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Rushy Lagoon TAS 7264

Rushy Lagoon is in Dorset LGA, TAS, postcode 7264, with population 29.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
7,059
7K via Dorset LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
94
6 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
Median rent · wk

Household income

$72K household · yr+4.8% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$43K
Family
$84K
Household
$72K

Full data detail

Rushy Lagoon TAS — Property Data and Demographics

Rushy Lagoon is a quiet locality in Tasmania within the Dorset local government area (postcode 7264). With a population of 29, the suburb has a blend of families and working-age professionals with a median age of 32. Households earn a median income of $72K 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 +0.8% 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 managers, labourers. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.8% 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+0.8%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Dorset LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)7,059
5-year growth+0.6% CAGR
YoY change+0.8%
20012025
Development · Dorset LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)15
Houses15
YoY change+0%
Employment · Dorset LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.3%
YoY change+0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7264ATO
Negatively geared14 (4.5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$2,468/yr
Landlords (rental income)41
Reported capital gains17
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population29
Median age32
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$1,375
Personal income · wk$833
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Rushy Lagoon is a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 Rushy Lagoon 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 as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Check nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings for firmer comparables before making this a shortlist 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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Blumont better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

South Springfield better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Musselroe Bay better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Rushy Lagoon FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Rushy Lagoon in?

    Rushy Lagoon is in the Dorset Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7264. Council-level context for Dorset LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Rushy Lagoon a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Rushy Lagoon show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Rushy Lagoon?

    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.

  4. How often is the Rushy Lagoon 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.