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Live · ABS ERP June 2025

Battery Point

Tasmania · Postcode 7004 · Hobart Inner · Hobart

This profile uses the ABS Hobart statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.

Heritage-listed Hobart waterfront suburb of restored colonial cottages, with Salamanca Market on its doorstep and walking access to the CBD.

Where in TAS
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At a glance
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Schools
7
Top ICSEA 1133 (gov)
Childcare
19
NQS-rated services
Population
9,325
+0.0% in 1 year
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Family essentials

Schools, childcare & safety

Live data for the Hobart SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings.

Government schools Soon TAS zoning

Government schools in Battery Point

Free government schools your child may attend. Exact school zones aren’t mapped for TAS yet, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.

Elizabeth College Government · 738 students
ICSEA 996
Albuera Street Primary School Government · 252 students
ICSEA 1133
Campbell Street Primary School Government · 219 students
ICSEA 1075

A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) — not a ranking or a quality score.

Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
The Friends' School
Independent 1,269 students
ICSEA 1149 intake context
St Mary's College
Catholic 951 students
ICSEA 1069 intake context
St Michael's Collegiate School
Independent 636 students
ICSEA 1125 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).

Schools in Hobart

Live

ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All TAS schools →

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Childcare & early learning

Live
  • Friends' Early Learning
    Centre-Based Care · 155 places · North Hobart
    Exceeding NQS
  • Collegiate Early Learning and Outside School Hours Care
    Centre-Based Care · 129 places · South Hobart
    Exceeding NQS
  • Goodstart Early Learning Hobart West
    Centre-Based Care · 94 places · Hobart
    Exceeding NQS
  • Campbell Street Uniting Early Learning
    Centre-Based Care · 88 places · North Hobart
    Exceeding NQS
  • Scots Uniting Early Learning
    Centre-Based Care · 71 places · Hobart
    Exceeding NQS
  • New Horizons Preschool Battery Point
    Centre-Based Care · 60 places · Battery Point
    Exceeding NQS
  • Children First Early Education South Hobart
    Centre-Based Care · 131 places · South Hobart
    Meeting NQS
  • Goodstart Early Learning North Hobart
    Centre-Based Care · 113 places · North Hobart
    Meeting NQS
  • Lady Gowrie - South Hobart Education and Care Service
    Centre-Based Care · 104 places · South Hobart
    Meeting NQS
  • Lady Gowrie - Campbell Street
    Centre-Based Care · 94 places · North Hobart
    Meeting NQS
  • Mount Stuart Outside School Hours Care
    Centre-Based Care · 75 places · Mount Stuart
    Meeting NQS
  • Lady Gowrie - Lansdowne Crescent Outside School Hours Care
    Centre-Based Care · 75 places · West Hobart
    Meeting NQS

+ 7 more services in this area's postcodes.

NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.

Source: ACECQA NQS register
The neighbourhood
Population & growth
Population
9,325
Jun 2025
1yr growth
+0.00%
2024→25
Net change
+4
people / yr
Density
1,409
people / km²

Where did the gain come from?

+4
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
-37
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
-151
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+192

Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.

Growth vs benchmarks
Battery Point
+0.00%
TAS median
+0.40%
National median
+0.80%