Tea Tree TAS 7017
258 addresses · 11 streets
Lyons Electorate › Brighton LGA › Tea Tree · 22 km from Hobart
Living Here
Tea Tree is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 464 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,819 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Brighton - Pontville statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tea Tree itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 20.8 km south-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: 19% 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 | 19.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 36.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.5% · Labour-force participation 68.2%
Population by age in Tea Tree
| 0-4 | 21 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 66 |
| 15-19 | 29 |
| 20-24 | 24 |
| 25-34 | 38 |
| 35-44 | 48 |
| 45-54 | 73 |
| 55-64 | 74 |
| 65-74 | 55 |
| 75-84 | 18 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Tea Tree
| House | 163 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tea Tree
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 41 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 56 |
| $3,000+ | 25 |
Top ancestries in Tea Tree
| Australian | 221 |
|---|---|
| English | 192 |
| Irish | 42 |
| Scottish | 38 |
| Other | 30 |
| German | 26 |
Housing tenure in Tea Tree
| Owned | 71 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 72 |
| Rented | 18 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Tea Tree
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |
| 2 | 49 |
| 3 | 42 |
| 4+ | 40 |
Commute to work in Tea Tree
| Car | 141 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 45 |
Top countries of birth in Tea Tree
| England | 13 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Tea Tree
| German | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
749 bird observations recorded near Tea Tree — most often seen:
- Common Starling (68)
- Forest Raven (61)
- Masked Lapwing (50)
- Noisy Miner (36)
- Australian Magpie (35)
- House Sparrow (33)
- Australian Wood Duck (30)
- Tasmanian Australian Magpie (27)
- Black Swan (26)
- Eurasian Skylark (26)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (26)
- Australian Shelduck (23)
- European Goldfinch (23)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tea Tree
- Pacific Black Duck (23)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (23)
- Brown Falcon (22)
- Laughing Kookaburra (21)
- White-faced Heron (19)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (18)
- Swamp Harrier (17)
- Australasian Shoveler (16)
- Eurasian Blackbird (16)
- Chestnut Teal (15)
- Eurasian Coot (15)
- Green Rosella (15)
- Eastern Rosella (14)
- Welcome Swallow (14)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (13)
- Grey Butcherbird (12)
- Grey Teal (12)
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 Tea Tree:
Embed this suburb
Add this free Tea Tree stat card to your own site — just copy the code:
Preview:
Cite this page
Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:
Keep an eye on Tea Tree
One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Streets
- Back Tea Tree Road (29)
- Briar Banks Road (8)
- Glen Rose Drive (13)
- Grices Road (37)
- Merriworth Road (28)
- Middle Tea Tree Road (41)
- Rosewood Lane (7)
- Tea Tree Road (69)
- Vineyard Drive (11)
- Williams Road (13)
- Willowbrook Road (2)
