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Buying a home in Tasmania: prices and stamp duty

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Total Value of Dwellings, June quarter 2026 (preliminary). State figure: mean price of all residential dwellings.

In short

In the June quarter 2026, the mean price of a residential dwelling in Tasmania was $733,200 (+8.8% over a year), and the median established house sold in Hobart was $750,000. At $750,000, general property transfer duty in Tasmania is $28,935, before any first home buyer or owner-occupier concession.

The questions, answered

What is the average value of a home in Tasmania?

The mean price of all residential dwellings in Tasmania was $733,200 in the June quarter 2026, +8.8% over a year (ABS Total Value of Dwellings, preliminary). It is the value of the whole housing stock divided by the number of dwellings (270,300), not a sale price.

How much stamp duty on a median Hobart house ($750,000) in Tasmania?

On $750,000, general transfer duty in Tasmania is $28,935, at the rates in force on 14 October 2026.

How many homes sell in Tasmania?

12,379 homes changed hands in Tasmania from the June quarter 2025 to March quarter 2026, the latest four revised quarters (ABS).

The figures, June quarter 2026

MeasureValueOver a year
Mean price, all residential dwellings$733,200+8.8%
Number of residential dwellings270,300—
Homes changing hands, June quarter 2025 to March quarter 202612,379—

A median of houses sold and a mean of the whole housing stock measure different things: do not compare them. The latest quarter is preliminary and may be revised.

Areas of Tasmania

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