Ranelagh, TAS
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Ranelagh is a small township in the Huon Valley of southern Tasmania, sitting on the edge of Huonville. It was originally called Victoria and took the name Ranelagh after Huonville was formally gazetted as a town in 1891. The surrounding valley became one of Tasmania's noted fruit-growing districts, and Ranelagh grew up among the orchards and, later, vineyards that still shape the local economy. In more recent decades it has also become a quiet residential base for people working in and around Huonville and Hobart. The township is perhaps best known today for hosting the annual Huon Show, a long-running agricultural fair that celebrates the valley's farming heritage and remains one of the area's biggest community gatherings.
Less advantaged than the national average
Ranelagh is more socio-economically advantaged than about 37% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 965, 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 Ranelagh 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 Ranelagh 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
37/100Less advantaged than the national average
Less advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (37/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
36/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $330 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 36% 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.
Ranelagh at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 1,484
- Median age
- 37
- Median weekly household income
- $1,602
- SEIFA score
- 965
- Local government area
- Huon Valley
- Coordinates
- -42.9967, 147.0167
Map of Ranelagh
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Housing & property in Ranelagh
What it costs to live in Ranelagh and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $330
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,486
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 83%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 14%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Ranelagh demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Ranelagh demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Ranelagh 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 29% and 11% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 326 | 22% |
| Youth (15–24) | 153 | 10% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 424 | 29% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 346 | 23% |
| Seniors (65+) | 230 | 16% |
Share of the 1,479 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 163 | 31% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 270 | 52% |
| Rented | 72 | 14% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 508 | 96% |
| Townhouses & semis | 5 | 1% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 528 occupied private dwellings in Ranelagh.
- Average household size
- 2.7 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,900
- Median weekly personal income
- $758
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 152 (11%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 53 (4%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 165 (11%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 548 (49%)
- Labour-force participation
- 66.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7%
- Employed full-time
- 414
- Employed part-time
- 274
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 Ranelagh
Is Ranelagh 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, Ranelagh rates 37/100 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 Ranelagh?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Ranelagh was $330, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,486. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Ranelagh?
Ranelagh is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia, in the Huon Valley local government area.
What is the population of Ranelagh?
At the 2021 Census, Ranelagh had a population of about 1,484.
Is Ranelagh an advantaged area?
Ranelagh has an ABS SEIFA score of 965, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 37 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 37% of Australian suburbs.
Does Ranelagh have high household incomes?
Ranelagh has one of the highest median weekly household incomes in Tasmania — the 24th-highest among suburbs with at least 1,000 residents at the 2021 Census ($1,602 per week).
Where Ranelagh ranks
Ranelagh appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
- Highest-income suburbs in Tasmania#24 of 25
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