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Suburb profile ·Brighton LGA · TAS ·7017

Tea Tree TAS 7017

Tea Tree is in Brighton LGA, TAS, postcode 7017, with population 464.

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Thin-context

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Why it fits

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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.

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Median house
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No local house series
Median rent
$350/wk
Market rent signal
D8 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
20,527
21K via Brighton LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
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No matched school data
Solar
1,034
69 added 12mo · 6MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets
No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,551
Median rent · wk$350

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
19%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,551/mo, while renters pay about $1,517/mo — owning runs $34/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$95K
Median rent · wk
$350
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,551

Household income

ABS Census medians · annual
$95K household · yr+38.6% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$40K
Family
$109K
Household
$95K

Full data detail

Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Tea Tree TAS — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Tasmania within the Brighton local government area, Tea Tree is a quiet locality (postcode 7017). With a population of 464, the suburb has an established family demographic with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $95K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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, technicians & trades, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward construction and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $350 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,551.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.0% 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+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth$1,551
Rent · wk(Census)$350
Population growth · Brighton LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)20,527
5-year growth+2.1% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Brighton LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)62
Houses62
YoY change+0%
Employment · Brighton LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)8.1%
YoY change-0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7017ATO
Negatively geared166 (4.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,268/yr
Landlords (rental income)425
Reported capital gains262
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population464
Median age44
Household size2.8
HH income · wk$1,819
Personal income · wk$767
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Top occupationsCensus
Managers48Technicians & Trades41Professionals39Clerical & Administrative29Community & Personal Service25
Top industriesCensus
Construction31Agriculture24Healthcare24Manufacturing18Retail Trade18
Top ancestryCensus
Australian221English192Irish42Scottish38German26
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Tea Tree 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 · 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 Tea Tree 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, 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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

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.

Next step path
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Tea Tree FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Tea Tree in?

    Tea Tree is in the Brighton Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7017. Council-level context for Brighton LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Tea Tree?

    The median weekly rent in Tea Tree is $350/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Tea Tree a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Tea Tree 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 Tea Tree?

    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 Tea Tree 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.