Miena, TAS
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Miena is a small highland locality at the southern end of Great Lake, in the Central Highlands of Tasmania, sitting at about 1,050m above sea level roughly 120km north-west of Hobart. The area has a long Aboriginal history, associated with the Luggermairrenerpairer clan; the name, applied during the hydro-electric era, is said to mean 'lagoon-like'. European explorers passed through in the early 19th century, and from 1911 the Great Lake was dammed and progressively raised to feed Tasmania's hydro-electric scheme, with major works in the 1920s and again in the 1960s and 1980s. Today Miena is best known for trout fishing on Great Lake, which has hosted the World Fly Fishing Championships, and the historic Waddamana Power Station nearby operates as a museum.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Miena is more socio-economically advantaged than about 6% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 868, 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 Miena 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 Miena 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
6/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (6/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
64/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $245 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 64% 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.
Miena at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 127
- Median age
- 59
- Median weekly household income
- $1,013
- SEIFA score
- 868
- Local government area
- Central Highlands (Tas.)
- Coordinates
- -41.9810, 146.7575
Map of Miena
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Housing & property in Miena
What it costs to live in Miena and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $245
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $923
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 79%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 10%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Miena demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Miena demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Miena 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 45% and 16% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 0 | 0% |
| Youth (15–24) | 9 | 7% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 18 | 15% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 55 | 45% |
| Seniors (65+) | 39 | 32% |
Share of the 121 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 38 | 52% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 20 | 27% |
| Rented | 7 | 10% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 57 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 57 occupied private dwellings in Miena.
- Average household size
- 1.6 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,166
- Median weekly personal income
- $545
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 18 (16%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 0 (0%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 0 (0%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 46 (38%)
- Labour-force participation
- 40.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 8%
- Employed full-time
- 20
- Employed part-time
- 17
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 Miena
Is Miena 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, Miena rates 25/100 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 Miena?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Miena was $245, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $923. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Miena?
Miena is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia, in the Central Highlands (Tas.) local government area.
What is the population of Miena?
At the 2021 Census, Miena had a population of about 127.
Is Miena an advantaged area?
Miena has an ABS SEIFA score of 868, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 6 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 6% of Australian suburbs.
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