Crabtree TAS 7109
203 addresses · 16 streets
Franklin Electorate › Huon Valley LGA › Crabtree · 22 km from Hobart
Living Here
Crabtree is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 308 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $313 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Huonville - Franklin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Crabtree itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 37.7 km 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: 78.2% 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 | 78.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 79.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.7% · Labour-force participation 67.2%
Population by age in Crabtree
| 0-4 | 25 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 45 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 32 |
| 35-44 | 63 |
| 45-54 | 32 |
| 55-64 | 53 |
| 65-74 | 33 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Crabtree
| House | 117 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Crabtree
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 37 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 36 |
| $3,000+ | 15 |
Top ancestries in Crabtree
| Australian | 144 |
|---|---|
| English | 137 |
| Scottish | 36 |
| Aboriginal | 31 |
| Irish | 28 |
| German | 22 |
Housing tenure in Crabtree
| Owned | 42 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 60 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Crabtree
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |
| 2 | 54 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 16 |
Commute to work in Crabtree
| Car | 113 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Top countries of birth in Crabtree
| England | 18 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 6 |
| South Africa | 5 |
| United States | 3 |
Languages used at home in Crabtree
| Persian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,112 bird observations recorded near Crabtree — most often seen:
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (255)
- Southern Forest Raven (237)
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (227)
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (214)
- Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (208)
- Southern Tasmanian Thornbill (205)
- Eastern Crescent Honeyeater (187)
- Tasmanian Silvereye (158)
- Eurasian Blackbird (155)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (151)
- Tasmanian Black Currawong (147)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (143)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (137)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Crabtree
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (121)
- Common Starling (117)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (111)
- Clinking Currawong (108)
- Forest Raven (108)
- Tasmanian Pink Robin (106)
- Black Swan (104)
- European Goldfinch (102)
- House Sparrow (99)
- Eurasian Coot (93)
- Tasmanian Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (93)
- Tasmanian Golden Whistler (92)
- Pacific Black Duck (91)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (90)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (85)
- Superb Fairy-wren (85)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (83)
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 Crabtree:
- Lucaston (3.5 km)
- Grove (4.7 km)
- Mountain River (4.8 km)
- Ranelagh (7.6 km)
- Lower Longley (7.6 km)
- Huonville (9.2 km)
- Longley (10.3 km)
- Sandfly (11.4 km)
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Streets
- Bartels Road (50)
- Blue Hill Road (2)
- Bulmers Road (1)
- Bygraves Road (7)
- Clear View Road (19)
- Crabtree Road (72)
- Cross Road (3)
- Franklins Road (8)
- Liddells Road (7)
- Lovell Road (3)
- Mitchells Road (4)
- Rocky Creek Road (6)
- Sharpes Road (11)
- Stony Point Trail (3)
- Swannie Road (2)
- Thorpe Road (5)
