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Suburb profile ·Southern Midlands LGA · TAS ·7030

Melton Mowbray TAS 7030

Melton Mowbray is in Southern Midlands LGA, TAS, postcode 7030, with population 68.

Limited data

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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
$100/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
6,987
7K via Southern Midlands LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,997
149 added 12mo · 13MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$737
Median rent · wk$100

Affordability

8%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $737/mo, while renters pay about $433/mo — owning runs $304/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$69K
Median rent · wk
$100
Owner mortgage · mo
$737

Household income

$69K household · yr+1.6% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$35K
Family
$72K
Household
$69K

Population outlook

6,895 people · 20227,070 by 2032 (+2.5%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Southern Midlands SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Melton Mowbray TAS — Property Data and Demographics

Melton Mowbray (postcode 7030) is a small, quiet locality in Tasmania within the Southern Midlands local government area. The area has roughly 68 residents and an established demographic, with a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $69K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% year-on-year at the LGA level. 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, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $100 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $737.

Public transport access includes 1 bus stop.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.5% 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+0.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth$737
Rent · wk(Census)$100
Population growth · Southern Midlands LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)6,987
5-year growth+1% CAGR
YoY change+0.5%
20012025
Development · Southern Midlands LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)37
Houses37
YoY change+0%
Employment · Southern Midlands LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.6%
YoY change-1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7030ATO
Negatively geared2.6%
281 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,453/yr
Landlords (rental income)671
Reported capital gains407
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population68
Median age40
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,333
Personal income · wk$668
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,166 → $1,333
Change+14.3%
vs TAS median-8.3 pp
Median rent+122.2%
softeningvs TAS 2016–21
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops1
Aged care · Southern Midlands LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places18
Midlands Multipurpose Health Centre18 places
Childcare · Southern Midlands LGAACECQA
Services5
Approved places129
Exceeding NQS1
Bagdad Education and Care36 places
Lady Gowrie - Oatlands Education and Care Service33 places
Bagdad Uniting Outside School Hours Care30 places
Campania Uniting Outside School Hours Care30 places
Brighton Family Day CareFamily Day Care
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Melton Mowbray 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 · 1 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 Melton Mowbray 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, and crime coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and crime coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

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Melton Mowbray FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Melton Mowbray in?

    Melton Mowbray is in the Southern Midlands Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7030. Council-level context for Southern Midlands LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Melton Mowbray?

    The median weekly rent in Melton Mowbray is $100/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Melton Mowbray a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Melton Mowbray 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 Melton Mowbray?

    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 Melton Mowbray 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.