Mole Creek TAS 7304
339 addresses · 28 streets
Lyons Electorate › Meander Valley LGA › Mole Creek · 166 km from Hobart
Living Here
Mole Creek is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 528 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,066 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 10% 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 Deloraine statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mole Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 post office
1 service station
3 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Devonport Airport, 43.3 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: 60.5% 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 | 60.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 67.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6% · Labour-force participation 50.7%
Population by age in Mole Creek
| 0-4 | 26 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 41 |
| 15-19 | 23 |
| 20-24 | 24 |
| 25-34 | 55 |
| 35-44 | 43 |
| 45-54 | 86 |
| 55-64 | 102 |
| 65-74 | 92 |
| 75-84 | 24 |
| 85+ | 11 |
Dwelling types in Mole Creek
| House | 207 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 9 |
| Apartment | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mole Creek
| <$650 | 47 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 78 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 43 |
| $3,000+ | 17 |
Top ancestries in Mole Creek
| English | 258 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 235 |
| Irish | 63 |
| Scottish | 39 |
| Ancestry NS | 35 |
| Other | 20 |
Housing tenure in Mole Creek
| Owned | 123 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 56 |
| Rented | 21 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Mole Creek
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 55 |
| 2 | 77 |
| 3 | 42 |
| 4+ | 29 |
Commute to work in Mole Creek
| Car | 147 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 30 |
Top countries of birth in Mole Creek
| England | 29 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 7 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 |
| Germany | 3 |
| Scotland | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mole Creek
| German | 4 |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,474 bird observations recorded near Mole Creek — most often seen:
- Forest Raven (142)
- Emu (141)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (124)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (119)
- Eurasian Blackbird (117)
- Superb Fairy-wren (116)
- Common Starling (110)
- Grey Fantail (105)
- Green Rosella (104)
- House Sparrow (99)
- Southern Forest Raven (96)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (91)
- European Goldfinch (78)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mole Creek
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (77)
- Laughing Kookaburra (76)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (74)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (70)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (69)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (67)
- Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (65)
- Brown Thornbill (62)
- Welcome Swallow (62)
- Masked Lapwing (61)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (60)
- Yellow-tipped Pardalote (56)
- Swamp Harrier (51)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (50)
- Australian Magpie (47)
- Black Currawong (45)
- Striated Pardalote (40)
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 Mole Creek:
- Caveside (6.6 km)
- Chudleigh (7.3 km)
- Mayberry (7.9 km)
- Dairy Plains (11.1 km)
- Lower Beulah (11.6 km)
- Western Creek (12.4 km)
- Weegena (12.4 km)
- Needles (12.7 km)
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Streets
- Azels Road (2)
- Baldocks Road (10)
- Blairs Road (5)
- Camerons Road (1)
- Caveside Road (71)
- Cemetery Road (2)
- Dadsons Road (5)
- Den Road (11)
- Eliza Street (6)
- Gilhams Road (6)
- Greens Road (5)
- Hall Street (4)
- Harrisons Road (2)
- Howes Road (2)
- Junction Road (4)
- Kellys Road (4)
- Liena Road (26)
- Mcneill Street (14)
- Mersey Hill Road (17)
- Miles Road (4)
- Mole Creek Road (15)
- Pioneer Drive (53)
- Scotts Road (17)
- Shalstone Road (3)
- South Mole Creek Road (9)
- Sykes Road (5)
- Union Bridge Road (32)
- Walters Road (4)
