Colebrook TAS 7027
314 addresses · 30 streets
Lyons Electorate › Southern Midlands LGA › Colebrook · 39 km from Hobart
Living Here
Colebrook is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 372 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $880 a week, with median rent near $225 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Southern Midlands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Colebrook itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 post office
1 service station
Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 35.5 km south.
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: 26.1% 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 | 26.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 49.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 38.1%
Population by age in Colebrook
| 0-4 | 16 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 25 |
| 15-19 | 22 |
| 20-24 | 21 |
| 25-34 | 54 |
| 35-44 | 53 |
| 45-54 | 47 |
| 55-64 | 73 |
| 65-74 | 48 |
| 75-84 | 20 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Colebrook
| House | 127 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Colebrook
| <$650 | 48 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 47 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 31 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Colebrook
| English | 152 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 118 |
| Ancestry NS | 96 |
| Aboriginal | 23 |
| Irish | 22 |
| Scottish | 21 |
Housing tenure in Colebrook
| Owned | 55 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 55 |
| Rented | 15 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Colebrook
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 49 |
| 3 | 25 |
| 4+ | 23 |
Commute to work in Colebrook
| Car | 76 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 19 |
Top countries of birth in Colebrook
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 5 |
| United States | 3 |
Languages used at home in Colebrook
| Korean | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,156 bird observations recorded near Colebrook — most often seen:
- Common Starling (71)
- Black Swan (70)
- Australian Shelduck (68)
- Forest Raven (64)
- Pacific Black Duck (54)
- Chestnut Teal (52)
- Eurasian Skylark (52)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (49)
- Cape Barren Goose (45)
- Great Cormorant (43)
- White-faced Heron (42)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (38)
- Tasmanian Australian Magpie (37)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Colebrook
- Australian Wood Duck (36)
- Masked Lapwing (36)
- Grey Teal (35)
- European Goldfinch (34)
- Australian Magpie (32)
- Little Pied Cormorant (32)
- House Sparrow (31)
- Little Black Cormorant (30)
- Southern Forest Raven (29)
- Welcome Swallow (29)
- Australasian Shoveler (27)
- Noisy Miner (23)
- Brown Falcon (21)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (21)
- Eurasian Coot (19)
- White-fronted Chat (19)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (17)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Arthur Street (8)
- Beards Road (4)
- Coalmine Bend Road (8)
- Colebrook Road (4)
- Craigbourne Dam Road (5)
- Craigbourne Road (8)
- Daniels Road (4)
- Eldon Road (18)
- Field Lane (1)
- Franklin Street (10)
- Grahams Road (7)
- Hungry Flats Road (12)
- Link Road (19)
- Lovely Banks Road (7)
- Loxton Road (7)
- Maconochie Street (10)
- Mud Walls Road (20)
- North Yarlington Road (9)
- Rabbit Hill Road (7)
- Reservoir Road (3)
- Reynolds Road (1)
- Rhyndaston Road (20)
- Richmond Street (37)
- Scotts Road (4)
- Springhill Bottom Road (34)
- Station Street (5)
- Thallans Road (3)
- Whites Road (1)
- Woolridge Road (6)
- Yarlington Road (32)
