Falmouth TAS 7215
217 addresses · 11 streets
Lyons Electorate › Break O'Day LGA › Falmouth · 172 km from Hobart
Living Here
Falmouth is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 139 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,075 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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 St Helens - Scamander statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Falmouth itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 beaches
1 hospital
1 golf club
3 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: St Helens Airport, 18.9 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 64.6% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 3.6% · Labour-force participation 45.1%
Population by age in Falmouth
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 18 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 33 |
| 65-74 | 33 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Falmouth
| House | 61 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Falmouth
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 15 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Falmouth
| English | 64 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 56 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Scottish | 19 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
| Aboriginal | 9 |
Housing tenure in Falmouth
| Owned | 35 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Falmouth
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 29 |
| 2 | 25 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Falmouth
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Falmouth
| Scotland | 6 |
|---|---|
| England | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,766 bird observations recorded near Falmouth — most often seen:
- Black Swan (211)
- White-faced Heron (167)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (161)
- Australian Pelican (157)
- Little Pied Cormorant (145)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (134)
- Forest Raven (110)
- Superb Fairy-wren (108)
- Silver Gull (100)
- Grey Fantail (96)
- Welcome Swallow (93)
- Great Cormorant (87)
- Pacific Gull (85)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Falmouth
- Little Wattlebird (79)
- New Holland Honeyeater (77)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (75)
- Chestnut Teal (74)
- Masked Lapwing (74)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (73)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (69)
- Brown Thornbill (63)
- Common Starling (61)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (61)
- Crested Tern (60)
- Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (59)
- Caspian Tern (58)
- Giinbaywarraymal (58)
- Southern Forest Raven (58)
- Yellow Wattlebird (58)
- Dusky Woodswallow (55)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Falmouth:
- Scamander (5.3 km)
- Four Mile Creek (6.9 km)
- Upper Scamander (8.8 km)
- Beaumaris (9.8 km)
- St Marys (10.4 km)
- Cornwall (12.1 km)
- Gray (14.3 km)
- Chain Of Lagoons (16.1 km)
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Streets
- Franks Street (40)
- Grant Street (29)
- Hammond Street (21)
- Howitt Street (7)
- James Street (10)
- Legge Street (26)
- Mcmanus Drive (6)
- Morrison Street (31)
- New Street (15)
- Stieglitz Street (25)
- Tasman Highway (7)