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TAS 7173 · Sorell
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latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Dodges Ferry, Tasmania
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Dodges Ferry TAS
Based on 44 sales in the preceding 12 months
$685,000
Down 1.6% over 12 months
Based on 27 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$525 per week
No change over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Dodges Ferry, TAS is currently $685,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Dodges Ferry has a 12-month growth rate of -1.6% for houses.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $599,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $700,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $865,000 in Dodges Ferry.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Dodges Ferry is $525 per week. The median house rent has remained unchanged over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Dodges Ferry is 7,096 offences per 100,000 residents — 33% below the Greater Hobart 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 Dodges Ferry.
Overall crime rate
7,096
offences per 100,000 residents
33% belowGreater Hobart
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Dodges Ferry TAS 7173 is in Tasmania, within Greater Hobart.
2,646 people call Dodges Ferry home, with an average of 2.4 people per household and a median household income of $1,412 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.
7.5% of workers in Dodges Ferry worked from home on Census day.
3.0% of Dodges Ferry residents were born in England.
55.2% of people in Dodges Ferry 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 Dodges Ferry TAS 7173.
18.1% of Dodges Ferry's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.
739 family households lived in Dodges Ferry; 35.9% were couple families and 18.7% were one-parent families.
36.4% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Dodges Ferry had 2,646 residents at the 2021 Census.
23.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
35.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 99.7% of occupied private dwellings in Dodges Ferry.
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.
34.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.
47.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.
17.7% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Dodges Ferry had 2.4 people.
One-person households made up 26.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.
Two-person households represented 37.5%, while 19.5% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
7.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.
67.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.
1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.
One-car households formed 32.2% of the total.
66.0% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
65.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.2% reported a different address.
8.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
90.3% of residents used only English at home.
2.9% used a language other than English at home.
0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
8.7% of Dodges Ferry's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.3% was born in Australia.
0.1% of residents were born in China.
0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.6%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 44.8% of ancestry responses in Dodges Ferry.
Australian ancestry made up 44.3% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.2% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
18.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.
Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.
Health care and social assistance employed 15.2% of workers, and education and training employed 10.8%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 61.5%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.
31.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.1% worked part time.
Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
56.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.
10.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
8.4% reported asthma, 11.1% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
20.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.1% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.3%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $1,412 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 7.5% in Dodges Ferry, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.
Outright ownership was 34.9% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.
Renting accounted for 17.7% in Dodges Ferry, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $685,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 739 local families, and 18.1% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
4-bedroom houses have a median around $865,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
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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