Electrona TAS 7054

Living Here

Electrona is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 391 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $1,828 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Margate - Snug statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Electrona itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Snug Primary School
  • Margate Primary School
  • Channel Christian School
• 2 cafés & restaurants

  • Phoenix Restaurant
  • The Channel Cafe
• 2 supermarkets

  • Baxter's IGA
  • Margate Village Supermarket
• 1 park

  • Incana Park
• 5 beaches

  • Snug Beach
  • Clarks Beach
  • Little Coningham Beach
  • Montgomery Beach
  • Coningham Beach
• 1 Catholic church

  • Christ The Priest
• 1 dentist

  • Dental South
• 1 physiotherapist

  • PhysioCare South
• 2 post offices

  • Snug Post Office
  • Margate LPO
• 2 service stations

  • Ampol Snug
  • BP
• 2 golf clubs

  • North West Bay Golf Course
  • Kingston Beach Golf Course
• 1 playground

  • Ashton Denehey Park
• 1 dog park

  • Dru Point Dog Exercise Area
• 1 butcher

  • Snug Butchery
• 1 hairdresser

  • Channel Hairdressing Salon
• 1 beauty salon

  • Sakura Elegance Beaute Studio
• 2 mechanics

  • Better Performance Car Care
  • Bathurst Auto Repairs
• 6 places to stay

  • Snug Beach Cabin & Caravan Park
  • Waterview Gardens Bed & Breakfast
  • Snug Haus
  • Nierinna Rise Bed and Breakfast
  • Margate Cottage Boutique B&B
  • Villa Howden

Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 31.5 km north-east.

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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: 29.8% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.5% · Labour-force participation 70.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

62,465 bird observations recorded near Electrona — most often seen:

• Tasmanian Native-hen (3,998)
• Eurasian Blackbird (3,824)
• Masked Lapwing (3,597)
• Little Wattlebird (3,340)
• Superb Fairy-wren (3,292)
• Forest Raven (2,994)
• Yellow Wattlebird (2,772)
• Yellow-throated Honeyeater (2,754)
• Common Starling (2,653)
• House Sparrow (2,444)
• Green Rosella (2,385)
• New Holland Honeyeater (2,323)
• Brown Thornbill (2,160)

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 Electrona:

• Barretta (0.9 km)
• Snug (1.7 km)
• Margate (2.6 km)
• Coningham (2.8 km)
• Lower Snug (2.9 km)
• Howden (4.5 km)
• Tinderbox (5.2 km)
• Oyster Cove (6.6 km)

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