What rent costs, area by area

Median rent reported at the 2021 Census, for 96 areas across Tasmania. This is what households actually reported paying — not advertised asking rents, which run higher.

$375/wkNational median rent
$1,863/moNational median mortgage
$1,746/wkMedian household income
96Areas with rent data
#AreaStateMedian rentMedian mortgageHousehold income
51 Summerhill - Prospect TAS $290/wk $1,300/mo$1,294/wk
52 Invermay TAS $285/wk $1,092/mo$1,128/wk
53 Geeveston - Dover TAS $280/wk $1,083/mo$1,059/wk
54 Perth - Evandale TAS $280/wk $1,324/mo$1,457/wk
55 Port Sorell TAS $280/wk $1,430/mo$1,279/wk
56 Quoiba - Spreyton TAS $275/wk $1,300/mo$1,531/wk
57 Turners Beach - Forth TAS $270/wk $1,400/mo$1,588/wk
58 Hadspen - Carrick TAS $265/wk $1,408/mo$1,581/wk
59 Dilston - Lilydale TAS $260/wk $1,365/mo$1,580/wk
60 Longford TAS $260/wk $1,300/mo$1,217/wk
61 Penguin - Sulphur Creek TAS $260/wk $1,300/mo$1,346/wk
62 Romaine - Havenview TAS $260/wk $1,211/mo$1,334/wk
63 Derwent Valley TAS $258/wk $1,239/mo$1,333/wk
64 Beauty Point - Beaconsfield TAS $250/wk $1,083/mo$944/wk
65 Bridgewater - Gagebrook TAS $250/wk $1,083/mo$971/wk
66 Devonport TAS $250/wk $1,192/mo$1,093/wk
67 Forestier - Tasman TAS $250/wk $1,083/mo$863/wk
68 Latrobe TAS $250/wk $1,300/mo$1,192/wk
69 Newnham - Mayfield TAS $250/wk $1,170/mo$1,112/wk
70 Southern Midlands TAS $250/wk $1,300/mo$1,330/wk
71 Triabunna - Bicheno TAS $250/wk $1,105/mo$1,005/wk
72 Ulverstone TAS $250/wk $1,123/mo$1,039/wk
73 Waratah TAS $250/wk $1,170/mo$1,329/wk
74 Waverley - St Leonards TAS $250/wk $1,161/mo$1,308/wk
75 Westbury TAS $250/wk $1,243/mo$1,211/wk
76 Deloraine TAS $245/wk $1,192/mo$1,093/wk
77 Burnie - Wivenhoe TAS $240/wk $961/mo$1,089/wk
78 Somerset TAS $240/wk $1,192/mo$1,100/wk
79 St Helens - Scamander TAS $240/wk $1,083/mo$835/wk
80 West Ulverstone TAS $240/wk $1,213/mo$1,059/wk
81 Acton - Upper Burnie TAS $238/wk $989/mo$966/wk
82 East Devonport TAS $236/wk $1,083/mo$950/wk
83 Parklands - Camdale TAS $236/wk $1,300/mo$1,321/wk
84 Sheffield - Railton TAS $230/wk $1,253/mo$1,209/wk
85 Burnie - Ulverstone Surrounds TAS $225/wk $1,300/mo$1,443/wk
86 Ravenswood TAS $225/wk $867/mo$858/wk
87 Wynyard TAS $224/wk $1,235/mo$1,048/wk
88 Smithton TAS $222/wk $1,083/mo$1,189/wk
89 George Town TAS $220/wk $1,083/mo$1,002/wk
90 Scottsdale - Bridport TAS $220/wk $1,083/mo$1,040/wk
91 Central Highlands TAS $200/wk $894/mo$1,017/wk
92 North West TAS $200/wk $1,147/mo$1,356/wk
93 Northern Midlands TAS $200/wk $1,023/mo$1,046/wk
94 King Island TAS $190/wk $1,083/mo$1,330/wk
95 West Coast (Tas.) TAS $160/wk $650/mo$958/wk
96 Flinders and Cape Barren Islands TAS $139/wk $867/mo$1,057/wk

Rent, mortgage and income are 2021 Census medians (ABS, CC-BY 4.0). Advertised asking rents are consistently higher than what sitting households report paying.