Family-friendly ranking · Greater Hobart
By the average ICSEA of their schools, among suburbs where families with dependants are at least 40% of households, the ten best Greater Hobart suburbs for families are South Hobart, Taroona, Battery Point, Sandy Bay, West Hobart, Hobart, Mount Nelson, Bellerive, Blackmans Bay and Lenah Valley.
Updated 1 October 2026. Medians for 2024. Ranked from 30 Greater Hobart suburbs.
The ten, in order
South Hobart (7004) is about 1 km from the Hobart CBD. The one school we hold for the suburb has an ICSEA of 1137 (ACARA), the highest in Greater Hobart among suburbs where families are at least 40% of households. Families with dependants are 62% of households. No house median is published for it yet. 5,886 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Taroona (7053) is about 8 km from the Hobart CBD. The two schools we hold for the suburb average an ICSEA of 1134 (ACARA), the 2nd highest in Greater Hobart among suburbs where families are at least 40% of households. Families with dependants are 72% of households. No house median is published for it yet. 3,121 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Battery Point (7004) is about 1 km from the Hobart CBD. The one school we hold for the suburb has an ICSEA of 1133 (ACARA), the 3rd highest in Greater Hobart among suburbs where families are at least 40% of households. Families with dependants are 50% of households. No house median is published for it yet. 2,096 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Sandy Bay (7005) is about 2 km from the Hobart CBD. The six schools we hold for the suburb average an ICSEA of 1131 (ACARA), the 4th highest in Greater Hobart among suburbs where families are at least 40% of households. Families with dependants are 63% of households. The median house price is $1,267,500 (the ABS statistical-area median for the area that carries its name). 12,315 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
West Hobart (7000) is about 1 km from the Hobart CBD. The two schools we hold for the suburb average an ICSEA of 1121 (ACARA), the 5th highest in Greater Hobart among suburbs where families are at least 40% of households. Families with dependants are 62% of households. The median house price is $910,500 (the ABS statistical-area median for the area that carries its name). 6,525 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Hobart (7000) is about 0 km from the Hobart CBD. The two schools we hold for the suburb average an ICSEA of 1097 (ACARA), the 6th highest in Greater Hobart among suburbs where families are at least 40% of households. Families with dependants are 43% of households. No house median is published for it yet. 3,390 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Mount Nelson (7007) is about 5 km from the Hobart CBD. The two schools we hold for the suburb average an ICSEA of 1078 (ACARA), the 7th highest in Greater Hobart among suburbs where families are at least 40% of households. Families with dependants are 69% of households. No house median is published for it yet. 2,749 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Bellerive (7018) is about 3 km from the Hobart CBD. The four schools we hold for the suburb average an ICSEA of 1064 (ACARA), the 8th highest in Greater Hobart among suburbs where families are at least 40% of households. Families with dependants are 62% of households. No house median is published for it yet. 4,945 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Blackmans Bay (7052) is about 14 km from the Hobart CBD. The two schools we hold for the suburb average an ICSEA of 1059 (ACARA), the 9th highest in Greater Hobart among suburbs where families are at least 40% of households. Families with dependants are 75% of households. No house median is published for it yet. 7,688 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Lenah Valley (7008) is about 4 km from the Hobart CBD. The two schools we hold for the suburb average an ICSEA of 1057 (ACARA), the 10th highest in Greater Hobart among suburbs where families are at least 40% of households. Families with dependants are 69% of households. No house median is published for it yet. 6,522 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
| # | Suburb | Avg school ICSEA | Family households | Median house price | Km to CBD | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Hobart 7004 | 1137 | 62% | – | 1 | View profile → |
| 2 | Taroona 7053 | 1134 | 72% | – | 8 | View profile → |
| 3 | Battery Point 7004 | 1133 | 50% | – | 1 | View profile → |
| 4 | Sandy Bay 7005 | 1131 | 63% | $1,267,500 area | 2 | View profile → |
| 5 | West Hobart 7000 | 1121 | 62% | $910,500 area | 1 | View profile → |
| 6 | Hobart 7000 | 1097 | 43% | – | 0 | View profile → |
| 7 | Mount Nelson 7007 | 1078 | 69% | – | 5 | View profile → |
| 8 | Bellerive 7018 | 1064 | 62% | – | 3 | View profile → |
| 9 | Blackmans Bay 7052 | 1059 | 75% | – | 14 | View profile → |
| 10 | Lenah Valley 7008 | 1057 | 69% | – | 4 | View profile → |
A dash means the suburb’s own page publishes no figure. “Area” marks an ABS statistical-area median.
Ranks 11 to 15 on the same rule, for a shortlist that runs past the ten.
Common questions
By the average ICSEA of their schools, among Greater Hobart suburbs where families with dependants are at least 40% of households, the top three are South Hobart (ICSEA 1137), Taroona (ICSEA 1134) and Battery Point (ICSEA 1133). ICSEA is ACARA's index of the socio-educational backgrounds of a school's students, published for every Australian school; it is a proxy for resourcing and outcomes, not a measure of teaching, so check the in-catchment school for an address before buying. The ranking is drawn from 30 suburbs.
Two of the ten suburbs on this page have a published median house price, from $910,500 in West Hobart to $1,267,500 in Sandy Bay. Prices for Tasmania are ABS statistical-area (SA2) medians: each is the median for the area that carries the suburb's name. An SA2 can take in surrounding localities, so a figure can differ from sales in the suburb itself. A dash in the table means the suburb's own page publishes no median, because its source is distrusted or it rests on fewer than five recorded sales.
We do not publish a list of suburbs to avoid. This page ranks suburbs for families on measured figures, and a suburb missing from it may simply have no school with an ICSEA we hold, a family share under 40% of households or fewer than 1,000 residents. Each suburb's own page shows its crime figures where the state publishes them and its rents and sales, so check those for the address you are looking at rather than the suburb's reputation.
We do not predict which suburbs will boom, and we hold no growth figure to rank Hobart suburbs on: the medians we publish for Tasmania are ABS statistical-area (SA2) medians for 2024, and they come without a 12-month change. A figure beside a suburb here is a median, a rent, a yield, a walk score or a school ICSEA, each measured and sourced, never a forecast. Each suburb's own page shows its published median and says where it comes from.
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