Invermay TAS 7248
2,766 addresses · 88 streets
Bass Electorate › Launceston LGA › Invermay · 163 km from Hobart
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Living Here
Invermay is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 3,498 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $1,128 a week, with median rent near $285 a week. Most homes are houses. About 47% of households own their home and 52% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Invermay statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Invermay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
30 schools
1 Catholic church
2 dentists
2 libraries
2 playgrounds
1 dog park
1 butcher
4 hardware stores
3 beauty salons
1 electrician
Getting around. Tram stop: Old Launceston Roundhouse, 550 m east · Bus interchange: Launceston Regional Transit Centre, 1.3 km south · Ferry wharf: Tamar River Cruises, 1.5 km south · Airport: Launceston Airport, 14.9 km south-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: 4.9% 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 | 4.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 7.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10.5% · Labour-force participation 56.4%
Population by age in Invermay
| 0-4 | 180 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 296 |
| 15-19 | 219 |
| 20-24 | 395 |
| 25-34 | 775 |
| 35-44 | 390 |
| 45-54 | 397 |
| 55-64 | 384 |
| 65-74 | 292 |
| 75-84 | 142 |
| 85+ | 31 |
Dwelling types in Invermay
| House | 1,009 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 175 |
| Apartment | 144 |
| Other | 9 |
Households by weekly income in Invermay
| <$650 | 336 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 443 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 350 |
| $3,000+ | 102 |
Top ancestries in Invermay
| English | 1,328 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,176 |
| Other | 433 |
| Ancestry NS | 426 |
| Irish | 369 |
| Scottish | 324 |
Housing tenure in Invermay
| Owned | 316 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 308 |
| Rented | 683 |
| Other | 12 |
Cars per household in Invermay
| 0 | 169 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 581 |
| 2 | 399 |
| 3 | 124 |
| 4+ | 55 |
Commute to work in Invermay
| Car | 1,034 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 32 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 125 |
| Bicycle | 22 |
| Home | 79 |
Top countries of birth in Invermay
| England | 82 |
|---|---|
| Nepal | 77 |
| India | 72 |
| China | 66 |
| New Zealand | 32 |
| Pakistan | 30 |
Languages used at home in Invermay
| Nepali | 105 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 94 |
| Punjabi | 38 |
| Urdu | 30 |
| Arabic | 26 |
| Cantonese | 17 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
42,407 bird observations recorded near Invermay — most often seen:
- Eurasian Blackbird (3,123)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (2,268)
- Common Starling (2,180)
- House Sparrow (2,099)
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,879)
- Forest Raven (1,856)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (1,850)
- Black Swan (1,568)
- Eurasian Coot (1,550)
- Grey Fantail (1,472)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,468)
- Chestnut Teal (1,465)
- European Goldfinch (1,455)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Invermay
- Masked Lapwing (1,424)
- Great Cormorant (1,355)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (1,338)
- Brown Thornbill (1,255)
- Welcome Swallow (1,249)
- Silver Gull (1,238)
- Silvereye (1,231)
- Little Pied Cormorant (1,182)
- Little Wattlebird (1,139)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (1,025)
- Australian Wood Duck (958)
- Green Rosella (910)
- Little Black Cormorant (822)
- Yellow Wattlebird (784)
- Grey Butcherbird (766)
- Royal Spoonbill (762)
- Laughing Kookaburra (736)
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 Invermay:
- Mowbray (1.8 km)
- Launceston (1.9 km)
- Trevallyn (2.2 km)
- East Launceston (2.3 km)
- Newstead (3.3 km)
- Ravenswood (3.4 km)
- Riverside (3.4 km)
- West Launceston (3.5 km)
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Streets
- Albion Street (42)
- Balaclava Street (25)
- Barnards Way (101)
- Bedford Street (26)
- Bernard Street (4)
- Brewer Place (8)
- Brooke Street (9)
- Brown Street (1)
- Bryan Street (78)
- Burnett Place (6)
- Burns Street (49)
- Churchill Park Drive (31)
- Cluden Place (12)
- Clyde Street (48)
- Darwin Street (22)
- Donald Street (17)
- Doolan Street (23)
- Doyle Street (12)
- Doyne Street (2)
- Dry Street (60)
- Dunlaw Street (7)
- Dunning Street (54)
- Eddie Street (19)
- Eddington Crescent (44)
- Esk Street (14)
- Evans Street (4)
- Ferrall Street (13)
- Forster Street (145)
- Frank Street (8)
- Gaunt Street (24)
- Gilmore Street (7)
- Gleadow Street (75)
- Goderich Street (48)
- Goodman Court (46)
- Goodwin Street (18)
- Gordon Street (9)
- Graham Street (15)
- Grant Street (3)
- Green Street (19)
- Henty Street (61)
- Herbert Street (99)
- Holbrook Street (144)
- Home Street (40)
- Hope Street (1)
- Howard Street (25)
- Hunter Street (22)
- Invermay Road (273)
- Irvine Street (10)
- Kinross Road (15)
- Lamont Street (28)
- Landale Street (39)
- Lindsay Street (48)
- Little Green Street (12)
- Little Ray Street (1)
- Lytton Street (67)
- Mann Street (51)
- Mayne Street (87)
- Mcgrath Way (5)
- Montagu Street (30)
- Montague Street (31)
- Moore Street (27)
- Mowbray Street (25)
- Murphy Street (24)
- Nairana Street (12)
- New Street (41)
- Northcote Street (11)
- Oswald Street (56)
- Overend Way (3)
- Queen Street (26)
- Ray Street (19)
- Rees Street (16)
- Richmond Street (12)
- River Street (2)
- Robertson Street (7)
- Rooms Avenue (12)
- Ross Avenue (41)
- Rosslyn Road (29)
- Russell Street (23)
- South Street (33)
- Sydney Place (5)
- Taroona Street (1)
- Taylor Street (32)
- Venture Court (6)
- Waugh Street (23)
- Weaving Place (13)
- Weld Street (5)
- Windsor Street (24)
- York Park Way (1)
