Suburb profile
Sorell TAS 7172
Sorell is located in the Hobart region of Tasmania, postcode 7172. It has 2,752 properties across 89 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Sorell, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Sorell
Sorell, TAS 7172, sits in the Hobart region and neighbours Midway Point, Pawleena, Orielton and Wattle Hill. Its 89 streets hold 2,752 properties, 2,080 of them houses and 672 units.
Census figures are for the Sorell - Richmond area, which has 9,993 residents, a median age of 42 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income is $1,439 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,506 a month and the median rent $355 a week. Of 3,900 dwellings, 3,738 were separate houses, 102 semi-detached, 8 flats and 31 other; 1,379 were owned outright, 1,583 owned with a mortgage and 843 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Sorell
- 9,993Peoplelive in the area
- 42Median ageyears
- $1,439Median household incomea week
- $355Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses3,738
- Townhouses and semis102
- Flats and apartments8
- Other31
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,506a month
- Household size2.4people on average
How homes are held
For sale and rent in Sorell
Offers over $1,500,000
8 Nugent Road, Sorell TAS 7172
Properties in Sorell
Schools in Sorell
Sorell School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Sorell School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Indie School - Glenorchy (Sorell Campus)
IndependentSpecial
Local agents in Sorell


Damien Hollingsworth
Sales Consultant 4one4 Property Co.
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 16
- Median sold price
- $530k
- Median days on market
- 34


Connor Bennett
Sales Consultant 4one4 Property Co.
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 15
- Median sold price
- $592k
- Median days on market
- 34
Agencies that specialise in Sorell
Streets in Sorell
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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.
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.

