1362.6 - Regional Statistics, Tasmania, 2005  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/08/2003   
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At August 2001, there were 46,197 rented dwellings in Tasmania. Of these, 22,880 (49.5%) were in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, 13,080 (28.3%) were in the Northern Region and 10,237 (22.2%) were in the Mersey-Lyell Region. Of the following weekly rents paid:

  • Rentals between $0 and $99 - Flinders was the local government area with the highest proportion (90.5%) of its rental properties for which weekly rental was between $0 and $99.
  • Rentals between $100 and $199 - Kingborough was the local government area with the highest proportion (62.1%) of its rental properties for which weekly rental was between $100 and $199.
  • Rentals $200 and over - Hobart was the local government area with the highest proportion (14.0%) of its rental properties for which weekly rental was $200 and over.

WEEKLY RENT PAID, Tasmanian local government areas - Census 2001(a)
$0-$99
% of total rented
$100-$199
% of total rented
$200+
% of total rented
Not stated
Total rented

Local government area
no.
%
no.
%
no.
%
no.
no.

Greater Hobart-Southern
Brighton
1,051
62.3
521
30.9
29
1.7
87
1,688
Central Highlands
206
78.9
32
12.3
7
2.7
16
261
Clarence
1,561
39.7
2,045
52.0
176
4.5
154
3,936
Derwent Valley
381
53.4
289
40.5
11
1.5
33
714
Glamorgan/Spring Bay
209
53.6
149
38.2
12
3.1
20
390
Glenorchy
2,111
41.5
2,694
52.9
110
2.2
174
5,089
Hobart
2,150
31.8
3,491
51.6
946
14.0
184
6,771
Huon Valley
397
43.7
475
52.3
7
0.8
30
909
Kingborough
552
30.1
1,137
62.1
92
5.0
50
1,831
Sorell
257
34.4
456
61.0
9
1.2
26
748
Southern Midlands
240
61.9
121
31.2
11
2.8
16
388
Tasman
97
62.6
53
34.2
-
-
5
155
Total
9,212
40.3
11,463
50.1
1,410
6.2
795
22,880

Northern
Break O’Day
282
56.7
183
36.8
9
1.8
23
497
Dorset
413
65.7
193
30.7
5
0.8
18
629
Flinders
114
90.5
9
7.1
-
-
3
126
George Town
428
63.0
216
31.8
12
1.8
23
679
Launceston
3,214
41.7
4,008
52.0
216
2.8
264
7,702
Meander Valley
573
43.4
670
50.8
39
3.0
38
1,320
Northern Midlands
527
54.7
362
37.6
28
2.9
46
963
West Tamar
387
33.2
715
61.4
35
3.0
27
1,164
Total
5,938
45.4
6,356
48.6
344
2.6
442
13,080

Mersey-Lyell
Burnie
1,120
55.1
796
39.2
36
1.8
80
2,032
Central Coast
802
47.3
804
47.4
27
1.6
64
1,697
Circular Head
499
64.7
231
30.0
13
1.7
28
771
Devonport
1,210
45.4
1,309
49.1
47
1.8
100
2,666
Kentish
179
55.8
124
38.6
6
1.9
12
321
King Island
139
62.1
70
31.3
3
1.3
12
224
Latrobe
266
40.4
364
55.2
10
1.5
19
659
Waratah/Wynyard
678
54.8
491
39.7
18
1.5
50
1,237
West Coast
445
70.6
144
22.9
15
2.4
26
630
Total
5,338
52.1
4,333
42.3
175
1.7
391
10,237

Tasmania(b)
20,488
44.3
22,152
48.0
1,929
4.2
1,628
46,197(c)

- nil or rounded to zero
(a) Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.
(b) Total includes offshore areas and migratory statistical division.
(c) Totals may vary slightly with other tables due to the exclusion of dwellings being occupied under a life tenure system.

Source: ABS data available on request, Census of Population and Housing.




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