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Suburb profile ·Southern Midlands LGA · TAS ·7120

Pawtella TAS 7120

Pawtella is in Southern Midlands LGA, TAS, postcode 7120, with population 33.

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
$250/wk
Market rent signal
D5 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
223
16 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$192
Median rent · wk$250

Affordability

15%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $192/mo, while renters pay about $1,083/mo — renting runs $891/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$85K
Median rent · wk
$250
Owner mortgage · mo
$192

Household income

$85K household · yr+23.9% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$54K
Family
$110K
Household
$85K

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
Pawtella TAS — Property Data and Demographics

Pawtella (postcode 7120) is a small, quiet locality in Tasmania within the Southern Midlands local government area. It is home to about 33 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 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, labourers. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $250 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $192.

On the investment side, 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$192
Rent · wk(Census)$250
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 7120ATO
Negatively geared0.6%
6 of filers
Avg rental loss$3,219/yr
Landlords (rental income)56
Reported capital gains68
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population33
Median age39
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$1,625
Personal income · wk$1,031
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,187 → $1,625
Change+36.9%
vs TAS median+14.2 pp
gentrifyingvs TAS 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
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

Pawtella 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 · 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 Pawtella 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, transport stops, and crime coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, 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.

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

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

Andover most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$25/wk

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

Woodbury most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$100/wk

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

Whitefoord most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$110/wk

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

Pawtella FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Pawtella in?

    Pawtella is in the Southern Midlands Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7120. 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 Pawtella?

    The median weekly rent in Pawtella is $250/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Pawtella a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Pawtella 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 Pawtella?

    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 Pawtella 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.