Bagdad, TAS
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Bagdad is a rural locality in the Southern Midlands of Tasmania, about 37 kilometres north of Hobart on the Midland Highway between the state's two largest cities. It is a valley of orchards and small mixed farms that has become something of a commuter settlement for Hobart, and in the days of horse-and-buggy travel it was a well-known resting place on the road north. The town owes its unusual name to Hugh Germain, an early Royal Marines private who, according to one nineteenth-century account, carried a Bible and a copy of the Arabian Nights in his saddlebags and drew on them when naming places he passed. A post office opened here in 1878, and a railway served the town from 1891 until 1947.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Bagdad is more socio-economically advantaged than about 12% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 900, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Bagdad at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 1,482
- Median age
- 38
- Median weekly household income
- $1,587
- SEIFA score
- 900
- Coordinates
- -42.6081, 147.2272
Bagdad demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Bagdad using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 27%, 10% of homes are rented, and 6% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 316 | 21% |
| Youth (15–24) | 183 | 12% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 382 | 26% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 398 | 27% |
| Seniors (65+) | 208 | 14% |
Share of the 1,487 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 153 | 30% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 285 | 57% |
| Rented | 50 | 10% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 503 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 503 occupied private dwellings in Bagdad.
- Median weekly rent
- $350
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,341
- Average household size
- 2.8 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,698
- Median weekly personal income
- $743
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 76 (6%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 17 (1%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 129 (9%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 350 (31%)
- Labour-force participation
- 63.2%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7%
- Employed full-time
- 431
- Employed part-time
- 211
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Common questions about Bagdad
Where is Bagdad?
Bagdad is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia.
What is the population of Bagdad?
At the 2021 Census, Bagdad had a population of about 1,482.
Is Bagdad an advantaged area?
Bagdad has an ABS SEIFA score of 900, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 12 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 12% of Australian suburbs.
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