Ansons Bay TAS 7264
300 addresses · 19 streets
Lyons Electorate › Break O'Day LGA › Ansons Bay · 219 km from Hobart
Living Here
Ansons Bay is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 62 people, with a median age of 66. The typical household earns around $714 a week, with median rent near $50 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the St Helens - Scamander statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ansons Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 66.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 66.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 83.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 13.3% · Labour-force participation 25.4%
Population by age in Ansons Bay
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 22 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ansons Bay
| House | 35 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ansons Bay
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 12 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Ansons Bay
| Australian | 27 |
|---|---|
| English | 27 |
| Irish | 9 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| NZ | 4 |
| Other | 4 |
Housing tenure in Ansons Bay
| Owned | 26 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Ansons Bay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Ansons Bay
| Car | 8 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Ansons Bay
| New Zealand | 7 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,517 bird observations recorded near Ansons Bay — most often seen:
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (198)
- Silver Gull (190)
- Australian Pelican (186)
- Crested Tern (175)
- Welcome Swallow (156)
- Superb Fairy-wren (150)
- Pacific Gull (146)
- Forest Raven (137)
- Little Pied Cormorant (130)
- Black Swan (129)
- Silvereye (128)
- Red-capped Plover (122)
- Common Starling (116)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ansons Bay
- Great Cormorant (116)
- White-faced Heron (116)
- Brown Thornbill (113)
- Grey Fantail (105)
- Laughing Kookaburra (105)
- Yellow Wattlebird (102)
- Hooded Plover (100)
- Little Wattlebird (88)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (88)
- Eastern Spinebill (83)
- Green Rosella (83)
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (78)
- Grey Butcherbird (77)
- New Holland Honeyeater (77)
- White-fronted Chat (76)
- Red-necked Stint (74)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (73)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Ansons Bay:
- Eddystone (8.3 km)
- The Gardens (14.6 km)
- Mount William (17.6 km)
- Gladstone (21.3 km)
- Musselroe Bay (23.3 km)
- Binalong Bay (23.5 km)
- South Mount Cameron (25.4 km)
- Pioneer (28.2 km)
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Streets
- Acacia Drive (118)
- Ansons Bay Road (1)
- Banksia Drive (16)
- Blackwood Court (6)
- Blue Gum Drive (10)
- Boobyalla Drive (25)
- Boronia Street (1)
- Casuarina Lane (11)
- Chapples Road (1)
- Cliffords Road (4)
- Eddystone Point Road (4)
- Goodenia Lane (4)
- Hakea Street (2)
- Le Fevres Road (1)
- Melaleuca Street (24)
- North Ansons Road (52)
- Policemans Point Road (2)
- Ti-tree Drive (17)
- Tuckers Road (1)
