Sandford TAS 7020

Living Here

Sandford is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 2,046 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $2,117 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the South Arm statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sandford itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 hospital

  • The Hobart Clinic
• 1 golf club

  • Iron Pot Golf Course

Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 14.7 km north.

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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: 35.6% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 67.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

33,324 bird observations recorded near Sandford — most often seen:

• Southern Forest Raven (2,369)
• Yellow-throated Honeyeater (2,270)
• Tasmanian Grey Fantail (1,716)
• Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (1,698)
• Yellow-tipped Pardalote (1,603)
• Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (1,535)
• Tasmanian Green Rosella (1,462)
• Tasmanian Brown Thornbill (1,422)
• Coastal Spotted Pardalote (1,220)
• Tasmanian Noisy Miner (1,214)
• Tasmanian Australian Magpie (1,206)
• Tasmanian Native-hen (1,201)
• Common Starling (1,170)

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 Sandford:

• Clifton Beach (3.6 km)
• Cremorne (3.6 km)
• Lauderdale (6.3 km)
• Opossum Bay (7.4 km)
• Oakdowns (7.4 km)
• Tranmere (7.8 km)
• Roches Beach (8.7 km)
• Rokeby (8.8 km)

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