Melton Mowbray, TAS
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Melton Mowbray is a small rural locality in the Southern Midlands of Tasmania, about 60 kilometres north of Hobart, where the Midland Highway meets the Lake Highway heading up to the central lakes. It was originally known as Cross Marsh, and took its present name from Samuel Blackwell, a settler born in the English town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, who arrived in the district in 1840. Blackwell built the Melton Mowbray Hotel, a coaching stop on the road between Hobart and Launceston, in 1849. The present locality name was formally gazetted in 1974. Today Melton Mowbray is a quiet highway junction among the grazing properties of the Midlands.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Melton Mowbray is more socio-economically advantaged than about 13% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 906, 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 Melton Mowbray 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.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Melton Mowbray 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
13/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (13/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
96/100More affordable than most suburbs
Median weekly rent was $100 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 96% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
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- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
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- 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.
Melton Mowbray at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 68
- Median age
- 40
- Median weekly household income
- $1,333
- SEIFA score
- 906
- Local government area
- Southern Midlands
- Coordinates
- -42.4436, 147.2370
Map of Melton Mowbray
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Housing & property in Melton Mowbray
What it costs to live in Melton Mowbray and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $100
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $737
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 67%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 33%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Melton Mowbray demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Melton Mowbray demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Melton Mowbray 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 29% and 0% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 11 | 17% |
| Youth (15–24) | 9 | 14% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 14 | 21% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 19 | 29% |
| Seniors (65+) | 13 | 20% |
Share of the 66 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 4 | 27% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 6 | 40% |
| Rented | 5 | 33% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 26 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 26 occupied private dwellings in Melton Mowbray.
- Average household size
- 2.5 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,375
- Median weekly personal income
- $668
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 0 (0%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 0 (0%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 4 (6%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 21 (42%)
- Labour-force participation
- 54.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4%
- Employed full-time
- 23
- Employed part-time
- 5
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 Melton Mowbray
Is Melton Mowbray 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, Melton Mowbray rates 41/100 overall (Below the national middle 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 Melton Mowbray?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Melton Mowbray was $100, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $737. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Melton Mowbray?
Melton Mowbray is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia, in the Southern Midlands local government area.
What is the population of Melton Mowbray?
At the 2021 Census, Melton Mowbray had a population of about 68.
Is Melton Mowbray an advantaged area?
Melton Mowbray has an ABS SEIFA score of 906, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 13 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 13% of Australian suburbs.
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