Suburb profile

Primrose Sands TAS 7173

Primrose Sands is located in the Hobart region of Tasmania, postcode 7173. It has 1,442 properties across 54 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Primrose Sands, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Primrose Sands

Primrose Sands, TAS 7173, sits in the Hobart region and neighbours Carlton River and Connellys Marsh. Its 54 streets hold 1,442 properties, 1,438 of them houses and 4 units.

Census figures are for the Dodges Ferry - Lewisham area. At the 2021 Census it had 8,521 residents, a median age of 43 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,373 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $330 a week. Of 3,300 dwellings, 3,275 were separate houses, 5 semi-detached and 15 other; 1,259 were owned outright, 1,464 owned with a mortgage and 457 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Primrose Sands

  • 8,521Peoplelive in the area
  • 43Median ageyears
  • $1,373Median household incomea week
  • $330Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,275
  • Townhouses and semis5
  • Other15

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,259Owned with a mortgage 1,464Rented 457Other 120

Properties in Primrose Sands

Streets in Primrose Sands

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.