West Coast, TAS

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

West Coast at a glance

Population (2021): 8
Median age: 48
Median weekly household income: $450
Local government area: Waratah-Wynyard
Coordinates: -41.6034, 145.4844

Map of West Coast

Housing & property in West Coast

What it costs to live in West Coast and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.

Median mortgage: $390; per month
Owner-occupied: 100%; of dwellings
Rented: 0%; of dwellings

The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the West Coast demographics section below.

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Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.

West Coast demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile West Coast 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 56% and 0% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age group	People	Share
Children (0–14)	0	0%
Youth (15–24)	4	44%
Young adults (25–44)	0	0%
Mid-life (45–64)	5	56%
Seniors (65+)	0	0%

Share of the 9 people counted by age.

Housing and households

Tenure	Dwellings	Share
Owned outright	5	100%
Owned with a mortgage	0	0%
Rented	0	0%

Dwelling type	Dwellings	Share
Houses	3	100%
Townhouses & semis	0	0%
Flats & apartments	0	0%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 3 occupied private dwellings in West Coast.

Average household size: 1.4 people
Median weekly family income: $999
Median weekly personal income: $325

Community and culture

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

Work and education

Completed Year 12: 3 (38%)
Labour-force participation: 44.4%
Unemployment rate: 50%
Employed full-time: 0
Employed part-time: 0

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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Where is West Coast?

West Coast is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia, in the Waratah-Wynyard local government area.