Huon Island TAS 7112
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Franklin Electorate › Huon Valley LGA › Huon Island · 47 km from Hobart
Living Here
Huon Island is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 7 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $725 a week. Common community backgrounds include English, Ancestry NS, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 beach
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 58.5 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: 17.9% 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 | 17.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 48.1% |
Demographics
Population by age in Huon Island
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Huon Island
| English | 6 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
| Australian | 0 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Huon Island
| England | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,666 bird observations recorded near Huon Island — most often seen:
- Eurasian Blackbird (119)
- Kelp Gull (99)
- Tasmanian New Holland Honeyeater (95)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (94)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (85)
- Common Starling (75)
- Southern Forest Raven (71)
- European Goldfinch (60)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (60)
- Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (60)
- Swift Parrot (59)
- Giinbaywarraymal (56)
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (55)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Huon Island
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (50)
- Yellow-tipped Pardalote (50)
- House Sparrow (48)
- White-faced Heron (48)
- Tasmanian Dusky Robin (46)
- Chestnut Teal (43)
- Tasmanian Yellow Wattlebird (43)
- Black Swan (40)
- Black-faced Cormorant (39)
- Tasmanian Little Wattlebird (38)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (37)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (35)
- New Holland Honeyeater (35)
- East Coast Pacific Gull (34)
- Tasmanian Scarlet Robin (31)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (31)
- Eastern Dusky Woodswallow (30)
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 Huon Island:
- Verona Sands (1.7 km)
- Charlotte Cove (1.9 km)
- Garden Island (3.4 km)
- Surveyors Bay (4.7 km)
- Garden Island Creek (4.9 km)
- Randalls Bay (5.3 km)
- Eggs And Bacon Bay (5.7 km)
- Gordon (7.1 km)
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Streets
- Huon Island Road (3)
