Average rent in Penguin - Sulphur Creek, TAS — 2026

Penguin - Sulphur Creek sits below the Tasmania median, with the typical renter paying $260/week — 11% less than the state-wide $293/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 77% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 19% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (92%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 5,417, the median age is 47, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 10% of residents were born overseas. Penguin - Sulphur Creek is 222km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.