Lower Snug suburb profile
Lower Snug is a quiet coastal suburb on the eastern shore of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, with a rural-residential feel where homes sit among eucalypt bush and stretch toward the foreshore. Streets are low density, with a mix of older cottages and more recent single-storey homes on generous blocks, attracting people who value a relaxed seaside lifestyle and ready access to bushwalking and boating. Local shops and services are limited within the suburb itself, so residents rely on the nearby village of Snug and the centres along the Channel Highway for shopping, schools and transport links into the broader Hobart region.
Lower Snug property market performance
Like many smaller suburbs, Lower Snug sees relatively few property sales, so there isn't enough recent data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units.
Over the last 3 months there were 2 house sales recorded in Lower Snug. Other common market measures such as recent value changes, median days on market and average rents are not available from the recent data.
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Sold Past 3 months | 2 | N/A |
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Lower Snug demographics
Couple families without children are the largest family type, making up 47.7% of families, while couple families with children account for 41.4% and one-parent families 10.9%. Together the two couple family types make up about nine in ten families.
The community has 460 people and a median age of 45. The median total household income is $2,009 a week, which is roughly $104,500 a year.
Homes in Lower Snug are predominantly owner-occupied, combining 43.6% owned outright and 47.9% owned with a mortgage for a total of 91.5% owner-occupiers, while 8.5% of homes are rented.
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