Scottsdale, TAS
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Scottsdale is the main town of north-eastern Tasmania, set in green farming country between the Sidling Range and the coast. Selectors took up the rich volcanic soils from the 1850s, and the town, first known as Ellesmere, was renamed Scottsdale in 1893 after James Reid Scott, the surveyor who had reported on the district's fertile land and mild climate. Farming, dairying and forestry have long been its mainstays. The surrounding district is now a draw for visitors, best known for the Bridestowe Lavender Estate, whose rows of lavender flower each summer, and for the Barnbougle golf links on the coast nearby. The town itself serves the farms and forests of the north-east.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Scottsdale is more socio-economically advantaged than about 6% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 866, 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 Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale 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
73/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $210 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 73% 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.
Scottsdale at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 2,408
- Median age
- 47
- Median weekly household income
- $965
- SEIFA score
- 866
- Local government area
- Dorset
- Coordinates
- -41.1695, 147.5207
Map of Scottsdale
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Housing & property in Scottsdale
What it costs to live in Scottsdale and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $210
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,018
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 70%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 25%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Scottsdale demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Scottsdale demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Scottsdale 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 seniors (65+) at 28% and 8% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 400 | 17% |
| Youth (15–24) | 250 | 10% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 496 | 21% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 601 | 25% |
| Seniors (65+) | 669 | 28% |
Share of the 2,416 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 405 | 41% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 285 | 29% |
| Rented | 244 | 25% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 922 | 93% |
| Townhouses & semis | 59 | 6% |
| Flats & apartments | 4 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 990 occupied private dwellings in Scottsdale.
- Average household size
- 2.2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,317
- Median weekly personal income
- $543
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 173 (8%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 54 (2%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 98 (4%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 523 (27%)
- Labour-force participation
- 49.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.1%
- Employed full-time
- 527
- Employed part-time
- 361
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 Scottsdale
Is Scottsdale 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, Scottsdale rates 28/100 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 Scottsdale?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Scottsdale was $210, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,018. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Scottsdale?
Scottsdale is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia, in the Dorset local government area.
What is the population of Scottsdale?
At the 2021 Census, Scottsdale had a population of about 2,408.
Is Scottsdale an advantaged area?
Scottsdale has an ABS SEIFA score of 866, 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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