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Suburb profile ·Kentish LGA · TAS ·7306

Lower Barrington TAS 7306

Lower Barrington is in Kentish LGA, TAS, postcode 7306, with population 278.

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
$315/wk
Market rent signal
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
6,866
7K via Kentish LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
625
38 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$1,523
Median rent · wk$315

Affordability

20%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,523/mo, while renters pay about $1,365/mo — owning runs $158/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$83K
Median rent · wk
$315
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,523

Household income

$83K household · yr+22.3% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$36K
Family
$109K
Household
$83K

Full data detail

Lower Barrington TAS — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Tasmania within the Kentish local government area, Lower Barrington is a quiet locality (postcode 7306). It is home to about 278 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $83K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 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 managers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $315 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,523.

On the investment side, 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$1,523
Rent · wk(Census)$315
Population growth · Kentish LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)6,866
5-year growth+0.8% CAGR
YoY change+0.3%
20012025
Development · Kentish LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)12
Houses12
YoY change+0%
Employment · Kentish LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.5%
YoY change-0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7306ATO
Negatively geared102 (4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,411/yr
Landlords (rental income)220
Reported capital gains162
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population278
Median age49
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,604
Personal income · wk$683
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Lower Barrington 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 Lower Barrington 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.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

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

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

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

Wilmot most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$75/wk

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Claude Road most similar
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pop same · rent -$85/wk

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Barrington most similar
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pop -100 · rent +$15/wk

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

Lower Barrington FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Lower Barrington in?

    Lower Barrington is in the Kentish Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7306. Council-level context for Kentish LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Lower Barrington?

    The median weekly rent in Lower Barrington is $315/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Lower Barrington a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Lower Barrington 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 Lower Barrington?

    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 Lower Barrington 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.