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Wesley Vale TAS 7307

Wesley Vale is in Latrobe (Tas.) LGA, TAS, postcode 7307, with population 483.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$200/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
483
483 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,564
107 added 12mo · 10MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,411
Median rent · wk$200
Investor profile

Who invests in Wesley Vale

Owner-occupied 88%Rented 12%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.6%
248 of 696 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,094/yr
Landlords (rental income)696
Reported capital gains499
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

83% of homes here are owner-occupied and 12% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

83% 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.

Affordability

15%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,411/mo, while renters pay about $867/mo — owning runs $544/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$70K
Median rent · wk
$200
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,411

Household income

$70K household · yr+2.9% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$33K
Family
$99K
Household
$70K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
3
$300-649
26
$650-999
30
$1,000-1,499
27
$1,500-1,999
20
$2,000-2,999
35
$3,000-3,999
13
$4,000+
16

At the median asking rent, about 18% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $667/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (186 households)
Owned outright
48%
Owned with mortgage
35%
Rented
12%
Dwelling structure6.1% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
97%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 84% drive, 1% public transport, 1% walk or cycle, 10% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA972
Students176
Government1
  • Andrews Creek Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 972

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Population outlook

6,742 people · 20226,976 by 2032 (+3.5%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Port Sorell SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Wesley Vale TAS — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Tasmania within the Latrobe (Tas.) local government area, Wesley Vale is a quiet locality (postcode 7307). It is home to about 483 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $70K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 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 technicians & trades, labourers, managers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $200 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,411.

Wesley Vale is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 972, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 2 bus stops.

Market & money
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth$1,411
Rent · wk(Census)$200
Employment · Latrobe (Tas.) LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change+0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7307ATO
Negatively geared3.6%
248 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,094/yr
Landlords (rental income)696
Reported capital gains499
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population483
Median age48
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,350
Personal income · wk$639
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,130 → $1,350
Change+19.5%
vs TAS median-3.1 pp
Median rent+0%
stablevs TAS 2016–21
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
Hospitals · Latrobe (Tas.) LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Mersey Community Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Latrobe (Tas.) LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places148
Rubicon Grove80 places
Uniting AgeWell Strathdevon68 places
Childcare · Latrobe (Tas.) LGAACECQA
Services5
Approved places240
Exceeding NQS0
Shearwater Children's Centre60 places
Lady Gowrie - Gilbert Street Latrobe Education and Care Service55 places
Stepping Stones-Latrobe OSHC50 places
CatholicCare Children's Services - St Patrick's Outside School Hours Care45 places
Port Sorell Outside School Hours Care30 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Wesley Vale rests on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
ABS Data by Region · Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · No linked local crime series
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · 2 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Wesley Vale 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.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across hospital coverage, crime coverage, population trend data, and building approvals.

The lighter areas here are hospital coverage, crime coverage, population trend data, and building approvals, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Wesley Vale feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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Wesley Vale FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Wesley Vale in?

    Wesley Vale is in the Latrobe (Tas.) Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7307. Council-level context for Latrobe (Tas.) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Wesley Vale?

    The median weekly rent in Wesley Vale is $200/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Wesley Vale?

    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.

  4. How often is the Wesley Vale 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.