Mole Creek, TAS
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Mole Creek is a small town in the north of Tasmania, in the upper Mersey Valley about 76 kilometres west of Launceston. The surrounding limestone country is honeycombed with hundreds of caves and sinkholes, and was home to the Pallittorre people, who mined ochre at the nearby Toolumbunner pits. The town takes its name from the creek itself, which runs above ground before vanishing into the cave system and rising again further on. Settlers came through from the 1820s, and by the early twentieth century the show caves had been opened to visitors and commercial honey production had begun. Today Mole Creek is known for its leatherwood honey, for the Marakoopa and King Solomons show caves of the Mole Creek Karst National Park, and for the nearby Trowunna Wildlife Park.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Mole Creek is more socio-economically advantaged than about 13% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 903, 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 Mole Creek 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 Mole Creek 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
65/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $240 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 65% 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.
Mole Creek at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 528
- Median age
- 51
- Median weekly household income
- $1,066
- SEIFA score
- 903
- Local government area
- Meander Valley
- Coordinates
- -41.5672, 146.3950
Map of Mole Creek
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Housing & property in Mole Creek
What it costs to live in Mole Creek and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $240
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,083
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 86%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 10%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Mole Creek demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Mole Creek demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Mole Creek 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 36% and 14% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 67 | 13% |
| Youth (15–24) | 47 | 9% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 98 | 19% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 188 | 36% |
| Seniors (65+) | 127 | 24% |
Share of the 527 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 123 | 59% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 56 | 27% |
| Rented | 21 | 10% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 207 | 94% |
| Townhouses & semis | 9 | 4% |
| Flats & apartments | 4 | 2% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 220 occupied private dwellings in Mole Creek.
- Average household size
- 2.3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,257
- Median weekly personal income
- $543
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 67 (14%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 19 (4%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 29 (5%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 139 (31%)
- Labour-force participation
- 50.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 6%
- Employed full-time
- 119
- Employed part-time
- 83
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 Mole Creek
Is Mole Creek 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, Mole Creek rates 30/100 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 Mole Creek?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Mole Creek was $240, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Mole Creek?
Mole Creek is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia, in the Meander Valley local government area.
What is the population of Mole Creek?
At the 2021 Census, Mole Creek had a population of about 528.
Is Mole Creek an advantaged area?
Mole Creek has an ABS SEIFA score of 903, 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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