Suburb profile

Lachlan TAS 7140

Lachlan is located in the South East Tasmania region of Tasmania, postcode 7140. It has 454 properties across 23 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Lachlan, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Lachlan

Lachlan, TAS 7140, sits in South East Tasmania and neighbours Molesworth, Glenfern, Sorell Creek and New Norfolk. Its 23 streets hold 454 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Derwent Valley area, which has 3,324 residents, a median age of 44 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income is $1,333 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,239 a month and the median rent $258 a week. Of 1,195 dwellings, 1,177 were separate houses, 9 semi-detached and 13 other; 501 were owned outright, 545 owned with a mortgage and 110 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Lachlan

  • 3,324Peoplelive in the area
  • 44Median ageyears
  • $1,333Median household incomea week
  • $258Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,177
  • Townhouses and semis9
  • Other13

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,239a month
  • Household size2.6people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 501Owned with a mortgage 545Rented 110Other 39

Streets in Lachlan

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

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.

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