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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Huon Island is a regional centre in Tasmania, Australia, with a population of approximately 7, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 48 km from the Hobart CBD, Huon Island is a regional area in Tasmania. The median household income is $37,700 per year.
Lower income levels in Huon Island typically translate to more affordable entry points for investors. Regional positioning means lower entry costs but potentially longer hold periods for capital gains.
Official Australia Post postcode for Huon Island. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Huon Island on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Huon Island is a smaller community of 7 — about 0% of the Tasmania suburb median (3,902) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Huon Island's median household income of $37,700/year is 49% below the Tasmania suburb median ($73,944) — this is an affordability play where returns lean on yield and patient capital growth rather than demographic premium. At 48 km from Hobart, Huon Island is an outer-metro location where buyers are typically trading commute time for floor space and a lower entry price.
How Huon Island stacks up against the median of all Tasmania suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Huon Island sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Huon Island | TAS median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 7 | 3,902 | -100% |
| Median household income | $37,700/yr | $73,944/yr | -49% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $238 | $1,378 | -83% |
| Distance to CBD | 48 km | 24 km | +100% |
Pre-inspection briefing for Huon Island — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 7 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Tasmania market over full cycles.
Median rental data was not captured for Huon Island. Use current realestate.com.au and Domain listings to triangulate a realistic weekly rent before committing, then feed that number into our rental yield calculator.
With a population of 7, the resale market in Huon Island may not reliably reward cosmetic renovations — a longer hold is typically a better strategy at this scale, letting land-value appreciation do the work instead.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Huon Island are modest for 2026 — incomes 49% below the TAS median of $73,944 and a population of 7 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental fundamentals will need to be verified against live listings, as a clean median rent was not recorded for Huon Island. The EquitySight investment score of 31/100 places Huon Island in the lower tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is cautious heading into the second half of 2026.
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Huon Island scores 31/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a weak rating. That score is driven by a population of 7, median household income of $37,700/year. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Huon Island are a median household income of $37,700/year, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Huon Island has a usual resident population of approximately 7, compared with a Tasmania suburb median of 3,902 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Huon Island sits 48 km straight-line from the Hobart CBD. This is an outer-metro location; local employment and infrastructure announcements tend to move prices more than CBD connectivity alone.
A reliable median rent was not captured for Huon Island. Benchmark expected weekly rent on realestate.com.au and Domain, or the state rental tribunal's rent dashboard. Most Australian investors target a 4–5% gross yield as a baseline.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Huon Island is $238, or approximately $2,856/year (vs $1,378/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
Census data was not complete enough in Huon Island to compute a clean rent-to-mortgage coverage. Use current listings to benchmark weekly rent, then plug your expected purchase price into our rental yield calculator to see whether the investment runs cash-flow positive or negative.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (7 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $238 median mortgage, below-median household incomes ($37,700 vs $73,944 state median), the broader Tasmania market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.