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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Morass Bay is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Hobart, Australia, with a population of approximately 13, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 101 km from the Hobart CBD, Morass Bay is a middle ring area in Tasmania. The median household income is $117,000 per year.
Strong household incomes in Morass Bay underpin solid property demand. The outer location offers affordability but may see slower price appreciation.
Official Australia Post postcode for Morass Bay. 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 Morass Bay 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.
Morass Bay is a smaller community of 13 — about 0% of the Tasmania suburb median (3,902) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Median household income of $117,000/year runs 58% above the Tasmania suburb median of $73,944, indicating strong purchasing power and the type of demographic profile that tends to sustain premium property prices through market cycles. Morass Bay is 101 km from Hobart, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand.
How Morass Bay stacks up against the median of all Tasmania suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Morass Bay sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Morass Bay | TAS median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 13 | 3,902 | -100% |
| Median household income | $117,000/yr | $73,944/yr | +58% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $997 | $1,378 | -28% |
| Distance to CBD | 101 km | 24 km | +321% |
Pre-inspection briefing for Morass Bay — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 13 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Tasmania market over full cycles.
Median rental data was not captured for Morass Bay. 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 13, the resale market in Morass Bay 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 Morass Bay are modest for 2026 — incomes 58% above the TAS median of $73,944 and a population of 13 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 Morass Bay. The EquitySight investment score of 61/100 places Morass Bay in the upper-middle tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
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Morass Bay scores 61/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a good rating. That score is driven by a population of 13, median household income of $117,000/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 Morass Bay are an above-state-median household income of $117,000/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.
Morass Bay has a usual resident population of approximately 13, 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.
Morass Bay sits 101 km straight-line from the Hobart CBD. This is a regional market where CBD distance is only indicative — local industry diversity and commute alternatives matter more.
A reliable median rent was not captured for Morass Bay. 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 Morass Bay is $997, or approximately $11,964/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 Morass Bay 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 (13 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $997 median mortgage, 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.