Suburb profile

Dover TAS 7117

Dover is located in the South East Tasmania region of Tasmania, postcode 7117. It has 961 properties across 38 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Dover, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Dover

Dover, TAS 7117, sits in South East Tasmania and neighbours Glendevie, Police Point, Raminea and Surveyors Bay. Its 38 streets hold 961 properties, 912 of them houses and 49 units.

Census figures are for the Geeveston - Dover area. It had 4,051 residents, a median age of 50 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,059 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,083 a month and the median rent $280 a week. Of 1,651 dwellings, 1,609 were separate houses, 11 semi-detached, 4 flats and 24 other. Tenure split into 800 owned outright, 559 owned with a mortgage and 217 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Dover

  • 4,051Peoplelive in the area
  • 50Median ageyears
  • $1,059Median household incomea week
  • $280Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,609
  • Townhouses and semis11
  • Flats and apartments4
  • Other24

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,083a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 800Owned with a mortgage 559Rented 217Other 75

Schools in Dover

  • Dover District School

    GovernmentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Dover

Neighbouring suburbs

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.