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Suburb profile ·Flinders (Tas.) LGA · TAS ·7255

Lady Barron TAS 7255

Lady Barron is in Flinders (Tas.) LGA, TAS, postcode 7255, with population 173.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

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
$145/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
173
173 local footprint
D5 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
274
13 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,406
Median rent · wk$145
Investor profile

Who invests in Lady Barron

Owner-occupied 62%Rented 38%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4.4%
23 of 84 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,649/yr
Landlords (rental income)84
Reported capital gains60
Investor exposure index(low vs national)49.5/100
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

62% of homes here are owner-occupied and 37% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 62% owner-occupier / 37% renter mix.

What to check

Social housing is 27% of dwellings — check tenant mix and resale demand.

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

Affordability

17%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,406/mo, while renters pay about $628/mo — owning runs $778/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$46K
Median rent · wk
$145
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,406

Household income

$46K household · yr-33.2% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$30K
Family
$69K
Household
$46K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
7
$300-649
18
$650-999
17
$1,000-1,499
9
$1,500-1,999
5
$2,000-2,999
10
$3,000-3,999
7
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 25% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $483/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (86 households)26.7% social housing
Owned outright
56%
Owned with mortgage
6%
Rented
37%
Dwelling structure29.4% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
97%
Townhouse / semi
4%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 73% drive, 0% public transport, 4% walk or cycle, 12% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Short-term rentals

11
active listings
100%
entire homes (vs private rooms)
36%
run by multi-listing operators
Investment view Estimated
$180
median nightly (entire home)
10%
estimated occupancy
$6,793
estimated annual revenue (gross)

Estimated short-let income is 0.9× the $7,540/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

931 people · 2022862 by 2032 (-7.4%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Flinders and Cape Barren Islands SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

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

Lady Barron (postcode 7255) is a sparsely populated locality in Tasmania within the Flinders (Tas.) local government area. With a population of 173, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 61. Households earn a median income of $46K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 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, community & personal service, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.

The median weekly rent is $145 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,406.

Market & money
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth$1,406
Rent · wk(Census)$145
Employment · Flinders (Tas.) LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.1%
YoY change-0.7pp
Mar-20Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7255ATO
Negatively geared4.4%
23 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,649/yr
Landlords (rental income)84
Reported capital gains60
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population173
Median age61
Household size1.8
HH income · wk$877
Personal income · wk$580
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$863 → $877
Change+1.6%
vs TAS median-21 pp
Median rent+11.5%
softeningvs TAS 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining1
Aged care · Flinders (Tas.) LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places9
Flinders Island Multipurpose Centre9 places
Cape Barren Aged CareNational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Program
Flinders Island Aged Care ServiceNational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Program · in suburb
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Lady Barron 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 · 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 · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
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 Lady Barron 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, crime coverage, population trend data, and building approvals; 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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.

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Lady Barron FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Lady Barron in?

    Lady Barron is in the Flinders (Tas.) Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7255. Council-level context for Flinders (Tas.) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Lady Barron?

    The median weekly rent in Lady Barron is $145/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Lady Barron?

    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.

  4. How often is the Lady Barron 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.