Magra TAS 7140

Living Here

Magra is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 759 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,617 a week, with median rent near $330 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the New Norfolk statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Magra itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 5 schools

  • Fairview Primary School
  • New Norfolk Primary School
  • St Brigids School
  • Indie School New Norfolk
  • New Norfolk District High School
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA Express New Norfolk
• 1 park

  • William Hazlewood Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Peters Catholic Church
• 1 optometrist

  • Total Eyecare
• 1 hospital

  • New Norfolk District Hospital
• 1 library

  • New Norfolk Lbrary
• 1 post office

  • New Norfolk Post Office
• 5 service stations

  • Shell
  • Tas Petroleum
  • Mood Food New Norfolk
  • United Petroleum New Norfolk
  • Woolworths Petrol
• 4 gyms & sports centres

  • Derwent Valley Sport & Recreation Centre
  • New Norfolk Bowling Club
  • New Norfolk Swimming Pool
  • Zap Fitness
• 1 golf club

  • New Norfolk Golf Club
• 1 dog park

  • Humphrey Street Dog Park
• 1 hardware store

  • Mitre 10
• 4 mechanics

  • Danbar Automotive
  • Stevenson's Bodyworks
  • Derwent Valley Auto Repairs
  • New Norfolk Exhaust Centre
• 10 places to stay

  • Explorers Lodge
  • Rosie's Inn
  • New Norfolk Caravan Park
  • The Old Colony Inn B&B
  • Junction Motel
  • Woodbridge on the Derwent
  • Tynwald
  • The Shingles
  • Willow Court Motel
  • Derwent Valley Resort

Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 37.6 km east.

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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: 62.6% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 5.6% · Labour-force participation 63%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,811 bird observations recorded near Magra — most often seen:

• Eurasian Blackbird (351)
• Common Starling (289)
• House Sparrow (287)
• Tasmanian Native-hen (277)
• Forest Raven (260)
• European Goldfinch (237)
• Superb Fairy-wren (207)
• Masked Lapwing (196)
• Southern Masked Lapwing (196)
• Green Rosella (181)
• New Holland Honeyeater (161)
• Silvereye (160)
• Yellow-throated Honeyeater (159)

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 Magra:

• Lawitta (2.8 km)
• New Norfolk (3.2 km)
• Boyer (3.9 km)
• Black Hills (4.7 km)
• Sorell Creek (5.2 km)
• Hayes (5.2 km)
• Malbina (6.4 km)
• Glenfern (7.2 km)

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