Retreat TAS 7254
Retreat is in Launceston LGA, TAS, postcode 7254, with population 18.
Verify-heavy evidence
Retreat depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.
The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Property prices, Crime, and Schools.
163 latest-year approvals in Launceston, +0.0% YoY; population -0.3% YoY (0.1% 5yr).
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This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.
Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
Retreat depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.
The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Property prices, Crime, and Schools.
Verify fallback signals manually and compare against stronger nearby suburbs before treating this as a shortlist candidate.
Population growth, Building approvals
Market rent
Property prices, Crime, Schools, Hospitals
Retreat currently reads as a thin-context candidate.
The profile is based on limited but still useful local context. Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.
Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.
No strong positive decision reason is visible yet.
Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Property prices, Schools, Transport
Use as context
This page stays indexable because Retreat is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.
Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.
The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.
Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.
This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.
This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.
If Retreat feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
pop +7100 · adds house price coverage · rent same $
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pop +3500 · adds house price coverage · rent +$15/wk
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Price history
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Full data detail
Retreat TAS
Retreat is a quiet locality in Tasmania within the Launceston local government area (postcode 7254). With a population of 18, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $58K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.3% 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 top ancestries reported are Australian, German, Irish.
The median weekly rent is $270 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $920.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of -0.3% year-on-year indicates declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Retreat is a quiet locality in Tasmania within the Launceston local government area (postcode 7254). With a population of 18, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $58K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.3% 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 top ancestries reported are Australian, German, Irish.
The median weekly rent is $270 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $920.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of -0.3% year-on-year indicates declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Retreat FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Retreat in?
Retreat is in the Launceston Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7254. Council-level context for Launceston 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 Retreat?
The median weekly rent in Retreat is $270/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
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Is Retreat a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Retreat show: Declining, 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 Retreat?
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 Retreat 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.