Suburb profile
Macquarie Plains TAS 7140
Macquarie Plains is located in the South East Tasmania region of Tasmania, postcode 7140. It has 34 properties across 3 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Macquarie Plains, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Macquarie Plains
Macquarie Plains, TAS 7140, sits in the South East Tasmania region and neighbours Gretna, Glenora, Bushy Park and Plenty. Its 3 streets hold 34 properties, 31 of them houses and 3 units.
Census figures are for the Derwent Valley area, which covers the whole suburb. Derwent Valley had 3,324 residents, a median age of 44 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income was $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; none were flats. Of 1,195 households, 501 owned outright, 545 owned with a mortgage and 110 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Macquarie Plains
- 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
Streets in Macquarie Plains
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.