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.