Parattah TAS 7120
99 addresses · 7 streets
Lyons Electorate › Southern Midlands LGA › Parattah · 59 km from Hobart
Living Here
Parattah is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 147 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $875 a week, with median rent near $190 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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: Parattah itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 53.5 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: 5.3% 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 | 5.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 12.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 13.8% · Labour-force participation 46%
Population by age in Parattah
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 24 |
| 55-64 | 30 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Parattah
| House | 61 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Parattah
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 18 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Parattah
| English | 67 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 63 |
| Irish | 25 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
| Aboriginal | 9 |
Housing tenure in Parattah
| Owned | 32 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 20 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Parattah
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 15 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Parattah
| Car | 36 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Parattah
| Philippines | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
251 bird observations recorded near Parattah — most often seen:
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (45)
- Black Swan (12)
- Southern Forest Raven (11)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (11)
- Tasmanian Noisy Miner (11)
- Yellow-tipped Pardalote (11)
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (10)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (10)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (10)
- Common Starling (9)
- Tasmanian Australian Magpie (8)
- Tasmanian Grey Butcherbird (8)
- Eurasian Blackbird (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Parattah
- House Sparrow (7)
- Tasmanian Brown Thornbill (7)
- Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle (7)
- Brown Falcon (6)
- Eastern Dusky Woodswallow (6)
- Eurasian Coot (6)
- Pacific Black Duck (6)
- Australian Shelduck (5)
- Silver Gull (5)
- Welcome Swallow (5)
- Australian Magpie (4)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (4)
- Common Mallard (4)
- Eastern Crescent Honeyeater (4)
- European Goldfinch (4)
- Forest Raven (4)
- Masked Owl (4)
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
- Austral Park Road (3)
- Baileys Road (12)
- Beards Road (4)
- Johnston Street (8)
- Russell Street (4)
- Tanner Street (2)
- Tunnack Road (66)
