Oaks TAS 7303
17 addresses · 1 street
Lyons Electorate › Meander Valley LGA › Oaks · 147 km from Hobart
Living Here
Oaks is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 24 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,187 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Hadspen - Carrick statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Oaks itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Launceston Airport, 20.2 km 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: 1.3% 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 | 1.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 11.8% · Labour-force participation 77.3%
Population by age in Oaks
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Oaks
| House | 8 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Oaks
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Oaks
| Australian | 10 |
|---|---|
| English | 9 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| Italian | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Oaks
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Oaks
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Oaks
| Car | 8 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Languages used at home in Oaks
| Italian | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
854 bird observations recorded near Oaks — most often seen:
- Southern Masked Lapwing (48)
- House Sparrow (45)
- Tasmanian Australian Magpie (45)
- Common Starling (44)
- European Goldfinch (44)
- Southern Forest Raven (44)
- Australian Shelduck (41)
- Banded Lapwing (38)
- Black Swan (38)
- Eurasian Blackbird (37)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (37)
- Eurasian Skylark (33)
- Swamp Harrier (32)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Oaks
- White-faced Heron (32)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (26)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (23)
- Chestnut Teal (20)
- Pacific Black Duck (20)
- Brown Falcon (19)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (19)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (19)
- Musk Duck (18)
- Tasmanian Eastern Rosella (18)
- Tasmanian Grey Butcherbird (18)
- Tasmanian Noisy Miner (18)
- Eastern Galah (17)
- Little Pied Cormorant (16)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (15)
- Welcome Swallow (15)
- Yellow-tipped Pardalote (15)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Oaks Road (17)