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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Mount Rumney is a regional centre in Tasmania, Australia, with a population of approximately 303, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 10 km from the Hobart CBD, Mount Rumney is a regional area in Tasmania. The median household income is $117,624 per year.
Strong household incomes in Mount Rumney underpin solid property demand. Close CBD access strengthens tenant appeal and resale value.
Official Australia Post postcode for Mount Rumney. 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 Mount Rumney 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.
Mount Rumney is a smaller community of 303 — about 8% 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 $117,624/year runs 59% 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. Median rent of $268/week (~$1,161/month) covers only 60% of the median mortgage of $1,950/month — the remaining $789/month must be funded from other income, so this suburb tilts toward capital growth rather than yield. At 10 km from the Hobart CBD, Mount Rumney sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks.
How Mount Rumney stacks up against the median of all Tasmania suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Mount Rumney sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Mount Rumney | TAS median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 303 | 3,902 | -92% |
| Median household income | $117,624/yr | $73,944/yr | +59% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $268 | $320 | -16% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,950 | $1,378 | +42% |
| Distance to CBD | 10 km | 24 km | -58% |
| Separate houses | 94% | 80% | +14pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Mount Rumney — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Strong buy-and-hold fundamentals: household incomes run 59% above the Tasmania suburb median ($117,624 vs $73,944), and the 10 km CBD distance keeps this suburb in the primary demand zone. In Tasmania, suburbs with this profile have historically clustered in the upper tercile of 10-year capital growth.
Weak cash flow: $268/week rent covers only 60% of the $1,950/month median mortgage — a $789/month gap that must be funded from other income. This suburb is a capital-growth play, not a yield play.
With 94% houses in a 303-person market, renovation margins depend on individual street and aspect rather than any suburb-wide story — do comparable-sales analysis before committing capital.
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Create free account →Mount Rumney enters 2026 with a demographic tailwind — household incomes 59% above the Tasmania suburb median of $73,944 and a population of 303 give it the depth and purchasing power to outperform the wider TAS market over the next 12–18 months. Rental coverage runs at ~60% of the typical mortgage ($1,161/month rent vs $1,950/month repayment), leaving a manageable top-up for most investors. The EquitySight investment score of 65/100 places Mount Rumney 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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Mount Rumney scores 65/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a good rating. That score is driven by a population of 303, median household income of $117,624/year and median weekly rent of $268. 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 Mount Rumney are proximity to Hobart (10 km), an above-state-median household income of $117,624/year, a dwelling mix that is 94% separate houses, 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.
Mount Rumney has a usual resident population of approximately 303, 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.
Mount Rumney sits 10 km straight-line from the Hobart CBD. This is inner-ring territory — pricing competes directly with established Hobart employment nodes.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $268 in Mount Rumney, equating to approximately $13,936/year in gross rental income (state median $320/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Mount Rumney is $1,950, or approximately $23,400/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.
A median weekly rent of $268 works out to $1,161/month, covering 60% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,950/month. That leaves a $789/month shortfall (around $9,468/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (303 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,950 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.