Bagdad TAS 7030

Living Here

Bagdad is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 1,482 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,587 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Southern Midlands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bagdad itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Bagdad Primary School
• 1 park

  • Le Compte Place Park
• 1 post office

  • Bagdad Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Heritage Highway Roadhouse
• 3 golf clubs

  • Bagdad Public Golf Course
  • ELDERSLIE GOLF CLUB
  • Tea Tree Golf Course
• 1 playground

  • Bagdad Play Park

Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 34.4 km south-east.

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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: 41.4% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 4.7% · Labour-force participation 63.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,294 bird observations recorded near Bagdad — most often seen:

• Forest Raven (81)
• Green Rosella (81)
• Yellow-throated Honeyeater (70)
• Brown Thornbill (59)
• Common Starling (57)
• Black-headed Honeyeater (56)
• Superb Fairy-wren (56)
• Grey Fantail (51)
• Laughing Kookaburra (51)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (50)
• Spotted Pardalote (46)
• Eurasian Blackbird (40)
• Dusky Robin (39)

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 Bagdad:

• Dysart (4.8 km)
• Mangalore (5.9 km)
• Kempton (8.6 km)
• Pontville (9.3 km)
• Broadmarsh (9.8 km)
• Brighton (10.7 km)
• Elderslie (12 km)
• Tea Tree (13.6 km)

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