Fitzgerald TAS 7140
28 addresses · 2 streets
Lyons Electorate › Derwent Valley LGA › Fitzgerald · 58 km from Hobart
Living Here
Fitzgerald is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 33 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $860 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Derwent Valley statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Fitzgerald itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
3 places to stay
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: 78.8% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 78.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 90.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 11.1% · Labour-force participation 34.6%
Population by age in Fitzgerald
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Fitzgerald
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Fitzgerald
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Fitzgerald
| English | 15 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 14 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Other | 5 |
| Dutch | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Fitzgerald
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Fitzgerald
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Fitzgerald
| Car | 5 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Fitzgerald
| England | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,641 bird observations recorded near Fitzgerald — most often seen:
- Southern Forest Raven (96)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (91)
- Eurasian Blackbird (83)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (83)
- Grey Fantail (75)
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (71)
- Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (71)
- Superb Fairy-wren (67)
- Tasmanian Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (65)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (64)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (62)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (60)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (56)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Fitzgerald
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (50)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (49)
- Welcome Swallow (47)
- Tasmanian Black Currawong (45)
- Tasmanian Grey Butcherbird (45)
- Forest Raven (44)
- Green Rosella (43)
- Southern Tasmanian Thornbill (43)
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (43)
- Tasmanian Thornbill (43)
- Tasmanian Scarlet Robin (40)
- Pink Robin (38)
- Black Currawong (35)
- Silvereye (35)
- Flame Robin (33)
- Australian Wood Duck (32)
- Masked Lapwing (32)
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 Fitzgerald:
- Maydena (2 km)
- Tyenna (3.4 km)
- Mount Field (7.7 km)
- National Park (8.8 km)
- Fentonbury (14.1 km)
- Westerway (14.2 km)
- Ellendale (16.5 km)
- Karanja (17.3 km)
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Streets
- Fitzgerald Station Road (6)
- Gordon River Road (22)
