Mathinna suburb profile
Mathinna is a small, historic rural town in north-east Tasmania that grew up during the gold rush. Today it sits among rolling farmland and forested hills and has a quietly practical character, with weatherboard cottages and simple rural residences lining its streets alongside larger bush blocks. The town functions as a local service centre with a handful of shops and community facilities, and daily life revolves around farming, forestry and outdoor pursuits such as bushwalking and fishing. Residents are a mix of long-term locals and people drawn to a slower country lifestyle, and the setting emphasises natural scenery and remoteness rather than urban convenience.
Mathinna property market performance
Mathinna has relatively few recent property sales, so there isn't enough data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units. Recent figures for sales counts, days on market and rents are also not available from the current records.
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Mathinna demographics
This community of 131 people has a median age of 55. The typical household income is $725 a week, about $37,700 a year.
Families are led by couple families without children, which make up 48.7% of families. Couple families with children account for 25.6%, and one-parent families also represent 25.6% of the family mix.
In Mathinna, homes are predominantly owner-occupied: 65.6% are owned outright and 21.9% are owned with a mortgage, giving owner-occupation of 87.5% overall, while 12.5% of homes are rented.
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