Montagu Bay is in Clarence LGA, TAS, postcode 7018, with population 718.
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Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.
Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,517/mo, while renters pay about $2,600/mo — renting runs $1,083/mo higher on these medians.
Located in Tasmania within the Clarence local government area, Montagu Bay is a small community (postcode 7018). The area has roughly 718 residents and an established demographic, with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $77K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.4% 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, community & personal service, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward public admin & safety and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $600. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,517.
Montagu Bay is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1081, which is above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 11 bus stops.
On the investment side, Population growth of +0.4% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Montagu Bay carries enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
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Montagu Bay is in the Clarence Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7018. Council-level context for Clarence LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Montagu Bay is $600/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.
Rent-pressure candidate: Montagu Bay rents screen above the local benchmark. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Montagu Bay show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.