Austins Ferry is in Glenorchy LGA, TAS, postcode 7011, with population 2,395.
There are enough stretched or weaker signals here that you should assume trade-offs rather than a clean story. Use compare mode to see whether the downside is price, local quality, or weaker momentum before treating it as a target suburb.
Gross yield screens at about 5.6%. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.
Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,500/mo, while renters pay about $3,120/mo — renting runs $1,620/mo higher on these medians.
Located in Tasmania within the Glenorchy local government area, Austins Ferry is a smaller suburb (postcode 7011). The area has roughly 2,395 residents and an established family demographic, with a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.5% year-on-year at the LGA level. TAS employment has moved -0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. TAS also had 19 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 0 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Austins Ferry has a median house price of $667,000, holding roughly steady year-on-year. Units have a median price of $450,000 (-9.2% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $720. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 5.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,500.
Austins Ferry is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 1024, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 18 bus stops.
From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 5.6%, which reads as high yield. Property prices are near the state median ($667K/$750K). The price-to-income ratio of 7.9x is considered moderate. House prices have moved -0.1% year-on-year. Population growth of -0.5% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Austins Ferry carries enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
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Austins Ferry is in the Glenorchy Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7011. Council-level context for Glenorchy LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The current median house price in Austins Ferry, TAS is $667K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in Austins Ferry is $720/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is income-stretched rent market.
Income-stretched rent market: Weekly rent screens at about 61% of annual income. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Austins Ferry show: High Yield, Near Median, Moderate. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.