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Suburb profile ·King Island LGA · TAS ·7256

Wickham TAS 7256

Wickham is in King Island LGA, TAS, postcode 7256, with population 11.

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

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
1,647
2K via King Island LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
331
7 added 12mo · 3MW

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

$117K household · yr+71.5% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$59K
Family
$117K
Household
$117K

Population outlook

1,675 people · 20221,640 by 2032 (-2.1%)

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

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

Located in Tasmania within the King Island local government area, Wickham is a small, quiet locality (postcode 7256). The area has roughly 11 residents and a predominantly older resident base, with a median age of 59. Households earn a median income of $117K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. TAS employment has moved -1.2% 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 top ancestries reported are English, Australian.

On the investment side, Population growth of -0.7% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.7% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · King Island LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,647
5-year growth+0.1% CAGR
YoY change-0.7%
20012025
Development · King Island LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1
Houses1
YoY change+0%
Employment · King Island LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.3%
YoY change+0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7256ATO
Negatively geared5.2%
53 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,388/yr
Landlords (rental income)156
Reported capital gains60
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population11
Median age59
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$2,250
Personal income · wk$1,125
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Top occupationsCensus
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Aged care · King Island LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places14
King Island Multipurpose Centre14 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat Wickham as 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 Wickham 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 as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Use nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings to find stronger comparables before turning this locality into 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 Wickham feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Bungaree 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.

Yarra Creek most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Egg Lagoon better covered
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.

Wickham FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Wickham in?

    Wickham is in the King Island Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7256. Council-level context for King Island LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Wickham a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Wickham?

    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 Wickham 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.