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Suburb profile ·King Island LGA · TAS ·7256

Currie TAS 7256

Currie is in King Island LGA, TAS, postcode 7256, with population 766.

Limited data

Thin-context

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$200/wk
Falling
-2.4% YoY
Sep 2024 → Nov 2025 · 7 periods
TAS rental bonds · suburb grain · Nov 2025
$400
$175
Sep 2024Nov 2025
What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$200/wk
Market rent signal
2.4%YoY D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
766
766 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
331
7 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,083
Median rent · wk$200
Investor profile

Who invests in Currie

Owner-occupied 69%Rented 31%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.2%
53 of 156 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,388/yr
Landlords (rental income)156
Reported capital gains60
Investor exposure index(moderate vs national)74.9/100
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

65% of homes here are owner-occupied and 29% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 65% owner-occupier / 29% renter mix.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

16%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,083/mo, while renters pay about $867/mo — owning runs $216/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$65K
Median rent · wk
$200
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,083

Household income

$65K household · yr-5.3% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$44K
Family
$90K
Household
$65K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
17
$300-649
55
$650-999
49
$1,000-1,499
53
$1,500-1,999
36
$2,000-2,999
51
$3,000-3,999
23
$4,000+
16

At the median asking rent, about 25% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $667/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (332 households)6.3% social housing
Owned outright
40%
Owned with mortgage
25%
Rented
29%
Dwelling structure20.3% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
91%
Townhouse / semi
7%
Flat / apartment
1%

Getting to work: 76% drive, 0% public transport, 12% walk or cycle, 5% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA950
Students170
Government1
  • King Island District High SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 950

Livability

36/ 100 livability index

Top 64% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 36% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access68
Public transport0
Schools & hospitals25

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.

Short-term rentals

26
active listings · ~33.9 per 1,000 residents
81%
entire homes (vs private rooms)
65%
run by multi-listing operators
Investment view Estimated
$324
median nightly (entire home)
14%
estimated occupancy
$17,477
estimated annual revenue (gross)

Estimated short-let income is 1.7× the $10,400/yr a long-term let would earn at the median rent — before management fees, cleaning, vacancy beyond the occupancy model, and short-stay regulation.

Active Airbnb listings point-mapped to this suburb from Inside Airbnb (CC BY 4.0). Occupancy and revenue are estimates from Inside Airbnb's San Francisco model (review-rate proxy, minimum-stay assumption, occupancy capped at 70%) — they are gross, indicative, and not a guarantee of returns. Short-stay letting is subject to state and local regulation.

Population outlook

1,675 people · 20221,640 by 2032 (-2.1%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the King Island SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Currie TAS — Property Data and Demographics

Currie (postcode 7256) is a small community in Tasmania within the King Island local government area. With a population of 766, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $65K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. TAS employment has moved -1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. TAS also had 17 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are labourers, technicians & trades, managers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $200 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,083.

Currie is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 950, which is around the national average of 1,000.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of -0.7% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.7% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth$1,083
Rent · wk(Census)$200
Population growth · King Island LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,647
5-year growth+0.1% CAGR
YoY change-0.7%
20012025
Development · King Island LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1
Houses1
YoY change+0%
Employment · King Island LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.3%
YoY change+0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7256ATO
Negatively geared5.2%
53 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,388/yr
Landlords (rental income)156
Reported capital gains60
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population766
Median age48
Household size2
HH income · wk$1,242
Personal income · wk$837
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,214 → $1,242
Change+2.3%
vs TAS median-20.3 pp
Median rent+49.3%
softeningvs TAS 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets2
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics1
Fuel stations2
Cafes & dining3
iga1
Aged care · King Island LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places14
King Island Multipurpose Centre14 places · in suburb
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Currie depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
ABS Data by Region · Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · No linked local crime series
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Currie is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage.

Coverage is thinner on hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Currie feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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Currie FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Currie in?

    Currie is in the King Island Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7256. Council-level context for King Island LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Currie?

    The median weekly rent in Currie is $200/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Currie a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Currie show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Currie?

    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.

  5. How often is the Currie data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.