Ranga TAS 7255
38 addresses · 9 streets
Bass Electorate › Flinders (Tas.) LGA › Ranga · 309 km from Hobart
Living Here
Ranga is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 34 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $700 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 69% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range 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: Ranga itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Flinders Island Airport, 12.9 km north-west.
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: 20.6% 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 | 20.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 22.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Ranga
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 6 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Ranga
| House | 17 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ranga
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Ranga
| Australian | 21 |
|---|---|
| English | 11 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
| Italian | 3 |
Housing tenure in Ranga
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Ranga
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Ranga
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
544 bird observations recorded near Ranga — most often seen:
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (42)
- Flinders Island Black Currawong (33)
- Flinders Island Superb Fairy-wren (33)
- Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (27)
- Flame Robin (25)
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (24)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (23)
- Forty-spotted Pardalote (23)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (21)
- Yellow-tipped Pardalote (21)
- Black Currawong (19)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (19)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (18)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ranga
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (18)
- Green Rosella (16)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (16)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (16)
- Tasmanian Golden Whistler (16)
- Australian Shelduck (14)
- Flinders Island White-browed Scrubwren (14)
- Superb Fairy-wren (13)
- Grey Fantail (12)
- Southern Forest Raven (12)
- Cape Barren Goose (11)
- Dusky Robin (11)
- Tasmanian Thornbill (11)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (9)
- Forest Raven (9)
- Golden Whistler (9)
- New Zealand Fantail (9)
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 Ranga:
- Loccota (8.2 km)
- Lackrana (9.4 km)
- Whitemark (10.2 km)
- Lady Barron (11.7 km)
- Blue Rocks (19.3 km)
- Memana (21.4 km)
- Cape Barren Island (22.5 km)
- Emita (25.1 km)
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Streets
- Butter Factory Road (1)
- Coast Road (3)
- Lackrana Road (2)
- Lady Barron Road (25)
- Smiths Road (2)
- Thule Road (1)
- Trousers Point Road (2)
- Wallanippi Road (1)
- Willis Road (1)
