Lanena TAS 7275
196 addresses · 6 streets
Bass Electorate › West Tamar LGA › Lanena · 177 km from Hobart
Living Here
Lanena is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 343 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,339 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Grindelwald - Lanena statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lanena itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 schools
5 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
2 parks
1 childcare centre
1 library
2 golf clubs
1 butcher
1 hardware store
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: George Town Airport, 28.4 km north-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: 65.4% 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 | 65.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 94.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.8% · Labour-force participation 49%
Population by age in Lanena
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 33 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 24 |
| 35-44 | 31 |
| 45-54 | 47 |
| 55-64 | 66 |
| 65-74 | 67 |
| 75-84 | 45 |
| 85+ | 12 |
Dwelling types in Lanena
| House | 142 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lanena
| <$650 | 29 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 50 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 36 |
| $3,000+ | 17 |
Top ancestries in Lanena
| English | 189 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 124 |
| Irish | 49 |
| Scottish | 48 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
| German | 14 |
Housing tenure in Lanena
| Owned | 81 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 41 |
| Rented | 15 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Lanena
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 39 |
| 2 | 57 |
| 3 | 31 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Lanena
| Car | 95 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 19 |
Top countries of birth in Lanena
| England | 40 |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Canada | 4 |
| Philippines | 4 |
| Scotland | 4 |
| Indonesia | 3 |
Languages used at home in Lanena
| Filipino | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,309 bird observations recorded near Lanena — most often seen:
- Tasmanian Native-hen (708)
- Eurasian Blackbird (537)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (517)
- Pacific Black Duck (459)
- Black Swan (421)
- Little Pied Cormorant (420)
- White-faced Heron (406)
- Australian Wood Duck (395)
- Common Starling (375)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (368)
- Chestnut Teal (364)
- Musk Duck (361)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (348)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lanena
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (342)
- Tasmanian Australian Magpie (341)
- Southern Forest Raven (338)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (321)
- Great Cormorant (285)
- Tasmanian Brown Thornbill (277)
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (269)
- Forest Raven (265)
- Tasmanian Yellow Wattlebird (263)
- Masked Lapwing (255)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (255)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (246)
- Superb Fairy-wren (239)
- Giinbaywarraymal (237)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (235)
- House Sparrow (232)
- Tasmanian Little Wattlebird (230)
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 Lanena:
- Blackwall (1.2 km)
- Exeter (2.6 km)
- Rosevears (3 km)
- Gravelly Beach (3 km)
- Windermere (4.1 km)
- Swan Bay (4.8 km)
- Grindelwald (5.2 km)
- Robigana (5.6 km)
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Streets
- Killara Avenue (22)
- Lanena Crescent (11)
- Main Road (33)
- Paringa Avenue (28)
- Rosevears Drive (101)
- West Tamar Highway (1)
