Westwood TAS 7292
36 addresses · 2 streets
Lyons Electorate › Meander Valley LGA › Westwood · 158 km from Hobart
Living Here
Westwood is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 88 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $2,625 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 29% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Hadspen - Carrick statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Westwood itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 hospitals
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Launceston Airport, 19.9 km 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: 20.9% 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 | 20.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 42.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2% · Labour-force participation 75%
Population by age in Westwood
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Westwood
| House | 24 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Westwood
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Westwood
| English | 44 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 24 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Other | 4 |
Housing tenure in Westwood
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Westwood
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Westwood
| Car | 32 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,671 bird observations recorded near Westwood — most often seen:
- Southern Forest Raven (327)
- Common Starling (313)
- Tasmanian Australian Magpie (305)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (304)
- House Sparrow (278)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (275)
- Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (273)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (268)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (262)
- Banded Lapwing (261)
- Eurasian Blackbird (245)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (245)
- Australian Shelduck (229)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Westwood
- Tasmanian Little Wattlebird (228)
- Tasmanian Grey Butcherbird (219)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (216)
- Tasmanian Yellow Wattlebird (215)
- Black Swan (210)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (210)
- European Goldfinch (204)
- Eurasian Skylark (199)
- Yellow-tipped Pardalote (184)
- Tasmanian Brown Thornbill (168)
- Tasmanian Noisy Miner (167)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (154)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (152)
- Pacific Black Duck (147)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (140)
- Tasmanian Australian Pipit (140)
- Tasmanian Green Rosella (133)
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 Westwood:
- Carrick (5.9 km)
- Hadspen (7.2 km)
- Hagley (8.2 km)
- Blackstone Heights (8.7 km)
- Travellers Rest (8.9 km)
- Rosevale (9 km)
- Quamby Bend (9.7 km)
- Selbourne (10 km)
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Streets
- Bridgenorth Road (5)
- Westwood Road (31)