Little Swanport is in Glamorgan-Spring Bay LGA, TAS, postcode 7190, with population 148.
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85% of homes here are owner-occupied and 5% rented, with 3% of landlords negatively geared.
85% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
This suburb 13% · TAS median 20%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 77% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,100/mo, while renters pay about $542/mo — owning runs $558/mo higher on these medians.
At the median asking rent, about 16% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $417/wk income).
Getting to work: 53% drive, 0% public transport, 9% walk or cycle, 22% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
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Estimated short-let income is 2.1× the $6,500/yr a long-term let would earn at the median rent — before management fees, cleaning, vacancy beyond the occupancy model, and short-stay regulation.
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ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Triabunna - Bicheno SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Located in Tasmania within the Glamorgan-Spring Bay local government area, Little Swanport is a quiet locality (postcode 7190). The area has roughly 148 residents and a predominantly older resident base, with a median age of 60. Households earn a median income of $49K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.9% year-on-year at the LGA level. TAS employment has moved -1.7% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. TAS also had 17 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $125 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,100.
Public transport access includes 1 bus stop.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.9% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
Little Swanport is in the Glamorgan-Spring Bay Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7190. Council-level context for Glamorgan-Spring Bay LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Little Swanport is $125/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Little Swanport show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.