Waterloo TAS 7109
54 addresses · 5 streets
Franklin Electorate › Huon Valley LGA › Waterloo · 46 km from Hobart
Living Here
Waterloo is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 104 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,218 a week, with median rent near $185 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 English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Geeveston - Dover statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Waterloo itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 golf club
1 place to stay
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: 47.5% 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 | 47.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 65.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.3% · Labour-force participation 48.3%
Population by age in Waterloo
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 24 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Waterloo
| House | 44 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Waterloo
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Waterloo
| English | 49 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 44 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
| Aboriginal | 9 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Dutch | 6 |
Housing tenure in Waterloo
| Owned | 21 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Waterloo
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 19 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Waterloo
| Car | 28 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Waterloo
| England | 14 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 6 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Poland | 3 |
Languages used at home in Waterloo
| Polish | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
604 bird observations recorded near Waterloo — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (37)
- Eurasian Blackbird (35)
- Forest Raven (35)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (31)
- Swift Parrot (30)
- House Sparrow (24)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (23)
- European Goldfinch (22)
- Common Starling (21)
- Green Rosella (21)
- Silvereye (21)
- Grey Fantail (20)
- Welcome Swallow (20)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Waterloo
- New Holland Honeyeater (19)
- Yellow Wattlebird (19)
- Masked Lapwing (18)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (18)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (17)
- Australian Wood Duck (16)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (16)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (16)
- White-faced Heron (16)
- Dusky Robin (15)
- Crescent Honeyeater (14)
- Dusky Woodswallow (14)
- Little Pied Cormorant (14)
- Pacific Black Duck (14)
- Brown Falcon (13)
- Eurasian Coot (13)
- Black Swan (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 Waterloo:
- Cairns Bay (2.3 km)
- Surges Bay (2.8 km)
- Petcheys Bay (3.9 km)
- Glendevie (4.4 km)
- Brooks Bay (5.1 km)
- Wattle Grove (5.1 km)
- Port Huon (5.9 km)
- Geeveston (6.5 km)
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Streets
- Dawson Road (3)
- Glocks Road (16)
- Huon Highway (26)
- Jetty Road (7)
- Lumsdens Road (2)
