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Sulphur Creek TAS 7316

Sulphur Creek is in Central Coast (Tas.) LGA, TAS, postcode 7316, with population 707.

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.

Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$295/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
707
707 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
823
47 added 12mo · 5MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,483
Median rent · wk$295

Affordability

16%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,483/mo, while renters pay about $1,278/mo — owning runs $205/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$93K
Median rent · wk
$295
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,483

Household income

$93K household · yr+36.4% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$39K
Family
$111K
Household
$93K

Full data detail

Sulphur Creek TAS — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Tasmania within the Central Coast (Tas.) local government area, Sulphur Creek is a close-knit residential community (postcode 7316). The area has roughly 707 residents and an established family demographic, with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $93K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. 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, technicians & trades, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $295 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,483.

Public transport access includes 6 bus stops.

Market & money
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth$1,483
Rent · wk(Census)$295
Employment · Central Coast (Tas.) LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.4%
YoY change-0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7316ATO
Negatively geared186 (4.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,695/yr
Landlords (rental income)457
Reported capital gains285
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population707
Median age44
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,789
Personal income · wk$756
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops6
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Sulphur Creek 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 · 6 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
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 Sulphur Creek 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.

Read it as a starting locality brief, then cross-check the suburb story against better-covered nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, crime coverage, and population trend data.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, crime coverage, population trend data, and building approvals, 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 Sulphur Creek feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Gawler most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$45/wk

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

Forth 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.

Leith most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop -200 · rent -$80/wk

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

Sulphur Creek FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Sulphur Creek in?

    Sulphur Creek is in the Central Coast (Tas.) Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7316. Council-level context for Central Coast (Tas.) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Sulphur Creek?

    The median weekly rent in Sulphur Creek is $295/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Sulphur Creek?

    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 Sulphur Creek 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.