Mount Rumney TAS 7170
147 addresses · 8 streets
Franklin Electorate › Clarence LGA › Mount Rumney · 9 km from Hobart
Living Here
Mount Rumney is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 303 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $2,262 a week, with median rent near $268 a week. Most homes are houses. About 96% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Cambridge statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Rumney itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 Catholic church
2 dentists
1 optometrist
1 childcare centre
2 libraries
2 post offices
2 service stations
3 gyms & sports centres
2 dog parks
1 butcher
1 hardware store
2 mechanics
2 electricians
2 plumbers
Getting around. Bus interchange: Hobart Transit Centre, 9.8 km west · Ferry wharf: Bellerive Ferry Terminal, 6.1 km west · Airport: Hobart Airport, 6.1 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: 39.1% 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 | 39.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 81.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 65.2%
Population by age in Mount Rumney
| 0-4 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 38 |
| 15-19 | 21 |
| 20-24 | 15 |
| 25-34 | 29 |
| 35-44 | 37 |
| 45-54 | 33 |
| 55-64 | 43 |
| 65-74 | 52 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Mount Rumney
| House | 108 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Rumney
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 46 |
| $3,000+ | 35 |
Top ancestries in Mount Rumney
| English | 163 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 127 |
| Irish | 41 |
| Scottish | 39 |
| German | 14 |
| Other | 14 |
Housing tenure in Mount Rumney
| Owned | 53 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 50 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mount Rumney
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 50 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 17 |
Commute to work in Mount Rumney
| Car | 107 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 31 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Rumney
| England | 18 |
|---|---|
| Thailand | 9 |
| South Africa | 7 |
| Canada | 3 |
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mount Rumney
| Afrikaans | 8 |
|---|---|
| Thai | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
17,361 bird observations recorded near Mount Rumney — most often seen:
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (1,211)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (1,065)
- Tasmanian Brown Thornbill (1,032)
- Southern Forest Raven (830)
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (828)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (794)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (691)
- Eurasian Blackbird (640)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (640)
- Clinking Currawong (601)
- Forest Raven (599)
- Common Starling (597)
- Tasmanian Noisy Miner (584)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Rumney
- Yellow-tipped Pardalote (569)
- Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (555)
- Tasmanian Australian Magpie (533)
- Tasmanian Little Wattlebird (476)
- Tasmanian Golden Whistler (459)
- House Sparrow (458)
- Common Bronzewing (435)
- Brown Thornbill (423)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (405)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (402)
- Tasmanian Scarlet Robin (396)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (389)
- Green Rosella (368)
- Tasmanian Grey Butcherbird (357)
- European Goldfinch (355)
- Tasmanian Eastern Rosella (335)
- Noisy Miner (334)
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 Mount Rumney:
- Cambridge (2.6 km)
- Mornington (3.5 km)
- Acton Park (3.9 km)
- Howrah (4 km)
- Clarendon Vale (4.1 km)
- Warrane (4.4 km)
- Rokeby (4.6 km)
- Bellerive (5.3 km)
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Streets
- Cambridge Road (1)
- Canopus Road (24)
- Centauri Drive (14)
- Cilwen Road (1)
- Dexter Drive (5)
- Grahams Road (31)
- Houston Drive (1)
- Mount Rumney Road (70)
