Suburb profile

South Arm TAS 7022

South Arm is located in the Hobart region of Tasmania, postcode 7022. It has 631 properties across 19 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in South Arm, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About South Arm

South Arm, TAS 7022, sits in the Hobart region and neighbours Opossum Bay and Sandford. Its 19 streets hold 631 properties, 615 of them houses and 16 units.

At the 2021 Census South Arm had 4,616 residents, a median age of 45 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income was $1,934 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,600 a month and the median rent $370 a week. Of 1,666 dwellings, 1,664 were separate houses, 3 were semi-detached and 7 were flats; 715 were owned outright, 776 owned with a mortgage and 149 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in South Arm

  • 4,616Peoplelive in the area
  • 45Median ageyears
  • $1,934Median household incomea week
  • $370Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,664
  • Townhouses and semis3
  • Flats and apartments7

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,600a month
  • Household size2.6people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 715Owned with a mortgage 776Rented 149Other 26

Schools in South Arm

  • South Arm Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in South Arm

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.