Hardwicke St

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

50 mapped amenities

1 cafes · 2 pharmacies · 4 playgrounds · 9 swimming pools

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • A car helps for daily needs
  • Great for outdoor family life — 8 parks mapped in suburb, 4 playgrounds nearby
  • Reasonable bus and transport access — 16 public transport stops
  • Strong local sport and recreation — 14 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
Walkability proxy
41/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0.32
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0.32
Parks per 1,000 residents
2.55
Food & drink(1)
  • S'Presso 101Cafe
Shopping(2)

No named venues listed.

Community(1)
  • Summerdale Primary SchoolSchool
Health & services(2)
  • chemistPharmacy
  • Summerhill PharmacyPharmacy

    176 Peel Street West, Summerhill

Sport & outdoors(22)
  • Clinton Court ParkPark
  • Pamela Court ReservePark
  • Park

    105 Hardwicke Street, Summerhill

  • Rene Road ReservePark
  • Rowland Crescent ParkPark
  • Springvale Place ParkPark

    41 Harris Street, Summerhill

  • West Launceston Community ParkPark

    50-58 Stanley Street, Summerhill

  • Playground (4)
  • Public toilets
  • Sports field
  • Swimming pool (9)
Transport(16)

16 bus stops

Other(5)
  • Parking (3)
  • SummerHill ChurchParking
  • Aust. PostPost Box
  • Australia PostPost Box
  • Telephone (2)

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

7 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Clinton Court ParkPark
  • Pamela Court ReservePark
  • Rene Road ReservePark
  • Rowland Crescent ParkPark
  • Springvale Place ParkPark
  • West Launceston Community ParkPark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
21.5%
Woodland / forest cover
17.6%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
9
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

Nearest hospital
Launceston General Hospital (2.8 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)
117
Participants per 1,000 residents
36.9

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

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
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 3.2 km away).

Coalition 38.6%Labor 61.4%

3.4 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +10.1 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • Prospect (Bass)Labor 60.6% · Coalition 39.4% TPP (2025)0.8 km away
  • Summerhill (Bass)Labor 59.8% · Coalition 40.2% TPP (2025)0.9 km away
  • Prospect East (Bass)Labor 52.9% · Coalition 47.1% TPP (2025)2.0 km away
  • West LauncestonLabor 67.0% · Coalition 33.0% TPP (2025)2.1 km away
  • South Launceston WestLabor 73.7% · Coalition 26.3% TPP (2025)2.2 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)
2/10
IRSD decile (2021)
3/10

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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