Dolphin Sands TAS 7190
350 addresses · 4 streets
Lyons Electorate › Glamorgan-Spring Bay LGA › Dolphin Sands · 110 km from Hobart
Living Here
Dolphin Sands is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 182 people, with a median age of 64. The typical household earns around $822 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 95% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Triabunna - Bicheno statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dolphin Sands itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 beach
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
2 golf clubs
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 28.7% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 7.3% · Labour-force participation 32.4%
Population by age in Dolphin Sands
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 54 |
| 65-74 | 64 |
| 75-84 | 16 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Dolphin Sands
| House | 81 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dolphin Sands
| <$650 | 22 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 29 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Dolphin Sands
| English | 106 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 57 |
| Irish | 24 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| Ancestry NS | 14 |
| Other | 11 |
Housing tenure in Dolphin Sands
| Owned | 55 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 16 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Dolphin Sands
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 33 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Dolphin Sands
| Car | 25 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Dolphin Sands
| England | 12 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 6 |
Languages used at home in Dolphin Sands
| Indonesian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,325 bird observations recorded near Dolphin Sands — most often seen:
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (142)
- Black Swan (138)
- White-faced Heron (122)
- White-fronted Chat (101)
- Australian Pelican (98)
- Welcome Swallow (96)
- Australian Shelduck (93)
- Forest Raven (93)
- Pacific Gull (93)
- Superb Fairy-wren (90)
- Silver Gull (82)
- Crested Tern (81)
- Green Rosella (79)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dolphin Sands
- Grey Fantail (70)
- Chestnut Teal (68)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (68)
- Common Starling (66)
- Great Egret (65)
- Great Cormorant (64)
- Little Pied Cormorant (63)
- Brown Thornbill (59)
- Red-capped Plover (59)
- Eurasian Skylark (58)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (57)
- Masked Lapwing (55)
- Black-faced Cormorant (54)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (54)
- Laughing Kookaburra (53)
- Southern Forest Raven (53)
- Tasmanian Australian Magpie (51)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Dolphin Sands:
- Swansea (6.9 km)
- Coles Bay (10.1 km)
- Cranbrook (12.4 km)
- Freycinet (13.5 km)
- Apslawn (13.6 km)
- Friendly Beaches (15 km)
- Rocky Hills (18.2 km)
- Bicheno (27.4 km)
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Streets
- Cambria Drive (84)
- Dolphin Sands Road (247)
- Swan River Road (6)
- Yellow Sandbanks Road (13)
