Steppes TAS 7030
12 addresses · 3 streets
Lyons Electorate › Central Highlands (Tas.) LGA › Steppes · 97 km from Hobart
Living Here
Steppes is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 4 people, with a median age of 67. The typical household earns around $824 a week. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Aboriginal, Chinese. 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 Central Highlands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Steppes 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: 39.9% 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 | 39.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 63.1% |
Demographics
Population by age in Steppes
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Steppes
| Australian | 4 |
|---|---|
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
| English | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,738 bird observations recorded near Steppes — most often seen:
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (143)
- Black Currawong (116)
- Forest Raven (115)
- Yellow Wattlebird (94)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (81)
- Brown Thornbill (76)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (64)
- Flame Robin (61)
- Welcome Swallow (61)
- Eurasian Skylark (58)
- Grey Fantail (57)
- Striated Pardalote (56)
- Green Rosella (55)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Steppes
- Superb Fairy-wren (54)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (51)
- Masked Lapwing (46)
- Australian Magpie (45)
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (45)
- Laughing Kookaburra (42)
- Tasmanian Black Currawong (42)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (41)
- Spotted Pardalote (40)
- Southern Forest Raven (39)
- Tasmanian Yellow Wattlebird (39)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (38)
- Scarlet Robin (38)
- Satin Flycatcher (37)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (36)
- Grey Butcherbird (34)
- Yellow-tipped Pardalote (34)
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 Steppes:
- Wilburville (6 km)
- Arthurs Lake (6.8 km)
- Shannon (7.2 km)
- Morass Bay (8.4 km)
- Flintstone (9.2 km)
- Waddamana (12.7 km)
- Tods Corner (13.6 km)
- Miena (15.5 km)
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Streets
- Highland Lakes Road (8)
- Interlaken Road (1)
- Waddamana Road (3)
