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Suburb profile ·West Tamar LGA · TAS ·7275

Lanena TAS 7275

Lanena is in West Tamar LGA, TAS, postcode 7275, with population 343.

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
$300/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
26,136
26K via West Tamar LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
614
41 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$1,300
Median rent · wk$300

Affordability

22%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,300/mo, while renters pay about $1,300/mo — owning runs $0/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$70K
Median rent · wk
$300
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,300

Household income

$70K household · yr+2.1% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$31K
Family
$76K
Household
$70K

Full data detail

Lanena TAS — Property Data and Demographics

Lanena (postcode 7275) is a quiet locality in Tasmania within the West Tamar local government area. With a population of 343, the suburb has a predominantly older resident base with a median age of 57. Households earn a median income of $70K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.3% 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 professionals, managers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.

Public transport access includes 2 bus stops.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.3% 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+0.3%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth$1,300
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Population growth · West Tamar LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)26,136
5-year growth+0.8% CAGR
YoY change+0.3%
20012025
Development · West Tamar LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)116
Houses116
YoY change+0%
Employment · West Tamar LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.5%
YoY change-0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7275ATO
Negatively geared108 (5.3% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,530/yr
Landlords (rental income)256
Reported capital gains156
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population343
Median age57
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,339
Personal income · wk$605
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Lanena 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 · 2 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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 Lanena 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Read it as a starting locality brief, then cross-check the suburb story against better-covered nearby markets or the state hub.

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

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, 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.

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.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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Blackwall most similar
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pop same · rent same $

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Deviot most similar
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Lanena FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Lanena in?

    Lanena is in the West Tamar Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7275. Council-level context for West Tamar LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Lanena?

    The median weekly rent in Lanena is $300/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Lanena a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Lanena 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 Lanena?

    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 Lanena 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.