Pelham TAS 7030
29 addresses · 6 streets
Lyons Electorate › Central Highlands (Tas.) LGA › Pelham · 43 km from Hobart
Living Here
Pelham is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 24 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $474 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 29% rent. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Central Highlands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pelham itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 69.5% 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 | 69.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 90.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 25% · Labour-force participation 16.7%
Population by age in Pelham
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Pelham
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Pelham
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Pelham
| Australian | 10 |
|---|---|
| English | 9 |
| Irish | 4 |
| Other | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Pelham
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Pelham
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Pelham
| England | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
616 bird observations recorded near Pelham — most often seen:
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (76)
- Southern Forest Raven (47)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (43)
- Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (41)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (40)
- Yellow-tipped Pardalote (37)
- Tasmanian Brown Thornbill (36)
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (32)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (27)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (21)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (19)
- Tasmanian Noisy Miner (19)
- Tasmanian Yellow Wattlebird (19)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Pelham
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (14)
- Tasmanian Australian Magpie (12)
- Tasmanian Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (12)
- Tasmanian Golden Whistler (12)
- Forest Raven (11)
- European Goldfinch (10)
- Tasmanian Silvereye (10)
- Laughing Kookaburra (9)
- Tasmanian Grey Butcherbird (9)
- Tasmanian Scarlet Robin (9)
- Common Starling (8)
- Pallid Cuckoo (8)
- Clinking Currawong (7)
- Flame Robin (7)
- Grey Fantail (7)
- Strong-billed Honeyeater (7)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (7)
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 Pelham:
- Elderslie (5.4 km)
- Hollow Tree (11.2 km)
- Gretna (11.3 km)
- Broadmarsh (14 km)
- Dysart (14.2 km)
- Hamilton (14.4 km)
- Black Hills (15.4 km)
- Rosegarland (15.6 km)
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Streets
- Basils Road (1)
- Espies Craig Road (2)
- Honners Road (1)
- Mayfield Road (4)
- Pelham Road (12)
- Sonners Road (9)