Suburb profile

Prospect TAS 7250

Prospect is located in the Launceston and North East Tasmania region of Tasmania, postcode 7250. It has 1,206 properties across 34 streets. Explore every street in Prospect, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Prospect

Prospect, TAS 7250, sits in the Launceston and North East Tasmania region and neighbours South Launceston, Breadalbane, Kings Meadows and Longford. Its 34 streets hold 1,206 properties, 799 of them houses and 407 units.

Census figures are for the Summerhill - Prospect area. It had 4,958 residents, a median age of 40 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,294 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $290 a week. Of 2,057 dwellings, 1,594 were separate houses, 36 semi-detached and 419 flats; 663 were owned outright, 752 owned with a mortgage and 577 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Prospect

  • 4,958Peoplelive in the area
  • 40Median ageyears
  • $1,294Median household incomea week
  • $290Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,594
  • Townhouses and semis36
  • Flats and apartments419

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 663Owned with a mortgage 752Rented 577Other 65

Schools in Prospect

  • Prospect High School

    GovernmentSecondary

  • St Patrick’s College - Croagh Patrick Centre

    CatholicSecondary

Streets in Prospect

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.