Swan Bay TAS 7252

Living Here

Swan Bay is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 457 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $2,237 a week, with median rent near $313 a week. Most homes are houses. About 95% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Dilston - Lilydale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Swan Bay itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 library

  • libraries Tansania
• 1 service station

  • Caltex Mount Direction
• 2 golf clubs

  • Exeter Golf Course
  • Grindelwald Public Golf Course
• 1 hardware store

  • Exeter Home Hardware
• 1 place to stay

  • Rosevears Hotel

Getting around. Airport: George Town Airport, 27.9 km north-west.

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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: 33.1% 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 2.5% · Labour-force participation 67%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

3,624 bird observations recorded near Swan Bay — most often seen:

• Tasmanian Native-hen (229)
• Eurasian Blackbird (209)
• Black Swan (200)
• White-faced Heron (190)
• Southern Masked Lapwing (184)
• Little Pied Cormorant (145)
• Common Starling (129)
• Yellow-throated Honeyeater (126)
• Masked Lapwing (120)
• Tasmanian Grey Fantail (120)
• Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (118)
• Forest Raven (116)
• Chestnut Teal (113)

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 Swan Bay:

• Windermere (2.9 km)
• Gravelly Beach (3.9 km)
• Blackwall (4.6 km)
• Lanena (4.8 km)
• Rosevears (4.9 km)
• Dilston (5 km)
• Swan Point (5.5 km)
• Exeter (6.2 km)

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