Chudleigh, TAS
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Chudleigh is a small farming settlement in northern Tasmania's Meander Valley, set between the Gog and Magog ranges and the Great Western Tiers about 64 kilometres west of Launceston and a short drive east of Mole Creek. The valley was long home to the Pallittorre people, who mined ochre at the nearby Toolumbunner pits in the Gog Range. European settlers arrived in the early 1830s, and an early resident, John Badcock Gardiner, named the village — probably after Chudleigh in Devon, England. Today it is best known for the Melita Honey Farm and the Trowunna Wildlife Park, a sanctuary for Tasmanian devils, and sits close to the limestone caves of Mole Creek Karst National Park. Some 200 people live there.
Less advantaged than the national average
Chudleigh is more socio-economically advantaged than about 26% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 943, 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 Chudleigh 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 Chudleigh 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
26/100Less advantaged than the national average
Less advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (26/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
47/100Around the national median for cost
Median weekly rent was $300 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 47% 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.
Chudleigh at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 213
- Median age
- 42
- Median weekly household income
- $1,100
- SEIFA score
- 943
- Local government area
- Meander Valley
- Coordinates
- -41.5494, 146.4858
Map of Chudleigh
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Housing & property in Chudleigh
What it costs to live in Chudleigh and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $300
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $996
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 77%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 19%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Chudleigh demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Chudleigh demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Chudleigh 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 children (0–14) at 25% and 23% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 50 | 25% |
| Youth (15–24) | 20 | 10% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 46 | 23% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 48 | 24% |
| Seniors (65+) | 40 | 20% |
Share of the 204 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 35 | 48% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 21 | 29% |
| Rented | 14 | 19% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 72 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 72 occupied private dwellings in Chudleigh.
- Average household size
- 2.6 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,312
- Median weekly personal income
- $519
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 45 (23%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 5 (3%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 0 (0%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 58 (37%)
- Labour-force participation
- 54.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.2%
- Employed full-time
- 51
- Employed part-time
- 31
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 Chudleigh
Is Chudleigh 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, Chudleigh rates 33/100 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 Chudleigh?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Chudleigh was $300, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $996. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Chudleigh?
Chudleigh is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia, in the Meander Valley local government area.
What is the population of Chudleigh?
At the 2021 Census, Chudleigh had a population of about 213.
Is Chudleigh an advantaged area?
Chudleigh has an ABS SEIFA score of 943, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 26 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 26% of Australian suburbs.
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