Melton Mowbray, TAS
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Melton Mowbray is a small rural locality in the Southern Midlands of Tasmania, about 60 kilometres north of Hobart, where the Midland Highway meets the Lake Highway heading up to the central lakes. It was originally known as Cross Marsh, and took its present name from Samuel Blackwell, a settler born in the English town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, who arrived in the district in 1840. Blackwell built the Melton Mowbray Hotel, a coaching stop on the road between Hobart and Launceston, in 1849. The present locality name was formally gazetted in 1974. Today Melton Mowbray is a quiet highway junction among the grazing properties of the Midlands.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Melton Mowbray is more socio-economically advantaged than about 13% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 906, 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.
Melton Mowbray at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 68
- Median age
- 40
- Median weekly household income
- $1,333
- SEIFA score
- 906
- Coordinates
- -42.4436, 147.2370
Melton Mowbray demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Melton Mowbray 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 29%, 33% of homes are rented, and 0% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 11 | 17% |
| Youth (15–24) | 9 | 14% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 14 | 21% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 19 | 29% |
| Seniors (65+) | 13 | 20% |
Share of the 66 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 4 | 27% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 6 | 40% |
| Rented | 5 | 33% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 26 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 26 occupied private dwellings in Melton Mowbray.
- Median weekly rent
- $100
- Median monthly mortgage
- $737
- Average household size
- 2.5 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,375
- Median weekly personal income
- $668
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 0 (0%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 0 (0%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 4 (6%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 21 (42%)
- Labour-force participation
- 54.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4%
- Employed full-time
- 23
- Employed part-time
- 5
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 Melton Mowbray
Where is Melton Mowbray?
Melton Mowbray is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia.
What is the population of Melton Mowbray?
At the 2021 Census, Melton Mowbray had a population of about 68.
Is Melton Mowbray an advantaged area?
Melton Mowbray has an ABS SEIFA score of 906, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 13 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 13% of Australian suburbs.
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