Upper Castra is in Central Coast (Tas.) LGA, TAS, postcode 7315, with population 85.
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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.
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
87% of homes here are owner-occupied and 21% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.
87% 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 17% · TAS median 20%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 62% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,257/mo, while renters pay about $867/mo — owning runs $390/mo higher on these medians.
At the median asking rent, about 34% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $667/wk income).
Getting to work: 80% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 13% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
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Located in Tasmania within the Central Coast (Tas.) local government area, Upper Castra is a quiet locality (postcode 7315). The area has roughly 85 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $62K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. 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 clerical & administrative, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward professional services and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $200 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,257.
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Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
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Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
This page stays indexable because Upper Castra 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.
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pop same · rent +$30/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
pop same · rent +$25/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
Upper Castra is in the Central Coast (Tas.) Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7315. Council-level context for Central Coast (Tas.) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Upper Castra is $200/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
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.