Dairy Plains TAS 7304
32 addresses · 4 streets
Lyons Electorate › Meander Valley LGA › Dairy Plains · 159 km from Hobart
Living Here
Dairy Plains is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 66 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $2,124 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 69% of households own their home and 31% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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: Dairy Plains itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Devonport Airport, 46.7 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: 2.7% 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 | 2.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 10.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 77.1%
Population by age in Dairy Plains
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 5 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Dairy Plains
| House | 24 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dairy Plains
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Dairy Plains
| English | 22 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 21 |
| Other | 9 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Italian | 6 |
| Dutch | 5 |
Housing tenure in Dairy Plains
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Dairy Plains
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Dairy Plains
| Car | 20 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Dairy Plains
| Malaysia | 5 |
|---|---|
| India | 4 |
| Brazil | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Dairy Plains
| Spanish | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
342 bird observations recorded near Dairy Plains — most often seen:
- Masked Lapwing (25)
- Common Starling (24)
- Forest Raven (22)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (21)
- House Sparrow (17)
- Eurasian Blackbird (15)
- Superb Fairy-wren (15)
- Green Rosella (14)
- White-faced Heron (14)
- European Goldfinch (13)
- Swamp Harrier (13)
- Grey Fantail (12)
- Laughing Kookaburra (11)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dairy Plains
- Pacific Black Duck (11)
- Purple Swamphen (11)
- Australian Shelduck (10)
- Welcome Swallow (10)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (10)
- Brown Falcon (8)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (8)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (8)
- Black Swan (7)
- Eurasian Coot (6)
- Pallid Cuckoo (6)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (6)
- Australian Wood Duck (5)
- Banded Lapwing (5)
- Chestnut Teal (5)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (5)
- Flame Robin (5)
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
- Bankton Road (5)
- Dairy Plains Road (19)
- Greenacres Road (3)
- Harwood Road (5)