Herdsmans Cove TAS 7030
Herdsmans Cove is in Brighton LGA, TAS, postcode 7030, with population 1,199.
Strong evidence
Herdsmans Cove has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Schools, Transport, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Herdsmans Cove has usable rent context. No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
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Rent context available
Herdsmans Cove has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $450/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Herdsmans Cove has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Schools, Transport, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
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Market rent, Schools, Transport, Population growth
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Crime, Hospitals
Herdsmans Cove currently reads as a livability-led candidate.
Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Missing evidence to verify: Property prices.
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Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.
No major caution is visible beyond the normal source checks.
Property prices
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Herdsmans Cove TAS
Herdsmans Cove is a small community in Tasmania within the Brighton local government area (postcode 7030). With a population of 1,199, the suburb has a young professional demographic with a median age of 29. Households earn a median income of $53K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. TAS employment has moved -0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. TAS also had 19 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 0 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are community & personal service, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.
The current median weekly rent is $450. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $869.
Herdsmans Cove is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 772, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 15 bus stops.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Herdsmans Cove is a small community in Tasmania within the Brighton local government area (postcode 7030). With a population of 1,199, the suburb has a young professional demographic with a median age of 29. Households earn a median income of $53K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. TAS employment has moved -0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. TAS also had 19 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 0 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are community & personal service, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.
The current median weekly rent is $450. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $869.
Herdsmans Cove is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 772, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 15 bus stops.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Herdsmans Cove FAQ
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What LGA is Herdsmans Cove in?
Herdsmans Cove is in the Brighton Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7030. Council-level context for Brighton LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Herdsmans Cove?
The median weekly rent in Herdsmans Cove is $450/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
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What does the rent signal say about Herdsmans Cove?
Rent context available: Herdsmans Cove has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
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Is Herdsmans Cove a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Herdsmans Cove show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Herdsmans Cove?
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
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How often is the Herdsmans Cove data updated?
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.