Coningham TAS 7054
175 addresses · 7 streets
Franklin Electorate › Kingborough LGA › Coningham · 22 km from Hobart
Living Here
Coningham is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 328 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $318 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Margate - Snug statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Coningham itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 supermarket
1 post office
1 service station
1 golf club
1 playground
1 dog park
1 butcher
Getting around. Ferry wharf: Bruny Island Ferry - Kettering, 5.8 km south · Airport: Hobart Airport, 33 km north-east.
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: 76.7% 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 | 76.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 95.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.1% · Labour-force participation 71.7%
Population by age in Coningham
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 61 |
| 15-19 | 19 |
| 20-24 | 20 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 49 |
| 45-54 | 56 |
| 55-64 | 43 |
| 65-74 | 19 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Coningham
| House | 112 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Coningham
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 29 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 39 |
| $3,000+ | 31 |
Top ancestries in Coningham
| Australian | 159 |
|---|---|
| English | 133 |
| Scottish | 38 |
| Irish | 35 |
| Other | 28 |
| Aboriginal | 19 |
Housing tenure in Coningham
| Owned | 49 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 49 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Coningham
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |
| 2 | 50 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Coningham
| Car | 132 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 22 |
Top countries of birth in Coningham
| England | 14 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 9 |
| Canada | 5 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Thailand | 5 |
| United States | 5 |
Languages used at home in Coningham
| Thai | 5 |
|---|---|
| Croatian | 3 |
| French | 3 |
| Japanese | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
22,305 bird observations recorded near Coningham — most often seen:
- Eurasian Blackbird (1,324)
- Masked Lapwing (1,296)
- Silver Gull (1,091)
- Common Starling (1,088)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (1,083)
- White-faced Heron (1,025)
- Superb Fairy-wren (985)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (886)
- House Sparrow (885)
- Little Pied Cormorant (860)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (860)
- Little Wattlebird (851)
- New Holland Honeyeater (836)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Coningham
- Forest Raven (752)
- Yellow Wattlebird (703)
- Pacific Gull (662)
- Black Swan (629)
- Kelp Gull (615)
- Green Rosella (570)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (554)
- Brown Thornbill (531)
- Pacific Black Duck (523)
- European Goldfinch (514)
- Silvereye (507)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (475)
- Welcome Swallow (473)
- Grey Fantail (465)
- Black-faced Cormorant (435)
- Crested Tern (418)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (409)
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 Coningham:
- Lower Snug (1.4 km)
- Snug (2.2 km)
- Electrona (2.8 km)
- Barretta (3.6 km)
- Killora (4.3 km)
- Oyster Cove (5.1 km)
- Margate (5.4 km)
- Tinderbox (5.6 km)
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Streets
- Albert Road (14)
- Coningham Road (119)
- Eelmat Court (11)
- Hopwood Street (10)
- Old Station Road (2)
- Rivington Close (12)
- Stubbings Street (7)
