Caveside TAS 7304
78 addresses · 13 streets
Lyons Electorate › Meander Valley LGA › Caveside · 160 km from Hobart
Living Here
Caveside is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 142 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 69% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Deloraine statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Caveside itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Devonport Airport, 48.5 km north.
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: 40.5% 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 | 40.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 48.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 55.7%
Population by age in Caveside
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 21 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 30 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Caveside
| House | 52 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Caveside
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 23 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 22 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Caveside
| Australian | 62 |
|---|---|
| English | 55 |
| Ancestry NS | 26 |
| Aboriginal | 10 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| German | 7 |
Housing tenure in Caveside
| Owned | 20 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Caveside
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 17 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Caveside
| Car | 35 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Caveside
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,181 bird observations recorded near Caveside — most often seen:
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (68)
- Forest Raven (62)
- Superb Fairy-wren (58)
- Green Rosella (54)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (53)
- Eurasian Blackbird (50)
- Common Starling (48)
- Grey Fantail (47)
- Laughing Kookaburra (47)
- Southern Forest Raven (43)
- European Goldfinch (42)
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (41)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (38)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Caveside
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (38)
- Tasmanian Thornbill (38)
- Brown Thornbill (37)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (37)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (36)
- Welcome Swallow (35)
- House Sparrow (34)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (31)
- Black Currawong (29)
- Flame Robin (29)
- Yellow-tipped Pardalote (29)
- Masked Lapwing (28)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (27)
- Spotted Pardalote (27)
- Swamp Harrier (26)
- Silvereye (25)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (24)
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 Caveside:
- Western Creek (5.9 km)
- Chudleigh (6.4 km)
- Mole Creek (6.6 km)
- Dairy Plains (7.1 km)
- Needles (10.7 km)
- Montana (12.3 km)
- Mayberry (12.6 km)
- Red Hills (14.8 km)
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Streets
- Bayles Road (3)
- Botts Road (1)
- Burns Road (7)
- Caveside Road (18)
- Fernleigh Road (5)
- Gees Road (2)
- Howe C Road (2)
- Joes Road (3)
- Parsons Road (4)
- Pool Road (15)
- Rosedean Road (4)
- Western Creek Road (10)
- Wet Caves Road (4)
