Cuckoo TAS 7260
41 addresses · 7 streets
Bass Electorate › Dorset LGA › Cuckoo · 187 km from Hobart
Living Here
Cuckoo is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 44 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $2,250 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, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Scottsdale - Bridport statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cuckoo itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 service stations
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Launceston Airport, 47.7 km south-west.
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: 72.3% 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 | 72.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 84.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Cuckoo
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Cuckoo
| House | 16 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cuckoo
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 5 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Cuckoo
| Australian | 35 |
|---|---|
| English | 13 |
| Aboriginal | 3 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Cuckoo
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Cuckoo
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Cuckoo
| Car | 26 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
598 bird observations recorded near Cuckoo — most often seen:
- Common Starling (31)
- Eurasian Blackbird (31)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (31)
- Green Rosella (30)
- Southern Forest Raven (29)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (29)
- European Goldfinch (25)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (24)
- House Sparrow (23)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (23)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (22)
- Golden Whistler (21)
- Grey Fantail (21)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cuckoo
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (21)
- White-faced Heron (20)
- Flame Robin (19)
- Forest Raven (19)
- Superb Fairy-wren (17)
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (17)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (16)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (16)
- Laughing Kookaburra (14)
- Masked Lapwing (14)
- Welcome Swallow (14)
- Clinking Currawong (13)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (13)
- New Zealand Fantail (13)
- Tasmanian Silvereye (12)
- Brown Thornbill (10)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (10)
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 Cuckoo:
- Tonganah (3 km)
- South Springfield (7.3 km)
- Springfield (7.4 km)
- Scottsdale (7.5 km)
- Tulendeena (8 km)
- Kamona (10 km)
- North Scottsdale (10 km)
- Legerwood (10.6 km)
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Streets
- Cuckoo Road (16)
- Falls Road (1)
- Hardwicke Road (2)
- Mackenzie Valley Road (11)
- Prosperity Road (1)
- Saltmarsh Road (1)
- Tonganah Road (9)