Mountain River suburb profile
Mountain River is a rural locality in Tasmania's Huon Valley, set along the Mountain River watercourse and framed by forest-clad hills and bushland. The area is made up of hobby farms, lifestyle blocks and timber cottages on generous parcels of land, with creeks, paddocks and native vegetation shaping the streetscape. Life here is quietly rural, suited to people after a tree-change who still want reasonable access to town services; outdoor recreation such as bushwalking and private hobby farming are common pastimes. There are limited shops in the immediate area, so residents use nearby towns for schools, shopping and broader services.
Mountain River property market performance
Like many smaller suburbs, Mountain River sees relatively few recent property sales, so there isn't enough recent data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units. Other market measures from the recent period, including sales counts, median days on market and average rents, are also not available.
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Mountain River demographics
Mountain River is a small community of 606 people, with a median age of 42. The median total household income is $1,758 a week, roughly $91,416 a year.
Couple families are the clear majority. There are 77 couple families with children (44.5%) and 80 couple families without children (46.2%), together making up about 90.7% of all families. One-parent families account for 9.2%.
Homes in Mountain River are overwhelmingly owner-occupied, with about 93.3% owned either outright (50.2%) or with a mortgage (43.1%), while renters make up 6.6% of dwellings.
Suburbs near Mountain River
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