Malbina TAS 7140
29 addresses · 1 street
Lyons Electorate › Derwent Valley LGA › Malbina · 20 km from Hobart
Living Here
Malbina is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 77 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,416 a week, with median rent near $380 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range 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: Malbina itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 optometrist
1 hospital
1 library
1 golf club
1 dog park
1 hardware store
1 electrician
Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 31.9 km 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: 24.5% 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 | 24.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 59.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Malbina
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Malbina
| House | 26 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Malbina
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Malbina
| English | 46 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 31 |
| Aboriginal | 5 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| German | 4 |
Housing tenure in Malbina
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Malbina
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Malbina
| Car | 26 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,516 bird observations recorded near Malbina — most often seen:
- Eurasian Blackbird (359)
- Forest Raven (314)
- House Sparrow (313)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (305)
- Common Starling (294)
- Superb Fairy-wren (280)
- European Goldfinch (278)
- Masked Lapwing (271)
- New Holland Honeyeater (226)
- Pacific Black Duck (209)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (203)
- Silvereye (174)
- Green Rosella (164)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Malbina
- Black Swan (151)
- Little Pied Cormorant (140)
- Chestnut Teal (137)
- Little Wattlebird (137)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (134)
- Yellow Wattlebird (134)
- Brown Thornbill (132)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (131)
- Australian Wood Duck (129)
- Welcome Swallow (128)
- Eurasian Coot (122)
- Little Black Cormorant (121)
- Common Mallard (115)
- Grey Fantail (108)
- Swamp Harrier (107)
- Great Cormorant (103)
- Silver Gull (97)
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 Malbina:
- Sorell Creek (1.2 km)
- Boyer (2.5 km)
- Molesworth (2.9 km)
- New Norfolk (4.9 km)
- Magra (6.4 km)
- Dromedary (7 km)
- Lawitta (7.1 km)
- Glenlusk (7.8 km)
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Streets
- Molesworth Road (29)