Windermere TAS 7252
151 addresses · 2 streets
Bass Electorate › Launceston LGA › Windermere · 176 km from Hobart
Living Here
Windermere is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 252 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 96% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged 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: Windermere itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 optometrist
1 library
2 golf clubs
1 hardware store
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Launceston Airport, 29.9 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: 19.9% 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 | 19.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 33.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 55.5%
Population by age in Windermere
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 14 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 31 |
| 55-64 | 61 |
| 65-74 | 54 |
| 75-84 | 26 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Windermere
| House | 94 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Windermere
| <$650 | 11 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 37 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 25 |
| $3,000+ | 20 |
Top ancestries in Windermere
| English | 142 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 82 |
| Scottish | 30 |
| Irish | 25 |
| German | 17 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
Housing tenure in Windermere
| Owned | 60 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 29 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Windermere
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 46 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Windermere
| Car | 83 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 21 |
Top countries of birth in Windermere
| England | 24 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 5 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| Scotland | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
16,272 bird observations recorded near Windermere — most often seen:
- Tasmanian Native-hen (990)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (815)
- Black Swan (724)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (720)
- White-faced Heron (688)
- Eurasian Blackbird (677)
- Pacific Black Duck (662)
- Common Starling (621)
- Chestnut Teal (606)
- Little Pied Cormorant (580)
- Southern Forest Raven (571)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (539)
- Australian Wood Duck (537)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Windermere
- Tasmanian Australian Magpie (523)
- Great Cormorant (487)
- Australian Shelduck (483)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (478)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (476)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (464)
- Swamp Harrier (457)
- Eurasian Coot (447)
- Giinbaywarraymal (443)
- Tasmanian Yellow Wattlebird (424)
- East Coast Pacific Gull (420)
- Tasmanian Brown Thornbill (414)
- House Sparrow (413)
- European Goldfinch (411)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (411)
- Tasmanian Grey Butcherbird (398)
- Eastern Galah (393)
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 Windermere:
- Rosevears (2.4 km)
- Swan Bay (2.9 km)
- Dilston (3.6 km)
- Lanena (4.1 km)
- Grindelwald (4.4 km)
- Blackwall (4.6 km)
- Gravelly Beach (5.2 km)
- Legana (5.4 km)
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Streets
- John Lees Drive (1)
- Windermere Road (150)
