Midway Point TAS 7171
1,941 addresses · 66 streets
Lyons Electorate › Sorell LGA › Midway Point · 19 km from Hobart
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Living Here
Midway Point is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 3,384 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,508 a week, with median rent near $370 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Sorell - Richmond statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Midway Point itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 beach
1 pharmacy
1 optometrist
1 hospital
1 childcare centre
1 library
1 post office
5 gyms & sports centres
1 playground
1 bakery
1 butcher
1 hardware store
1 beauty salon
1 mechanic
1 electrician
Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 4.5 km south-west.
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: 8.1% 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 | 8.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 63.1%
Population by age in Midway Point
| 0-4 | 208 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 410 |
| 15-19 | 146 |
| 20-24 | 200 |
| 25-34 | 535 |
| 35-44 | 459 |
| 45-54 | 390 |
| 55-64 | 399 |
| 65-74 | 392 |
| 75-84 | 177 |
| 85+ | 60 |
Dwelling types in Midway Point
| House | 1,286 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 48 |
| Apartment | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Midway Point
| <$650 | 214 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 408 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 473 |
| $3,000+ | 166 |
Top ancestries in Midway Point
| English | 1,571 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,441 |
| Irish | 399 |
| Scottish | 338 |
| Other | 238 |
| Ancestry NS | 167 |
Housing tenure in Midway Point
| Owned | 374 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 624 |
| Rented | 325 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Midway Point
| 0 | 34 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 470 |
| 2 | 543 |
| 3 | 187 |
| 4+ | 96 |
Commute to work in Midway Point
| Car | 1,272 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 18 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 119 |
Top countries of birth in Midway Point
| England | 110 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 34 |
| Philippines | 24 |
| India | 20 |
| United States | 20 |
| Nepal | 19 |
Languages used at home in Midway Point
| Mandarin | 28 |
|---|---|
| Nepali | 26 |
| Arabic | 9 |
| Afrikaans | 8 |
| Urdu | 8 |
| Filipino | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
50,996 bird observations recorded near Midway Point — most often seen:
- Silver Gull (3,241)
- Kelp Gull (3,020)
- Chestnut Teal (2,630)
- Noisy Miner (2,611)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (2,561)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (2,360)
- Common Starling (2,258)
- Masked Lapwing (2,245)
- Little Pied Cormorant (2,147)
- Welcome Swallow (2,007)
- Musk Duck (1,850)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (1,824)
- White-faced Heron (1,707)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Midway Point
- Forest Raven (1,564)
- Galah (1,476)
- Australian Magpie (1,455)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (1,446)
- Black Swan (1,421)
- House Sparrow (1,305)
- Grey Teal (1,287)
- Tasmanian Australian Magpie (1,220)
- Great Crested Grebe (1,218)
- Eastern Rosella (1,213)
- Little Wattlebird (1,075)
- Great Cormorant (1,058)
- Eurasian Skylark (1,025)
- Grey Butcherbird (977)
- European Goldfinch (969)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (922)
- Crested Tern (904)
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 Midway Point:
- Penna (2.5 km)
- Sorell (3.2 km)
- Seven Mile Beach (7.3 km)
- Cambridge (7.5 km)
- Lewisham (7.6 km)
- Orielton (7.6 km)
- Pawleena (7.7 km)
- Acton Park (8.8 km)
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Streets
- Abate Place (40)
- Barilla Court (50)
- Bay Road (70)
- Beach Road (8)
- Birkdale Place (12)
- Boundary Street (20)
- Brady Street (47)
- Bryant Street (30)
- Caitlin Court (19)
- Callum Close (8)
- Cross Street (6)
- Darwin Street (31)
- East Crescent (9)
- Esplanade (41)
- Fenton Street (21)
- First Avenue (61)
- Garden Lane (19)
- Geeves Crescent (11)
- Haber Street (21)
- Harback Court (12)
- Heron Crescent (35)
- Higson Street (26)
- Hoffman Street (38)
- Honolulu Street (51)
- Inverness Street (18)
- Karachi Street (18)
- Kirabati Road (43)
- Lagoon View Court (27)
- Lake Vue Parade (49)
- Lynmore Way (8)
- Lytham Crescent (8)
- Mckinly Street (53)
- Midway Point Esplanade (86)
- Midway Street (22)
- Muirfield Court (8)
- Northsun Place (33)
- Oakmont Road (25)
- Olympic Avenue (16)
- Origin Place (7)
- Parsell Way (6)
- Penna Beach Street (19)
- Penna Road (117)
- Raynors Road (75)
- Reynolds Road (106)
- San Francisco Street (24)
- Sandpiper Drive (62)
- Second Avenue (37)
- Shoalwater Way (5)
- Singapore Street (32)
- Southern Drive (21)
- Stewart Court (21)
- Suncrest Street (20)
- Sunhaven Court (16)
- Sunningdale Close (32)
- Suva Street (22)
- Sweetwater Road (36)
- Tasman Highway (17)
- Third Avenue (37)
- Timber Mill Court (13)
- Toongabbie Street (38)
- Vancouver Link (3)
- Vancouver Street (13)
- View Street (21)
- Waterview Court (11)
- Wellington Parade (5)
- Wilson Street (25)
