Pioneer TAS 7264
127 addresses · 5 streets
Bass Electorate › Dorset LGA › Pioneer · 206 km from Hobart
Living Here
Pioneer is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 79 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $489 a week, with median rent near $210 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, Aboriginal. 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 Scottsdale - Bridport statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pioneer itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: St Helens Airport, 40.7 km south-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: 78.7% 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 | 78.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 95.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 30.8% · Labour-force participation 40%
Population by age in Pioneer
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 16 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Pioneer
| House | 29 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Pioneer
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Pioneer
| English | 35 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 34 |
| Aboriginal | 5 |
| German | 5 |
| Spanish | 4 |
| Dutch | 3 |
Housing tenure in Pioneer
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Pioneer
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Pioneer
| Car | 16 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Pioneer
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Pioneer
| Polish | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
628 bird observations recorded near Pioneer — most often seen:
- Green Rosella (37)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (32)
- Eurasian Blackbird (31)
- Common Starling (28)
- Superb Fairy-wren (27)
- Laughing Kookaburra (24)
- Forest Raven (23)
- Yellow Wattlebird (23)
- Southern Forest Raven (22)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (22)
- House Sparrow (21)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (21)
- Welcome Swallow (21)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Pioneer
- Brown Thornbill (20)
- Dusky Robin (19)
- Eastern Spinebill (19)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (19)
- Golden Whistler (19)
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (19)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (18)
- Grey Fantail (18)
- Masked Lapwing (18)
- Clinking Currawong (17)
- Flame Robin (17)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (17)
- European Goldfinch (16)
- New Holland Honeyeater (15)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (15)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (15)
- White-faced Heron (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.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Pioneer:
- Herrick (4.3 km)
- Moorina (7.2 km)
- South Mount Cameron (8.3 km)
- Winnaleah (8.6 km)
- Banca (12 km)
- Derby (12.9 km)
- Weldborough (13 km)
- Telita (14.8 km)
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Streets
- Alfred Street (6)
- Garibaldi Road (2)
- Gladstone Road (39)
- Main Road (68)
- Moore Street (12)
