Average rent in Flinders and Cape Barren Islands, TAS — 2026

Flinders and Cape Barren Islands sits below the Tasmania median, with the typical renter paying $139/week — 53% less than the state-wide $293/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 63% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 25% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (97%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 922, the median age is 57, and the most common occupation is Managers. 10% of residents were born overseas. Flinders and Cape Barren Islands is 287km from Hobart, often putting it outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date. Your reported figure above gives the live read; the Census number anchors the historical baseline.