Tunnel TAS 7254
63 addresses · 10 streets
Bass Electorate › Launceston LGA › Tunnel · 188 km from Hobart
Living Here
Tunnel is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 92 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,292 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% 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 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged 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: Tunnel 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: 40.9% 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 | 40.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 54.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.9% · Labour-force participation 64.1%
Population by age in Tunnel
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 20 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Tunnel
| House | 26 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tunnel
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 5 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Tunnel
| Australian | 45 |
|---|---|
| English | 44 |
| Irish | 15 |
| Maltese | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
| Filipino | 5 |
Housing tenure in Tunnel
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Tunnel
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Tunnel
| Car | 29 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,027 bird observations recorded near Tunnel — most often seen:
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (71)
- Grey Fantail (65)
- Forest Raven (60)
- Eurasian Blackbird (59)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (56)
- Southern Forest Raven (44)
- Superb Fairy-wren (43)
- Silvereye (39)
- Tasmanian Thornbill (39)
- Brown Thornbill (38)
- Tasmanian Yellow Wattlebird (36)
- Green Rosella (35)
- Yellow Wattlebird (34)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tunnel
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (33)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (31)
- Pink Robin (30)
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (29)
- Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (28)
- Grey Butcherbird (25)
- Laughing Kookaburra (25)
- Common Starling (24)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (24)
- Tasmanian Brown Thornbill (23)
- Australian Magpie (21)
- European Goldfinch (21)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (21)
- New Zealand Fantail (20)
- Tasmanian New Holland Honeyeater (19)
- Grey Currawong (17)
- Masked Lapwing (17)
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 Tunnel:
- Bangor (3.6 km)
- Retreat (3.9 km)
- Lebrina (4.2 km)
- North Lilydale (6.3 km)
- Lower Turners Marsh (6.3 km)
- Lilydale (6.7 km)
- Lalla (6.9 km)
- Karoola (6.9 km)
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Streets
- Bacala Road (15)
- Cronins Road (1)
- Geiss Road (3)
- Gundagai Road (3)
- Rawnsleys Road (5)
- Retreat Road (4)
- South Retreat Road (4)
- Tunnel Road (22)
- Tunnel Station Road (2)
- Yondover Road (4)