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Thirlstane TAS 7307

Thirlstane is in Latrobe (Tas.) LGA, TAS, postcode 7307, with population 108.

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
$250/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
108
108 local footprint
D5 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,564
107 added 12mo · 10MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,950
Median rent · wk$250
Investor profile

Who invests in Thirlstane

Owner-occupied 89%Rented 11%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.6%
248 of 696 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,094/yr
Landlords (rental income)696
Reported capital gains499
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

79% of homes here are owner-occupied and 10% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

79% 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

19%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,950/mo, while renters pay about $1,083/mo — owning runs $867/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$68K
Median rent · wk
$250
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,950

Household income

$68K household · yr+0% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$39K
Family
$87K
Household
$68K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
5
$650-999
7
$1,000-1,499
3
$1,500-1,999
9
$2,000-2,999
3
$3,000-3,999
3
$4,000+
3

At the median asking rent, about 29% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $833/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (39 households)
Owned outright
62%
Owned with mortgage
18%
Rented
10%
Dwelling structure7.0% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
87%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 71% drive, 0% public transport, 10% walk or cycle, 12% 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

6,742 people · 20226,976 by 2032 (+3.5%)

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

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

Located in Tasmania within the Latrobe (Tas.) local government area, Thirlstane is a small, quiet locality (postcode 7307). It is home to about 108 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $68K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. 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, labourers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $250 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,950.

Market & money
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth$1,950
Rent · wk(Census)$250
Employment · Latrobe (Tas.) LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change+0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7307ATO
Negatively geared3.6%
248 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,094/yr
Landlords (rental income)696
Reported capital gains499
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population108
Median age44
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,312
Personal income · wk$746
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,100 → $1,312
Change+19.3%
vs TAS median-3.3 pp
Median rent+4.2%
stablevs TAS 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Latrobe (Tas.) LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Mersey Community Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Latrobe (Tas.) LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places148
Rubicon Grove80 places
Uniting AgeWell Strathdevon68 places
Childcare · Latrobe (Tas.) LGAACECQA
Services5
Approved places240
Exceeding NQS0
Shearwater Children's Centre60 places
Lady Gowrie - Gilbert Street Latrobe Education and Care Service55 places
Stepping Stones-Latrobe OSHC50 places
CatholicCare Children's Services - St Patrick's Outside School Hours Care45 places
Port Sorell Outside School Hours Care30 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Thirlstane 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 · 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 Thirlstane 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, crime coverage, population trend data, and building approvals. 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

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

Moriarty most similar
similar rent profile

pop +100 · rent same $

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

Latrobe better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +4900 · adds house price coverage · rent same $

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

Northdown most similar
similar rent profile

pop +200 · rent same $

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

Thirlstane FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Thirlstane in?

    Thirlstane is in the Latrobe (Tas.) Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7307. Council-level context for Latrobe (Tas.) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Thirlstane?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Thirlstane?

    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 Thirlstane 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.