Suburb profile
Penguin TAS 7316
Penguin is located in the West and North West Tasmania region of Tasmania, postcode 7316. It has 2,340 properties across 94 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Penguin, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Penguin
Penguin, TAS 7316, sits in West and North West Tasmania and neighbours North Motton, Preservation Bay, Riana and Sulphur Creek. Its 94 streets hold 2,340 properties, 2,094 of them houses and 246 units.
Census figures are for the Penguin - Sulphur Creek area, which has 5,417 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income is $1,346 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $260 a week. Of 2,154 dwellings, 1,983 are separate houses, 123 semi-detached, 4 flats and 41 other; 877 are owned outright, 786 owned with a mortgage and 410 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Penguin
- 5,417Peoplelive in the area
- 47Median ageyears
- $1,346Median household incomea week
- $260Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,983
- Townhouses and semis123
- Flats and apartments4
- Other41
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
- Household size2.3people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Penguin
North West Christian School
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Penguin District School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
North West Christian School
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Penguin District School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Streets in Penguin
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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.