Middleton TAS 7163
201 addresses · 17 streets
Franklin Electorate › Kingborough LGA › Middleton · 39 km from Hobart
Living Here
Middleton is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 287 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,357 a week, with median rent near $293 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Bruny Island - Kettering statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Middleton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 beach
1 post office
1 service station
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 49 km north-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: 74.8% 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 | 74.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 82.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.8% · Labour-force participation 48.2%
Population by age in Middleton
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 29 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 17 |
| 35-44 | 36 |
| 45-54 | 43 |
| 55-64 | 59 |
| 65-74 | 54 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Middleton
| House | 103 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Middleton
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 34 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 43 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Middleton
| English | 150 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 88 |
| Scottish | 42 |
| Irish | 35 |
| Ancestry NS | 31 |
| Other | 23 |
Housing tenure in Middleton
| Owned | 47 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 49 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Middleton
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 34 |
| 2 | 48 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Middleton
| Car | 63 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 25 |
Top countries of birth in Middleton
| England | 19 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 5 |
| United States | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,517 bird observations recorded near Middleton — most often seen:
- Eurasian Blackbird (77)
- White-faced Heron (76)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (69)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (64)
- Black Swan (62)
- Silver Gull (62)
- Forest Raven (59)
- Kelp Gull (59)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (56)
- Pacific Gull (55)
- Superb Fairy-wren (55)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (54)
- Green Rosella (53)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Middleton
- Masked Lapwing (52)
- New Holland Honeyeater (52)
- Yellow Wattlebird (52)
- Southern Forest Raven (51)
- Common Starling (50)
- Crested Tern (45)
- House Sparrow (44)
- Little Pied Cormorant (44)
- Giinbaywarraymal (41)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (41)
- Welcome Swallow (39)
- European Goldfinch (38)
- Black-faced Cormorant (37)
- East Coast Pacific Gull (34)
- Australian Wood Duck (33)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (32)
- Grey Fantail (31)
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 Middleton:
- Flowerpot (2.8 km)
- Gordon (4.1 km)
- Birchs Bay (5.6 km)
- Garden Island Creek (7.6 km)
- Simpsons Bay (7.8 km)
- Woodbridge (8 km)
- Apollo Bay (8.3 km)
- Verona Sands (8.9 km)
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Streets
- Beach Road (14)
- Channel Highway (35)
- Coxs Road (20)
- Esplanade Road (13)
- Griffiths Road (2)
- Hill Street (6)
- Majors Road (3)
- Marneys Road (2)
- Mcdowall Street (16)
- Millers Road (7)
- Moores Road (3)
- Oates Road (2)
- Risby Road (12)
- Searle Court (7)
- Slab Road (10)
- Sunny Banks Road (43)
- Wards Court (6)
