Hamilton is in Central Highlands (Tas.) LGA, TAS, postcode 7140, with population 241.
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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.
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
66% of homes here are owner-occupied and 17% rented, with 2% of landlords negatively geared.
A balanced 66% owner-occupier / 17% renter mix.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
This suburb 22% · TAS median 20%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 29% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $793/mo, while renters pay about $953/mo — renting runs $160/mo higher on these medians.
At the median asking rent, about 35% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $733/wk income).
Getting to work: 77% drive, 0% public transport, 8% walk or cycle, 13% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
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.
ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Central Highlands SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Hamilton is a quiet locality in Tasmania within the Central Highlands (Tas.) local government area (postcode 7140). It is home to about 241 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $51K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. 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 managers, machinery operators & drivers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.
The median weekly rent is $220 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $793.
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Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
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Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
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Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
Hamilton is in the Central Highlands (Tas.) Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7140. Council-level context for Central Highlands (Tas.) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Hamilton is $220/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
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.