Gormanston TAS 7466
142 addresses · 10 streets
Braddon Electorate › West Coast LGA › Gormanston · 168 km from Hobart
Living Here
Gormanston is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 32 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $875 a week, with median rent near $46 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% 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 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the West Coast (Tas.) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gormanston itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
1 golf club
1 mechanic
Getting around. Airport: Queenstown Airport, 5.8 km 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: 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 29.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 51.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 16.7% · Labour-force participation 20.7%
Population by age in Gormanston
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 14 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Gormanston
| House | 16 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Gormanston
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Gormanston
| Australian | 18 |
|---|---|
| English | 11 |
| Irish | 7 |
| German | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Gormanston
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Gormanston
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Gormanston
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Gormanston
| England | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
926 bird observations recorded near Gormanston — most often seen:
- House Sparrow (80)
- Eurasian Blackbird (68)
- Crescent Honeyeater (53)
- Superb Fairy-wren (51)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (41)
- Common Starling (40)
- Forest Raven (39)
- Green Rosella (39)
- Black Currawong (35)
- European Goldfinch (34)
- Welcome Swallow (34)
- Tasmanian Thornbill (33)
- Flame Robin (28)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Gormanston
- Olive Whistler (28)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (27)
- Grey Fantail (26)
- Tree Martin (26)
- Silvereye (25)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (25)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (23)
- Southern Forest Raven (22)
- Tasmanian Silvereye (19)
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (18)
- Eastern Spinebill (17)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (17)
- Pink Robin (17)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (16)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (16)
- Eastern Crescent Honeyeater (15)
- Australian Pipit (14)
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 Gormanston:
- Queenstown (3.9 km)
- Strahan (24.3 km)
- Zeehan (29.8 km)
- Rosebery (33.3 km)
- Tullah (37.4 km)
- Trial Harbour (38.5 km)
- Granville Harbour (55 km)
- Cradle Mountain (60.4 km)
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Streets
- Gould Street (21)
- Karlson Street (3)
- Lyell Highway (17)
- Lyell Street (20)
- Montgomery Street (26)
- Ormiston Street (3)
- Owen Street (5)
- Peters Street (25)
- Powell Street (2)
- Tyndall Street (20)
