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.
Is Bagdad a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Lower on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Bagdad from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
12/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (12/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
32/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $350 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 32% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Bagdad at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 1,482
- Median age
- 38
- Median weekly household income
- $1,587
- SEIFA score
- 900
- Local government area
- Southern Midlands
- Coordinates
- -42.6081, 147.2272
Map of Bagdad
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Housing & property in Bagdad
What it costs to live in Bagdad and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $350
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,341
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 87%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 10%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Bagdad demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
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% 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.
- 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.
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Common questions about Bagdad
Is Bagdad a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Bagdad rates 19/100 overall (Lower on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Bagdad?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Bagdad was $350, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,341. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Bagdad?
Bagdad is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia, in the Southern Midlands local government area.
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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