North Hobart, TAS
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
North Hobart is an inner suburb lying directly north of central Hobart, strung along Elizabeth Street as it runs out of the city towards New Town and beyond. It is best known for its restaurant strip: the stretch of Elizabeth Street between Tasma and Federal Streets is packed with cafes and restaurants spanning Italian, Indian, Thai, Japanese, Mexican and more — a smaller southern cousin to Melbourne's Lygon Street. Anchoring the suburb are the State Cinema, Tasmania's largest independent cinema, and the North Hobart Oval, one of the city's larger sporting grounds and a long-time home of Australian rules football in Hobart. Two well-known schools, Elizabeth College and The Friends' School, are also here, and a 2004 makeover widened the footpaths and lined the main street with trees.
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
North Hobart is more socio-economically advantaged than about 81% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1045, 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 North Hobart 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.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for North Hobart 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
81/100Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (81/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
20/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $400 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 20% 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.
North Hobart at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 2,600
- Median age
- 35
- Median weekly household income
- $1,823
- SEIFA score
- 1045
- Local government area
- Hobart
- Coordinates
- -42.8712, 147.3172
Map of North Hobart
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Housing & property in North Hobart
What it costs to live in North Hobart and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $400
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,820
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 43%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 53%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the North Hobart demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
North Hobart demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile North Hobart 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 young adults (25–44) at 39% and 30% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 239 | 9% |
| Youth (15–24) | 402 | 15% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 1,018 | 39% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 603 | 23% |
| Seniors (65+) | 342 | 13% |
Share of the 2,604 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 238 | 21% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 249 | 22% |
| Rented | 595 | 53% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 519 | 46% |
| Townhouses & semis | 312 | 28% |
| Flats & apartments | 282 | 25% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 1,117 occupied private dwellings in North Hobart.
- Average household size
- 2.1 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,217
- Median weekly personal income
- $902
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 732 (30%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 536 (22%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 58 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 1,728 (76%)
- Labour-force participation
- 69.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 7%
- Employed full-time
- 872
- Employed part-time
- 577
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.
Weather and climate in North Hobart
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in North Hobart is January (average daytime high around 23.6°C) and the coolest is July (around 11.7°C). The area receives roughly 642 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23.6°C | 12.5°C | 51 mm |
| Feb | 22.5°C | 11.8°C | 42 mm |
| Mar | 20.8°C | 10.5°C | 53 mm |
| Apr | 17.6°C | 8.3°C | 36 mm |
| May | 14.2°C | 5.9°C | 55 mm |
| Jun | 12.1°C | 4.3°C | 55 mm |
| Jul | 11.7°C | 3.7°C | 42 mm |
| Aug | 12.6°C | 3.6°C | 56 mm |
| Sep | 14.9°C | 5.1°C | 50 mm |
| Oct | 17°C | 6.9°C | 77 mm |
| Nov | 19.1°C | 9°C | 62 mm |
| Dec | 21.4°C | 10.6°C | 63 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about North Hobart
Is North Hobart 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, North Hobart rates 61/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in North Hobart?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in North Hobart was $400, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,820. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is North Hobart?
North Hobart is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia, in the Hobart local government area.
What is the population of North Hobart?
At the 2021 Census, North Hobart had a population of about 2,600.
Is North Hobart an advantaged area?
North Hobart has an ABS SEIFA score of 1045, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 81 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 81% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in North Hobart?
North Hobart has average daytime highs of about 17.3°C and overnight lows of about 7.7°C, with roughly 642 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
Does North Hobart have high household incomes?
North Hobart has one of the highest median weekly household incomes in Tasmania — the 14th-highest among suburbs with at least 1,000 residents at the 2021 Census ($1,823 per week).
Where North Hobart ranks
North Hobart appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
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