Lapoinya TAS 7325
77 addresses · 7 streets
Braddon Electorate › Waratah-Wynyard LGA › Lapoinya · 253 km from Hobart
Living Here
Lapoinya is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 143 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,275 a week, with median rent near $250 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, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Waratah statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lapoinya itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 65.7% 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 | 65.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 77.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.2% · Labour-force participation 60.8%
Population by age in Lapoinya
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 24 |
| 55-64 | 28 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Lapoinya
| House | 57 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lapoinya
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Lapoinya
| English | 64 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 50 |
| Scottish | 21 |
| Irish | 17 |
| Maori | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
Housing tenure in Lapoinya
| Owned | 29 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 24 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Lapoinya
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Lapoinya
| Car | 46 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Top countries of birth in Lapoinya
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 5 |
| Italy | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
215 bird observations recorded near Lapoinya — most often seen:
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (17)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (16)
- Southern Forest Raven (12)
- Eurasian Blackbird (11)
- Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (11)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (11)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (10)
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (9)
- Common Starling (8)
- Tasmanian Brown Thornbill (8)
- European Goldfinch (7)
- Forest Raven (7)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lapoinya
- Grey Fantail (6)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (6)
- Superb Fairy-wren (6)
- Tasmanian Golden Whistler (6)
- Grey Goshawk (5)
- Laughing Kookaburra (5)
- Southern Tasmanian Thornbill (5)
- Spotted Pardalote (5)
- Swamp Harrier (5)
- Tasmanian Dusky Robin (5)
- Tasmanian Silvereye (5)
- Flame Robin (4)
- House Sparrow (4)
- Scarlet Robin (4)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (4)
- Australian Wood Duck (3)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (3)
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 Lapoinya:
- Myalla (3.7 km)
- Moorleah (3.9 km)
- Milabena (4.8 km)
- Sisters Creek (5.9 km)
- Calder (6.2 km)
- Preolenna (7.4 km)
- Boat Harbour (9.3 km)
- Flowerdale (9.5 km)
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Streets
- Beatties Road (11)
- Capells Road (4)
- Chalks Road (1)
- Lapoinya Road (20)
- Lyons Road (14)
- Nelsons Road (12)
- Scotts Road (15)
