St Marys TAS 7215

Living Here

St Marys is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 738 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $759 a week, with median rent near $205 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 St Helens - Scamander statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: St Marys itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • St Marys District School
• 2 cafés & restaurants

  • e.Scape Tasmanian Wilderness Cafe Gallery
  • The Bank Teahouse
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA
• 1 pharmacy

  • St Marys Pharmacy
• 1 hospital

  • St Marys Community Health Centre
• 1 post office

  • St Marys LPO
• 1 golf club

  • St Marys Golf Course
• 1 bakery

  • St Marys Bakery
• 1 hairdresser

  • St Mary's hair and beauty
• 1 place to stay

  • St Marys Hotel

Getting around. Airport: St Helens Airport, 27.8 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: 62.2% 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 8.9% · Labour-force participation 41.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

590 bird observations recorded near St Marys — most often seen:

• Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (40)
• Tasmanian Native-hen (36)
• Forest Raven (31)
• Yellow-throated Honeyeater (29)
• Tasmanian Grey Fantail (26)
• Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (25)
• Grey Fantail (23)
• Southern Forest Raven (23)
• Tasmanian Green Rosella (23)
• Black-headed Honeyeater (21)
• Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle (21)
• Yellow-tipped Pardalote (21)
• House Sparrow (20)

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 St Marys:

• Cornwall (4.1 km)
• Gray (6.9 km)
• Four Mile Creek (8.4 km)
• Falmouth (10.4 km)
• Chain Of Lagoons (12 km)
• Upper Scamander (14.2 km)
• Scamander (14.3 km)
• Beaumaris (19.1 km)

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