Roger River TAS 7330
41 addresses · 9 streets
Braddon Electorate › Circular Head LGA › Roger River · 279 km from Hobart
Living Here
Roger River is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 51 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $1,291 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the North West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Roger River 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: 60.9% 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 | 60.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 65.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10% · Labour-force participation 51.3%
Population by age in Roger River
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Roger River
| House | 18 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Roger River
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Roger River
| Australian | 25 |
|---|---|
| English | 12 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| Aboriginal | 6 |
| Russian | 6 |
| Italian | 5 |
Housing tenure in Roger River
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Roger River
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Roger River
| Car | 8 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Top countries of birth in Roger River
| China | 6 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Roger River
| Russian | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
240 bird observations recorded near Roger River — most often seen:
- Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle (18)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (18)
- Forest Raven (17)
- Green Rosella (13)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (13)
- Masked Lapwing (12)
- Common Starling (11)
- Laughing Kookaburra (11)
- Welcome Swallow (10)
- Black-browed Albatross (9)
- Superb Fairy-wren (9)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (8)
- Brown Falcon (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Roger River
- Grey Goshawk (8)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (8)
- Australian Shelduck (6)
- Double-banded Plover (6)
- Pacific Black Duck (6)
- Swamp Harrier (6)
- European Goldfinch (5)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (5)
- Australian Magpie (4)
- Eurasian Blackbird (4)
- Flame Robin (4)
- House Sparrow (4)
- Tasmanian Boobook (4)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (4)
- European Greenfinch (3)
- Southern Boobook (3)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (3)
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 Roger River:
- Trowutta (4.1 km)
- Nabageena (8.8 km)
- Edith Creek (8.8 km)
- Brittons Swamp (12.1 km)
- Lileah (13.8 km)
- Christmas Hills (15.7 km)
- Togari (16.3 km)
- Irishtown (16.4 km)
Embed this suburb
Add this free Roger River stat card to your own site — just copy the code:
Preview:
Cite this page
Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:
Keep an eye on Roger River
One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Streets
- Armstrong Road (1)
- Bills Road (3)
- Brodies Road (3)
- Donalds Road (2)
- Eaves Road (1)
- Jaegers Road (2)
- Roger River Road (21)
- Sumac Road (2)
- Trowutta Road (6)
