Huntingfield TAS 7055
444 addresses · 19 streets
Franklin Electorate › Kingborough LGA › Huntingfield · 13 km from Hobart
Living Here
Huntingfield is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 540 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $1,783 a week, with median rent near $415 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kingston - Huntingfield statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Huntingfield itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
14 schools
- St Aloysius Catholic College Senior Campus
- St Aloysius Catholic College Middle Campus
- Tarremah Steiner School
- Southern Christian College
- Calvin Christian Primary School
- Calvin Christian School - Junior
- Calvin Christian Secondary School
- Kingston Primary School
- Kingston High School
- Blackmans Bay Primary School
4 supermarkets
2 Catholic churches
3 doctors & medical clinics
2 dentists
1 physiotherapist
1 optometrist
1 childcare centre
1 library
1 post office
5 service stations
2 golf clubs
2 playgrounds
2 butchers
2 hairdressers
1 beauty salon
Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 25 km north-east.
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: 36% 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 | 36.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 65.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.1% · Labour-force participation 70.7%
Population by age in Huntingfield
| 0-4 | 40 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 85 |
| 15-19 | 33 |
| 20-24 | 38 |
| 25-34 | 90 |
| 35-44 | 86 |
| 45-54 | 61 |
| 55-64 | 41 |
| 65-74 | 39 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Huntingfield
| House | 195 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 4 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Huntingfield
| <$650 | 18 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 57 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 80 |
| $3,000+ | 22 |
Top ancestries in Huntingfield
| English | 237 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 232 |
| Irish | 81 |
| Scottish | 54 |
| Other | 41 |
| Dutch | 27 |
Housing tenure in Huntingfield
| Owned | 61 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 106 |
| Rented | 35 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Huntingfield
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 64 |
| 2 | 82 |
| 3 | 36 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Huntingfield
| Car | 196 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 19 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 26 |
Top countries of birth in Huntingfield
| England | 14 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 9 |
| China | 7 |
| India | 6 |
| Germany | 5 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
Languages used at home in Huntingfield
| Spanish | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 5 |
| Gujarati | 4 |
| Italian | 4 |
| Japanese | 4 |
| Afrikaans | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
62,143 bird observations recorded near Huntingfield — most often seen:
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (4,096)
- Eurasian Blackbird (4,072)
- Common Starling (2,717)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (2,690)
- Kelp Gull (2,428)
- Yellow Wattlebird (2,402)
- Superb Fairy-wren (2,315)
- Forest Raven (2,252)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (2,185)
- Southern Forest Raven (2,155)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (2,139)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (2,048)
- House Sparrow (1,974)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Huntingfield
- Tasmanian Yellow Wattlebird (1,952)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (1,925)
- New Holland Honeyeater (1,887)
- Tasmanian New Holland Honeyeater (1,838)
- Little Wattlebird (1,837)
- Tasmanian Brown Thornbill (1,831)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,830)
- Brown Thornbill (1,795)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (1,775)
- Australian Wood Duck (1,694)
- Clinking Currawong (1,667)
- Silver Gull (1,602)
- Masked Lapwing (1,518)
- Yellow-tipped Pardalote (1,494)
- Chestnut Teal (1,446)
- Common Bronzewing (1,294)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,285)
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 Huntingfield:
- Kingston (1.8 km)
- Blackmans Bay (2.6 km)
- Kingston Beach (2.8 km)
- Howden (3.3 km)
- Bonnet Hill (4.3 km)
- Margate (5 km)
- Leslie Vale (5.8 km)
- Tinderbox (6.1 km)
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Streets
- Ascot Drive (64)
- Channel Highway (5)
- Charles Eaton Court (21)
- Coffee Court (8)
- Corsair Place (16)
- Glory Place (12)
- Guardian Court (16)
- Howden Road (1)
- Huntingfield Avenue (10)
- John Dunscombe Close (6)
- Kingsgate Circle (43)
- Mariner Circle (44)
- Nautilus Grove (23)
- Nobelwood Rise (12)
- Patriarch Drive (100)
- Prince Regent Place (15)
- Sirius Drive (3)
- Thistle Down (41)
- Woodlark Place (4)
