Tasmania for your sea change.
Whether your lifestyle move is to city, coast or country, you will find that Tasmania has employment and business opportunities, affordable housing and schooling, and a mild climate in a warming world.
Here is the information you need to consider a sea change to Tasmania – where the rhythm of life is easy.
Hobart seen from Mt Wellington in Tasmania.
© Tourism Tasmania and Garry Moore
Strong economic data for Tasmania ...
tasmanians pay the lowest tax
Annual data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that Tasmanians pay the lowest level of state and local taxes in the nation.
The ABS figures show that in the last financial year the per capita state and local tax payment of $1,860 was the lowest in Australia – well below the average of $2,594 and more than $1,000 below WA’s top payment of $3,015.
building in tasmania at historic highs
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that the total value of construction work done in Tasmania during the year to March 2007 was $1.80 billion, an increase of 4.6% over the previous year. The value of engineering construction work, covering telecommunications, electricity and water storage and supply, was up by 19.1% during the period.
In the twelve months to May 2007 the number of residential building approvals in Tasmania increased by 13.9%, compared with only 0.3% growth Australia-wide.
tasmanian exports up 31.5%
Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows that Tasmanian companies exported merchandise worth $3.71 billion in the year to May 2007 – an increase of 31.5% over the previous twelve months and a record high. Growth in exports from Tasmania was more than double the Australian national rate of 13% for the same period.
Sea change:
Lifestyle move to a coastal area.
Tree change:
Lifestyle move to a rural area.
T change:
Lifestyle move to Tasmania.
did you know?
The north-west tip of Tasmania boasts what is officially the world’s cleanest air.