Castra TAS 7315
26 addresses · 3 streets
Braddon Electorate › Central Coast (Tas.) LGA › Castra · 203 km from Hobart
Living Here
Castra is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 41 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,024 a week, with median rent near $100 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Burnie - Ulverstone Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Castra 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: 29.9% 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 | 29.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 55.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 61.5%
Population by age in Castra
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Castra
| House | 19 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Castra
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Castra
| Australian | 20 |
|---|---|
| English | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| Irish | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Castra
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Castra
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Castra
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,267 bird observations recorded near Castra — most often seen:
- Forest Raven (93)
- Superb Fairy-wren (88)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (71)
- Welcome Swallow (69)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (67)
- Common Starling (59)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (56)
- Grey Fantail (53)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (51)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (42)
- Chestnut Teal (41)
- Masked Lapwing (41)
- Laughing Kookaburra (39)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Castra
- White-faced Heron (38)
- Swamp Harrier (34)
- Tasmanian Thornbill (34)
- Australian Magpie (33)
- European Goldfinch (32)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (31)
- Pacific Black Duck (30)
- Striated Pardalote (30)
- Eurasian Blackbird (29)
- New Holland Honeyeater (28)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (28)
- Little Wattlebird (27)
- Yellow Wattlebird (27)
- Green Rosella (26)
- Brown Thornbill (24)
- Australasian Shoveler (23)
- Brown Falcon (23)
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 Castra:
- Preston (4.4 km)
- Upper Castra (4.5 km)
- Sprent (4.6 km)
- Gunns Plains (7.8 km)
- Lower Wilmot (8.2 km)
- South Preston (8.6 km)
- Spalford (8.6 km)
- Kindred (9.5 km)
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Streets
- Castra Road (1)
- Central Castra Road (19)
- Storys Road (6)