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Nicholls Rivulet TAS 7112

Nicholls Rivulet is in Huon Valley LGA, TAS, postcode 7112, with population 369.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
$335/wk
Market rent signal
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
19,893
20K via Huon Valley LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
654
55 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$1,560
Median rent · wk$335

Affordability

25%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,560/mo, while renters pay about $1,452/mo — owning runs $108/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$69K
Median rent · wk
$335
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,560

Household income

$69K household · yr+0.5% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$30K
Family
$73K
Household
$69K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA1048
Students90
Independent1
  • PeregrinePrimary · Independent · ICSEA 1048

Full data detail

Nicholls Rivulet TAS — Property Data and Demographics

Nicholls Rivulet is a small, quiet locality in Tasmania within the Huon Valley local government area (postcode 7112). With a population of 369, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 47. 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 +0.9% 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, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward education and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $335 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,560.

Nicholls Rivulet is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1048, which is around the national average of 1,000.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.9% 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+0.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth$1,560
Rent · wk(Census)$335
Population growth · Huon Valley LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)19,893
5-year growth+1.7% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Huon Valley LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)72
Houses70
Units2
YoY change+0%
Employment · Huon Valley LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.3%
YoY change-1.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7112ATO
Negatively geared74 (3.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,327/yr
Landlords (rental income)222
Reported capital gains178
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population369
Median age47
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,318
Personal income · wk$579
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Nicholls Rivulet 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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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 Nicholls Rivulet 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.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

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

Coverage is thinner on 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.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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pop same · rent -$5/wk

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Nicholls Rivulet FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Nicholls Rivulet in?

    Nicholls Rivulet is in the Huon Valley Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7112. Council-level context for Huon Valley LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Nicholls Rivulet?

    The median weekly rent in Nicholls Rivulet is $335/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Nicholls Rivulet a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Nicholls Rivulet 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 Nicholls Rivulet?

    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 Nicholls Rivulet 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.