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TAS 7007 · Hobart
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Tolmans Hill, Tasmania
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Tolmans Hill TAS
Based on 8 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,080,000
Down 18.2% over 12 months
Based on 5 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$800 per week
Up 10.3% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Tolmans Hill, TAS is currently $1,080,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Tolmans Hill has a 12-month growth rate of -18.2% for houses.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Tolmans Hill is $800 per week. The median house rent has increased 10.3% over the last 12 months.
The median rent for units and apartments in Tolmans Hill is $750 per week.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Tolmans Hill is 6,766 offences per 100,000 residents — 36% 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 Tolmans Hill.
Overall crime rate
6,766
offences per 100,000 residents
36% belowGreater Hobart
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Tolmans Hill TAS 7007 is in Tasmania, within Greater Hobart.
647 people call Tolmans Hill home, with an average of 3.1 people per household and a median household income of $3,316 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.
12.5% of workers in Tolmans Hill worked from home on Census day — noticeably more common than across Greater Hobart.
6.5% of Tolmans Hill residents were born in China, about twice the rate across Greater Hobart.
52.2% of people in Tolmans Hill 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 Tolmans Hill TAS 7007.
17.3% of Tolmans Hill's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.
186 family households lived in Tolmans Hill; 57.5% were couple families and 6.5% were one-parent families.
39.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Tolmans Hill had 647 residents at the 2021 Census.
22.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
25.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 97.7% of occupied private dwellings in Tolmans Hill.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.9% 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.
37.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.
54.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.
7.8% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Tolmans Hill had 3.1 people.
One-person households made up 11.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.
Two-person households represented 28.0%, while 40.8% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
12.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.
61.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.
0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.
One-car households formed 15.6% of the total.
82.0% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
65.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.7% reported a different address.
26.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
80.8% of residents used only English at home.
18.4% used a language other than English at home.
7.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.8% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
26.0% of Tolmans Hill's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.0% was born in Australia.
6.5% of residents were born in China.
1.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.0%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 46.8% of ancestry responses in Tolmans Hill.
Australian ancestry made up 35.2% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 11.1% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
34.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.
Managers accounted for 22.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.
Health care and social assistance employed 18.3% of workers, and education and training employed 13.3%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 74.0%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.
44.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.4% worked part time.
Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
65.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.
9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
5.6% reported asthma, 5.4% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
40.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 23.5% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 17.6%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $3,316 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,400.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $625 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 12.5% in Tolmans Hill, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.
Outright ownership was 37.8% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.
Renting accounted for 7.8% in Tolmans Hill, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $1,080,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 186 local families, and 17.3% 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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