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Suburb profile ·Kentish LGA · TAS ·7306

Roland TAS 7306

Roland is in Kentish LGA, TAS, postcode 7306, with population 88.

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
$300/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
6,866
7K via Kentish LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
631
41 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$715
Median rent · wk$300
Investor profile

Who invests in Roland

Owner-occupied 100%Rented 0%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4%
102 of 220 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,411/yr
Landlords (rental income)220
Reported capital gains162
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

85% of homes here are owner-occupied and 0% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

85% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

28%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $715/mo, while renters pay about $1,300/mo — renting runs $585/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$55K
Median rent · wk
$300
Owner mortgage · mo
$715

Household income

$55K household · yr-19.1% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$23K
Family
$54K
Household
$55K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (33 households)
Owned outright
64%
Owned with mortgage
21%
Rented
0%
Dwelling structure
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 61% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 13% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Population outlook

6,812 people · 20227,046 by 2032 (+3.4%)

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

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

Roland is a sparsely populated locality in Tasmania within the Kentish local government area (postcode 7306). The area has roughly 88 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $55K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 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 -1.7% 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, technicians & trades, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $715.

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$715
Rent · wk(Census)$300
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)15
Houses15
YoY change+0%
Employment · Kentish LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.5%
YoY change-0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7306ATO
Negatively geared4%
102 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,411/yr
Landlords (rental income)220
Reported capital gains162
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population88
Median age50
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,062
Personal income · wk$437
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$769 → $1,062
Change+38.1%
vs TAS median+15.5 pp
gentrifyingvs TAS 2016–21
Area & amenity
Aged care · Kentish LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places46
Tandara Lodge46 places
Childcare · Kentish LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places17
Exceeding NQS0
Adventure Patch Roland View17 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

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

Weegena most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$20/wk

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

Paloona most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$35/wk

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

Staverton most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$77/wk

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

Roland FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Roland in?

    Roland 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 Roland?

    The median weekly rent in Roland is $300/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Roland a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Roland 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 Roland?

    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 Roland 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.