Suburb profile

Risdon TAS 7017

Risdon is located in the Hobart region of Tasmania, postcode 7017. It has 123 properties across 9 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Risdon, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Risdon

Risdon, TAS 7017, sits in the Hobart region and neighbours Geilston Bay, Risdon Vale, Grasstree Hill and Old Beach. Its 9 streets hold 123 properties, 111 of them houses and 12 units.

Census figures are for the Geilston Bay - Risdon area, which covers most of the suburb. The area had 3,452 residents, a median age of 41 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,742 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month and the median rent $380 a week. Of 1,402 dwellings, 1,360 were separate houses, 23 semi-detached and 17 flats; 524 were owned outright, 610 owned with a mortgage and 242 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Risdon

  • 3,452Peoplelive in the area
  • 41Median ageyears
  • $1,742Median household incomea week
  • $380Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,360
  • Townhouses and semis23
  • Flats and apartments17

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,625a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 524Owned with a mortgage 610Rented 242Other 26

Streets in Risdon

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.