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Suburb profile ·Circular Head LGA · TAS ·7469

West Coast TAS 7469

West Coast is in Circular Head LGA, TAS, postcode 7469, with population 8.

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.

$204K
+1.8% YoY
2019 → 2024 · 6 periods
ABS + state medians
$204K
$85K
2019 2024
Why it fits

Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen.

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
$204K
House median, latest period
1.8%YoY D1 vs AU
Median rent
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
8,286
8K via Circular Head LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
80
3 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

HousesUnits

Affordability

8.7x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Moderate
Median price
$204K
Household income · yr
$23K
Owner mortgage · mo
$390

Household income

$23K household · yr-65.7% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$17K
Family
$52K
Household
$23K

Full data detail

West Coast TAS — Property Data and Demographics

West Coast is a small, quiet locality in Tasmania within the Circular Head local government area (postcode 7469). With a population of 8, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $23K per year, with an average household size of 1.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.0% 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 median house price in West Coast is $204,000, having risen modestly by 1.8% over the past year. Units have a median price of $165,000 (+1.2% YoY). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $390.

On the investment side, Property prices sit below the state median ($204K/$750K), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 8.7x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +1.8% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Price vs State$204K/$750K Below Median
Affordability8.7x· Moderate
Price Momentum+1.8%· Stable
Pop. Growth+0.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth$390
Rent · wk(Census)
Price / income8.7x
Population growth · Circular Head LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)8,286
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change+0%
20012025
Development · Circular Head LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1
Houses1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Circular Head LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.3%
YoY change+0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7469ATO
Negatively geared9 (2.3% of filers)
Avg rental loss$2,191/yr
Landlords (rental income)30
Reported capital gains13
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population8
Median age48
Household size1.4
HH income · wk$450
Personal income · wk$325
Persons / bedroom1
IncomeATO 22-23
Median income$51,851
Mean income$63,788
Earners2,340
YoY change+3.3%
Top ancestryCensus
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

West Coast 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.

Direct state price coverage is used where present; missing house or unit anchors fall back to annual ABS SA2 matches

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 / ABS Data by Region · 2024 · Direct state price coverage is used where present; missing house or unit anchors fall back to annual ABS SA2 matches
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Verify
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 West Coast 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 lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage, 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 West Coast feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Smithton better covered
better market coverage

pop +3900 · house +$181.5K · adds rent coverage

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

Couta Rocks most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Cowrie Point most similar

pop same · adds rent coverage

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

West Coast FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is West Coast in?

    West Coast is in the Circular Head Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7469. Council-level context for Circular Head LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in West Coast?

    The current median house price in West Coast, TAS is $204K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. Is West Coast a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for West Coast show: Below Median, Moderate, Stable. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for West Coast?

    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 West Coast 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.