Mount Seymour TAS 7120
56 addresses · 6 streets
Lyons Electorate › Southern Midlands LGA › Mount Seymour · 55 km from Hobart
Living Here
Mount Seymour is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 78 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $340 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, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Southern Midlands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Seymour itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 48.8 km south.
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: 21.8% 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 | 21.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 34.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.5% · Labour-force participation 42.5%
Population by age in Mount Seymour
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mount Seymour
| House | 28 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Seymour
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 12 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Mount Seymour
| English | 41 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 28 |
| Ancestry NS | 16 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Welsh | 4 |
Housing tenure in Mount Seymour
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mount Seymour
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Mount Seymour
| Car | 18 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Seymour
| England | 9 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
589 bird observations recorded near Mount Seymour — most often seen:
- Common Starling (43)
- House Sparrow (34)
- Welcome Swallow (34)
- Forest Raven (30)
- Green Rosella (30)
- European Goldfinch (28)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (27)
- Swamp Harrier (25)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (25)
- Flame Robin (24)
- Southern Forest Raven (21)
- Superb Fairy-wren (20)
- Eurasian Blackbird (18)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Seymour
- Tree Martin (18)
- White-faced Heron (18)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (17)
- Brown Thornbill (16)
- Masked Lapwing (16)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (16)
- Eurasian Skylark (15)
- Brown Falcon (14)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (13)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (12)
- Australian Magpie (11)
- Black Swan (11)
- Laughing Kookaburra (11)
- Pacific Black Duck (11)
- Tasmanian Australian Magpie (11)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (10)
- Crescent Honeyeater (10)
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 Seymour:
- Baden (4.5 km)
- Stonor (4.7 km)
- Parattah (5.5 km)
- Whitefoord (7 km)
- Andover (8 km)
- Tunnack (8.3 km)
- Tiberias (8.8 km)
- Rhyndaston (10.6 km)
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Streets
- Black Gate Road (6)
- Ceres Road (3)
- Crichton Road (19)
- Lynwood Road (3)
- Tunnack Road (22)
- Wilsons Road (3)
