Gardners Bay, TAS

By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan · Updated 30 May 2026

31/100

Suburb Score

Less advantaged than the national average

Gardners Bay is more socio-economically advantaged than about 31% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 954, 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.

Gardners Bay at a glance

Population (2021): 346
Median age: 48
Median weekly household income: $1,051
SEIFA score: 954
Coordinates: -43.1788, 147.1420

Gardners Bay demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile Gardners Bay 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 26%, 14% of homes are rented, and 22% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age group	People	Share
Children (0–14)	60	18%
Youth (15–24)	29	9%
Young adults (25–44)	71	21%
Mid-life (45–64)	87	26%
Seniors (65+)	85	26%

Share of the 332 people counted by age.

Housing and households

Tenure	Dwellings	Share
Owned outright	63	47%
Owned with a mortgage	50	37%
Rented	19	14%

Dwelling type	Dwellings	Share
Houses	137	100%
Townhouses & semis	0	0%
Flats & apartments	0	0%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 137 occupied private dwellings in Gardners Bay.

Median weekly rent: $243
Median monthly mortgage: $1,300
Average household size: 2.3 people
Median weekly family income: $1,222
Median weekly personal income: $541

Community and culture

Born overseas: 74 (22%)
Speaks a language other than English at home: 9 (3%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander: 40 (12%)

Work and education

Completed Year 12: 154 (58%)
Labour-force participation: 57.3%
Unemployment rate: 7.5%
Employed full-time: 58
Employed part-time: 85

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 Gardners Bay

Where is Gardners Bay?

Gardners Bay is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia.

What is the population of Gardners Bay?

At the 2021 Census, Gardners Bay had a population of about 346.

Is Gardners Bay an advantaged area?

Gardners Bay has an ABS SEIFA score of 954, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 31 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 31% of Australian suburbs.