Loira TAS 7275
104 addresses · 7 streets
Bass Electorate › West Tamar LGA › Loira · 183 km from Hobart
Living Here
Loira is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 158 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,199 a week, with median rent near $228 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 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: Loira itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 library
1 golf club
1 hardware store
Getting around. Airport: George Town Airport, 21.2 km north.
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: 27.4% 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 | 27.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 31.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.8% · Labour-force participation 56.9%
Population by age in Loira
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 20 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 13 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 22 |
| 55-64 | 38 |
| 65-74 | 20 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Loira
| House | 59 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Loira
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Loira
| Australian | 88 |
|---|---|
| English | 67 |
| Scottish | 12 |
| German | 10 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Other | 5 |
Housing tenure in Loira
| Owned | 35 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 19 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Loira
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 22 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Loira
| Car | 53 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Loira
| England | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,514 bird observations recorded near Loira — most often seen:
- Southern Forest Raven (460)
- Eurasian Blackbird (456)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (446)
- Common Starling (400)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (400)
- White-faced Heron (378)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (363)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (358)
- Tasmanian Australian Magpie (351)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (347)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (333)
- Black Swan (330)
- House Sparrow (325)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Loira
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (324)
- Tasmanian Yellow Wattlebird (314)
- Little Pied Cormorant (300)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (294)
- Chestnut Teal (293)
- Tasmanian Little Wattlebird (289)
- Tasmanian Brown Thornbill (288)
- Tasmanian Grey Butcherbird (276)
- Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (276)
- East Coast Pacific Gull (267)
- Pacific Black Duck (267)
- Giinbaywarraymal (252)
- Great Cormorant (239)
- Yellow-tipped Pardalote (227)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (226)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (219)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (216)
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 Loira:
- Deviot (3.5 km)
- Robigana (3.8 km)
- Sidmouth (4.6 km)
- Swan Point (5.2 km)
- Exeter (5.4 km)
- Gravelly Beach (6.2 km)
- Winkleigh (6.4 km)
- Blackwall (6.9 km)
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Streets
- Browns Road (7)
- Crawfords Road (1)
- Gilbeys Road (3)
- Hjorts Road (13)
- Motor Road (2)
- Rookery Road (5)
- West Tamar Highway (73)
