Tunnack TAS 7120
154 addresses · 22 streets
Lyons Electorate › Southern Midlands LGA › Tunnack · 47 km from Hobart
Living Here
Tunnack is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 212 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,083 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% 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 Southern Midlands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tunnack 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: 38.7% 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 | 38.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 50.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.9% · Labour-force participation 50%
Population by age in Tunnack
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 17 |
| 20-24 | 17 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 25 |
| 45-54 | 35 |
| 55-64 | 35 |
| 65-74 | 27 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Tunnack
| House | 86 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tunnack
| <$650 | 24 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 21 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 23 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Tunnack
| English | 108 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 85 |
| Scottish | 34 |
| Irish | 17 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| Aboriginal | 13 |
Housing tenure in Tunnack
| Owned | 39 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 30 |
| Rented | 14 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Tunnack
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Tunnack
| Car | 66 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Tunnack
| Canada | 3 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
576 bird observations recorded near Tunnack — most often seen:
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (44)
- Tasmanian Brown Thornbill (43)
- Southern Forest Raven (33)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (30)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (30)
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (27)
- Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (26)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (24)
- Common Bronzewing (22)
- Forest Raven (21)
- Common Starling (20)
- Green Rosella (19)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (19)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tunnack
- Tasmanian Eastern Spinebill (18)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (16)
- Tasmanian Scarlet Robin (16)
- Yellow-tipped Pardalote (16)
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (15)
- Clinking Currawong (13)
- Eastern Crescent Honeyeater (13)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (13)
- Eurasian Blackbird (12)
- Flame Robin (12)
- Yellow Wattlebird (12)
- New Holland Honeyeater (11)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (11)
- Australian Magpie (10)
- European Goldfinch (10)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (10)
- House Sparrow (10)
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 Tunnack:
- Baden (4.3 km)
- Rhyndaston (6 km)
- Tiberias (7.7 km)
- Whitefoord (7.7 km)
- Mount Seymour (8.3 km)
- Stonor (8.6 km)
- Colebrook (10.1 km)
- Woodsdale (10.1 km)
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Streets
- Black Post Road (6)
- Bourkes Road (4)
- Campbells Road (5)
- Clarkes Lane (3)
- Eldon Road (10)
- Fairhaven Road (6)
- Gettington Road (2)
- High Peak Road (2)
- Hungry Flats Road (14)
- Lyalls Road (8)
- Mackies Road (3)
- New Country Marsh Road (13)
- Pound Road (3)
- Rabbit Hill Road (1)
- River Road (6)
- Scotts Road (6)
- Summerhill Road (4)
- Tunnack Road (29)
- Tunnack Square Road (14)
- Turners Road (1)
- Water Reserve Road (2)
- Wattle Hill Road (12)
