Wilmot, TAS
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Wilmot is a small farming village in north-west Tasmania's Kentish municipality, about 28km south-west of Devonport, set between the Wilmot River and Lake Barrington. It was named after Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land in the 1840s. Long only a parish name, the township itself was proclaimed in 1903. Wilmot's best-known story is a retailing one: the Coles family ran their first permanent store here between 1910 and 1921 — the seed of what grew into a national chain — until the building was destroyed by fire in 2014. The village keeps a historic museum, looks out over Lake Barrington's international rowing course and Forth Falls, and lies within easy reach of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Wilmot is more socio-economically advantaged than about 9% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 884, 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 Wilmot 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 Wilmot 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
9/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (9/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
65/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $240 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 65% 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.
Wilmot at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 287
- Median age
- 54
- Median weekly household income
- $919
- SEIFA score
- 884
- Local government area
- Kentish
- Coordinates
- -41.3949, 146.1558
Map of Wilmot
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Housing & property in Wilmot
What it costs to live in Wilmot and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $240
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $813
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 82%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 8%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Wilmot demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Wilmot demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Wilmot 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 45% and 16% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 35 | 12% |
| Youth (15–24) | 23 | 8% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 43 | 15% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 133 | 45% |
| Seniors (65+) | 59 | 20% |
Share of the 293 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 76 | 59% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 30 | 23% |
| Rented | 10 | 8% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 124 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 124 occupied private dwellings in Wilmot.
- Average household size
- 2.1 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,275
- Median weekly personal income
- $504
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 43 (16%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 16 (6%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 15 (5%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 84 (34%)
- Labour-force participation
- 47.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 12.3%
- Employed full-time
- 55
- Employed part-time
- 41
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 Wilmot
Is Wilmot 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, Wilmot 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 Wilmot?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Wilmot was $240, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $813. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Wilmot?
Wilmot is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia, in the Kentish local government area.
What is the population of Wilmot?
At the 2021 Census, Wilmot had a population of about 287.
Is Wilmot an advantaged area?
Wilmot has an ABS SEIFA score of 884, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 9 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 9% of Australian suburbs.
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