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TASMANIA

MEDIAN AGE

• At June 2017, the median age (the age at which half the population is older and half is younger) of the Tasmanian population was 42.2 years, the highest of all states and territories. Tasmania also had the largest increase in median age between 2012 and 2017, increasing by 1.4 years. The median age of males in 2017 was 41.0 years compared with 43.3 years for females.

• The median age of the population in Greater Hobart was 39.8 years at June 2017, up slightly from 39.2 at June 2012, while the median age in the rest of Tasmania increased from 42.0 to 44.1 years over the same period.

• The SA2s with the highest median ages in 2017 were Forestier - Tasman (55.9 years), Triabunna - Bicheno (55.8) and St Helens - Scamander (54.9), all located on Tasmania's eastern seaboard.

• The lowest median age was in Mowbray (31.1 years) in Launceston, which is close to the University of Tasmania and other educational facilities.

SA2s WITH OLDEST AND YOUNGEST MEDIAN AGES(a), Tasmania, 2017
		Median Age
SA2	GCCSA	years
OLDEST MEDIAN AGES
Forestier - Tasman	Rest of Tas.	55.9
Triabunna - Bicheno	Rest of Tas.	55.8
St Helens - Scamander	Rest of Tas.	54.9
Bruny Island - Kettering	Rest of Tas.	54.1
Beauty Point - Beaconsfield	Rest of Tas.	53.6
YOUNGEST MEDIAN AGES
Mowbray	Rest of Tas.	31.1
Bridgewater - Gagebrook	Greater Hobart	31.6
Rokeby	Greater Hobart	31.9
Newnham - Mayfield	Rest of Tas.	33.5
Mount Nelson - Dynnyrne	Greater Hobart	34.3
(a) Excludes SA2s with a population of less than 1,000 at June 2017.

• At June 2017, the sex ratio of Tasmania was 98.0 males per 100 females, down from 99.2 in 2012. The sex ratio was slightly higher in Greater Hobart (99.2) than in the rest of Tasmania (97.1).

• Risdon Vale, in Hobart's north-eastern suburbs, was the SA2 with the highest sex ratio (128.1 males per 100 females) due in part to the male population of Risdon Prison. The next highest sex ratios were in Derwent Valley (114.7) and Central Highlands (114.6).

• The lowest sex ratios were in South Launceston (86.3 males per 100 females), Newstead (86.5), an inner suburb of Launceston, and Devonport (87.2) on Tasmania's north coast.

SA2s WITH HIGHEST AND LOWEST SEX RATIOS(a), Tasmania, 2017
		Sex Ratio
SA2	GCCSA	males per 100 females
HIGHEST SEX RATIOS
Risdon Vale	Greater Hobart	128.1
Derwent Valley	Rest of Tas.	114.7
Central Highlands	Rest of Tas.	114.6
Waratah	Rest of Tas.	114.0
Quoiba - Spreyton	Rest of Tas.	112.9
LOWEST SEX RATIOS
South Launceston	Rest of Tas.	86.3
Newstead	Rest of Tas.	86.5
Devonport	Rest of Tas.	87.2
Miandetta - Don	Rest of Tas.	87.6
Prospect Vale - Blackstone	Rest of Tas.	88.1
(a) Excludes SA2s with a population of less than 1,000 at June 2017.

• The age distribution of Tasmania's population at June 2017 was characterised by a lower proportion of people aged 20 to 44 years (29%) than the Australian population (35%). This in part reflects a net outflow of young adults from Tasmania to pursue education and employment opportunities interstate. Tasmania also had a higher proportion of people aged 45 years and over (47%) than Australia as a whole (40%). This partly reflects a trend of adults in this age group moving into the state.

AGE AND SEX DISTRIBUTION (%), Tasmania and Australia - 30 June 2017