East Ridgley TAS 7321
58 addresses · 6 streets
Braddon Electorate › Burnie LGA › East Ridgley · 227 km from Hobart
Living Here
East Ridgley is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 89 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,541 a week, with median rent near $365 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Burnie - Ulverstone Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: East Ridgley itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 service station
1 hairdresser
1 mechanic
Getting around. Airport: Burnie Wynyard Airport, 20.3 km north-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: 31.4% 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 | 31.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 43.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in East Ridgley
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 25 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in East Ridgley
| House | 38 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in East Ridgley
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 15 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 16 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in East Ridgley
| Australian | 55 |
|---|---|
| English | 38 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Other | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in East Ridgley
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 28 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in East Ridgley
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in East Ridgley
| Car | 32 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in East Ridgley
| England | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
890 bird observations recorded near East Ridgley — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (68)
- Laughing Kookaburra (61)
- Grey Fantail (60)
- Forest Raven (53)
- Common Starling (45)
- Australian Magpie (43)
- Brown Thornbill (40)
- Eurasian Blackbird (40)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (36)
- Green Rosella (33)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (31)
- European Goldfinch (30)
- Silvereye (28)
Show all 30 birds recorded near East Ridgley
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (28)
- Yellow Wattlebird (27)
- Masked Lapwing (25)
- Welcome Swallow (25)
- Striated Pardalote (24)
- Spotted Pardalote (22)
- House Sparrow (20)
- Scarlet Robin (20)
- Black Swan (18)
- Pacific Black Duck (16)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (15)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (15)
- Great Cormorant (14)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (14)
- White-faced Heron (14)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (13)
- Southern Forest Raven (12)
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 East Ridgley:
- Ridgley (2.1 km)
- Upper Stowport (4.4 km)
- Highclere (5.1 km)
- West Ridgley (5.4 km)
- Natone (6.4 km)
- West Mooreville (6.8 km)
- Mooreville (7.1 km)
- Stowport (8.6 km)
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Streets
- Circular Road (42)
- Darling Road (5)
- Dear Road (1)
- Kingsclere Road (3)
- Lenna Road (3)
- Waratah Crescent (4)
