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Suburb profile ·Northern Midlands LGA · TAS ·7210

Lake Leake TAS 7210

Lake Leake is in Northern Midlands LGA, TAS, postcode 7210, with population 59.

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
$175/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
14,544
15K via Northern Midlands LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
116
2 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$550
Median rent · wk$175

Affordability

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

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $550/mo, while renters pay about $758/mo — renting runs $208/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$53K
Median rent · wk
$175
Owner mortgage · mo
$550

Household income

$53K household · yr-21.9% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$26K
Family
$63K
Household
$53K

Full data detail

Lake Leake TAS — Property Data and Demographics

Lake Leake is a sparsely populated locality in Tasmania within the Northern Midlands local government area (postcode 7210). The area has roughly 59 residents and a more retirement-aged population, with a median age of 57. Households earn a median income of $53K per year, with an average household size of 1.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. TAS employment has moved -0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. TAS also had 19 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 0 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are labourers, sales, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $175 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $550.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.7% 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+0.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth$550
Rent · wk(Census)$175
Population growth · Northern Midlands LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)14,544
5-year growth+1.3% CAGR
YoY change+0.7%
20012025
Development · Northern Midlands LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)143
Houses143
YoY change+0%
Employment · Northern Midlands LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7210ATO
Negatively geared17 (3.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,582/yr
Landlords (rental income)61
Reported capital gains36
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population59
Median age57
Household size1.7
HH income · wk$1,025
Personal income · wk$493
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining0
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Lake Leake rests 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 Lake Leake 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, 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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

Royal George most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$17/wk

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

Cleveland most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$25/wk

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

Deddington most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$25/wk

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

Lake Leake FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Lake Leake in?

    Lake Leake is in the Northern Midlands Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7210. Council-level context for Northern Midlands LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Lake Leake?

    The median weekly rent in Lake Leake is $175/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Lake Leake a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Lake Leake 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 Lake Leake?

    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 Lake Leake 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.