Surveyors Bay, TAS

By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan · Updated 30 May 2026

27/100

Suburb Score

Less advantaged than the national average

Surveyors Bay is more socio-economically advantaged than about 27% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 946, 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.

Surveyors Bay at a glance

Population (2021): 56
Median age: 58
Median weekly household income: $966
SEIFA score: 946
Coordinates: -43.2770, 147.0624

Surveyors Bay demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile Surveyors Bay 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 36%, 0% of homes are rented, and 6% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age group	People	Share
Children (0–14)	6	10%
Youth (15–24)	0	0%
Young adults (25–44)	13	22%
Mid-life (45–64)	18	31%
Seniors (65+)	21	36%

Share of the 58 people counted by age.

Housing and households

Tenure	Dwellings	Share
Owned outright	21	72%
Owned with a mortgage	4	14%
Rented	0	0%

Dwelling type	Dwellings	Share
Houses	30	100%
Townhouses & semis	0	0%
Flats & apartments	0	0%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 30 occupied private dwellings in Surveyors Bay.

Median weekly rent: $280
Median monthly mortgage: $1,018
Average household size: 1.8 people
Median weekly family income: $1,875
Median weekly personal income: $739

Community and culture

Born overseas: 3 (6%)
Speaks a language other than English at home: 0 (0%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander: 5 (9%)

Work and education

Completed Year 12: 19 (36%)
Labour-force participation: 41.2%
Employed full-time: 16
Employed part-time: 4

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.

Common questions about Surveyors Bay

Where is Surveyors Bay?

Surveyors Bay is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia.

What is the population of Surveyors Bay?

At the 2021 Census, Surveyors Bay had a population of about 56.

Is Surveyors Bay an advantaged area?

Surveyors Bay has an ABS SEIFA score of 946, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 27 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 27% of Australian suburbs.