Median price trend for houses
Based on 3 sales in the preceding 12 months
Down 29.5% over 12 months
The quick read on
TAS 7213 · Northern Midlands
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
ABS 2021
Avoca, Tasmania
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Avoca (Tas.) TAS
Based on 3 sales in the preceding 12 months
Down 29.5% over 12 months
Market data updated July 2025.
Avoca (Tas.) has a 12-month growth rate of -29.5% for houses.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Avoca is 13,577 offences per 100,000 residents — 15% above the Rest of Tas. benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Avoca.
Overall crime rate
13,577
offences per 100,000 residents
15% aboveRest of Tas.
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Avoca TAS 7213 is in Tasmania, within Rest of Tas..
192 people call Avoca home, with an average of 2.1 people per household and a median household income of $866 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
16.1% of workers in Avoca worked from home on Census day — about twice the rate across Rest of Tas..
49.5% of people in Avoca described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Avoca TAS 7213.
14.1% of Avoca's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.
51 family households lived in Avoca; 27.5% were couple families and 17.6% were one-parent families.
17.6% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Avoca had 192 residents at the 2021 Census.
14.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
38.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 98.7% of occupied private dwellings in Avoca.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
61.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.
20.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.
18.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Avoca had 2.1 people.
One-person households made up 29.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.
Two-person households represented 42.3%, while 14.1% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
16.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.
58.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.
0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.9% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
6.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.
One-car households formed 36.4% of the total.
49.4% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
71.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.8% reported a different address.
7.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
85.9% of residents used only English at home.
0.0% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
7.8% of Avoca's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.2% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.9%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 44.3% of ancestry responses in Avoca.
Australian ancestry made up 38.5% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
12.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.
Managers accounted for 21.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.5%.
Health care and social assistance employed 4.8% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 40.9%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..
18.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.1% worked part time.
Unemployment was 7.5%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
42.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.
12.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
6.8% reported asthma, 14.1% arthritis and 15.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
10.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.4% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.4%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $866 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $675.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $180 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 16.1% in Avoca, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..
Outright ownership was 61.5% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.
Renting accounted for 18.5% in Avoca, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
There is not yet enough consistent market data for a dependable house median. The nearby suburb links make it easier to compare the wider market while local observations build.
The Census counted 51 local families, and 14.1% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
The free data does not have a dependable bedroom breakdown for this suburb. Compare the current house and unit medians above, then use live listings to see what a $1.5m budget buys today.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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