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East Ridgley TAS 7321

East Ridgley is in Burnie LGA, TAS, postcode 7321, with population 89.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
$365/wk
Market rent signal
D8 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
20,420
20K via Burnie LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
634
34 added 12mo · 4MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,164
Median rent · wk$365
Investor profile

Who invests in East Ridgley

Owner-occupied 100%Rented 0%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.8%
107 of 311 landlords
Avg rental loss$3,907/yr
Landlords (rental income)311
Reported capital gains166
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

97% of homes here are owner-occupied and 0% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

97% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

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

Affordability

24%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,164/mo, while renters pay about $1,582/mo — renting runs $418/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$80K
Median rent · wk
$365
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,164

Household income

$80K household · yr+17.5% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$41K
Family
$93K
Household
$80K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
5
$650-999
8
$1,000-1,499
7
$1,500-1,999
9
$2,000-2,999
7
$3,000-3,999
3
$4,000+
3

At the median asking rent, about 37% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,217/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (38 households)
Owned outright
24%
Owned with mortgage
74%
Rented
0%
Dwelling structure11.1% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 58% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 22% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Population outlook

5,300 people · 20225,448 by 2032 (+2.8%)

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

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

Located in Tasmania within the Burnie local government area, East Ridgley is a small, quiet locality (postcode 7321). The area has roughly 89 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $80K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% year-on-year at the LGA level. TAS employment has moved -1.7% 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 managers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $365 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,164.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.2% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth$1,164
Rent · wk(Census)$365
Population growth · Burnie LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)20,420
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change+0.2%
20012025
Development · Burnie LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)46
Houses46
YoY change+0%
Employment · Burnie LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.4%
YoY change-0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7321ATO
Negatively geared3.8%
107 of filers
Avg rental loss$3,907/yr
Landlords (rental income)311
Reported capital gains166
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population89
Median age49
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,541
Personal income · wk$787
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,468 → $1,541
Change+5%
vs TAS median-17.6 pp
softeningvs TAS 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Burnie LGAAIHW
Public1
Private1
North West Regional Hospitalpublic
North West Private Hospital (Tas)private
Aged care · Burnie LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places178
Umina Park Home For The Aged178 places
Tasmania (North West) Transition Care ProgramTransition Care
Childcare · Burnie LGAACECQA
Services8
Approved places439
Exceeding NQS4
Milpara Outside School Hours Care75 places
Alexander Beetle House Children's Centre74 places
Kookaburra Junction - OSHC65 places
Footprints Educational Complex59 places
Milpara Early Learning Centre57 places
Discovery Early Learning Centres- Romaine OSHC43 places
+2 more in Burnie LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

East Ridgley leans 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 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
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 East Ridgley 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
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

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

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

West Ridgley most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$45/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Camdale most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$155/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Upper Stowport most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$165/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

East Ridgley FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is East Ridgley in?

    East Ridgley is in the Burnie Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7321. Council-level context for Burnie LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in East Ridgley?

    The median weekly rent in East Ridgley is $365/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is East Ridgley a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for East Ridgley?

    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 East Ridgley 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.