Selbourne TAS 7292
41 addresses · 3 streets
Lyons Electorate › Meander Valley LGA › Selbourne · 164 km from Hobart
Living Here
Selbourne is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 68 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Westbury statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Selbourne itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Launceston Airport, 29.6 km 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: 34% 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 | 34.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 42.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in Selbourne
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 9 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Selbourne
| House | 29 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Selbourne
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Selbourne
| English | 36 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 34 |
| Scottish | 11 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Selbourne
| Owned | 15 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Selbourne
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Selbourne
| Car | 25 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,067 bird observations recorded near Selbourne — most often seen:
- Southern Masked Lapwing (433)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (400)
- Black Swan (367)
- Common Starling (353)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (353)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (309)
- Pacific Black Duck (296)
- Chestnut Teal (278)
- Tasmanian Australian Magpie (253)
- White-faced Heron (234)
- Southern Forest Raven (222)
- Australian Wood Duck (202)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (179)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Selbourne
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (178)
- Little Pied Cormorant (164)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (160)
- Australian Shelduck (148)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (139)
- Great Cormorant (136)
- Musk Duck (132)
- Tasmanian Grey Butcherbird (131)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (128)
- Tasmanian Eastern Rosella (116)
- Grey Teal (112)
- Australasian Shoveler (111)
- Clinking Currawong (111)
- Eurasian Coot (106)
- Tasmanian Yellow Wattlebird (106)
- Tasmanian Brown Thornbill (105)
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (105)
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 Selbourne:
- Rosevale (4.5 km)
- Quamby Bend (4.7 km)
- Birralee (7.5 km)
- Bridgenorth (9.5 km)
- Hagley (9.8 km)
- Westwood (10 km)
- Westbury (10.6 km)
- Notley Hills (10.7 km)
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Streets
- Four Springs Road (19)
- Gibsons Road (3)
- Selbourne Road (19)