Building approvals, live development applications and major projects across the
Hobart Inner statistical area — covering Hobart, Glenorchy and Kingborough.
SA3 60105Greater Hobart56,142 residents7 statistical areas
1 Proposed47applications on record, none of them currently openLatest August 2026See applications ↓
2 Approved197dwellings approved in 2024-25, or 0.28 per 100 existing dwellings a yearOfficial · ABS to June 2026See approvals ↓
3 Building36major projects committed or under construction, 14 of them already on siteForward · completions to 2030+See projects ↓
4 Delivered553new addresses verified since the 2021 Census, up 2.2% on the existing baseActual · to June 2026Where it landed ↓
In the 2024-25 financial year the ABS recorded 197 dwelling approvals across Hobart Inner. AreaSearch tracks 36 major projects here that are committed or under construction, the largest being Hobart City Deal at an estimated $2.50bn. On the ground, 553 new addresses have been verified since the 2021 Census — growth of 2.2% on the existing address base.
These four figures are deliberately not added together. An application, an
approval and a project under construction are often the same building at three points in its life,
measured by three different bodies with three different lags. Read them as a sequence, not a total.
ApprovedBuilding Approvals in Hobart Inner
What councils and certifiers have formally
permitted — the ABS series, published about four months in arrears.
Approvals are running at 0.28 per 100 existing dwellings a year, below the Tasmania rate of 0.43. The mix is genuinely split — 74% of recent approvals are detached houses and 26% are attached or higher-density dwellings. That is a clear shift back toward detached housing — the five-year average is 57% houses. Detached houses make up 69% of the homes already standing here but only 57% of the past five years of approvals, so the area is densifying. The average approved dwelling is valued at $426,000 in construction cost.
For its size, Hobart Inner is adding 0.28 dwellings a year per 100 existing homes — below the Tasmania rate of 0.43 and the national rate of 0.71. That is about 2.7 approvals a year for every 1,000 residents. Building intensity has fallen by about 38% across the published series.
Measured against people rather than housing stock, Hobart Inner is approving 2.07 dwellings a year per 1,000 residents — below the Tasmania rate of 4.02. The two rate views differ by household size, which here averages 2.6 people per home. Housing the projection to 2041 would need about 2.31 per 1,000 residents a year.
Dwelling approvals a year per 100 existing
homes, with Tasmania and Australia for comparison. This is the
same activity as the totals view, divided by the size of the area — which is the only
fair way to compare a large SA3 with a small one.
Dwelling approvals a year per 1,000
residents, each year divided by that year’s estimated resident
population (ABS ERP at 30 June), not by today’s — which matters most in fast-growing
areas, where a fixed denominator can understate the early years by half. The most recent periods use the latest published ERP, as the population series runs a year behind approvals. Read it alongside the per-100-homes view: the two differ wherever household size does.
Dwelling units approved each financial year. The dashed line is the five-year average of 150.
How intensively is it building?
Dwelling approvals a year per 100 existing dwellings.
Hobart Inner0.28
Tasmania0.43
Australia0.71
What is here, and what is coming
Detached houses as a share of existing homes,
against the share of recent approvals.
Existing homes (2021 Census)69%
Approved, last 5 years57%
Approved, latest year74%
Detached housesApartments, townhouses & other
Approvals mix by year
Share of each year’s approvals.
2022
2023
2024
2025
2024-25
$83.7m
Residential work approved
2024-25
$223m
Commercial work approved
construction cost
$426,000
Average value per approved dwelling
last two years
384
Residents per approval
Supply & DemandIs Hobart Inner Building Enough Homes?
The same approvals, measured against the population
they have to house.
Hobart Inner approves about 2.7 new dwellings a year for every 1,000 residents. Since the 2021 Census it has added 979 residents and 553 new addresses — about 1.8 extra people per home built, below the 2.6-person average household, so building has run ahead of population growth. Housing the population projected for 2041 implies roughly 130 new dwellings a year from here, which puts the recent approval rate of 150 a year comfortably ahead of what the projection needs.
Growth against supply since the Census
People added for every new address verified,
against the size of an average local household.
People added per new home1.8
Average household size2.6
A bar longer than the household average means
the area gained more residents than its new housing could hold, and the extra had to be
absorbed by existing homes.
Approval rate against projected need
Dwellings a year: what is currently being
approved, against what the 2041 population projection implies.
Approved (5-yr average)150
Implied need to 2041130
Implied need assumes the average household stays
at today’s 2.6 people. Approvals are not
completions, and not every approval is built.
What is being asked for right now — applications
collected from council planning portals, before any of it reaches the ABS series above.
AreaSearch tracks applications of material scale; routine minor works such as signage and
fencing changes are not carried, so these are not counts of every application lodged. 5
of them carry an AreaSearch analyst assessment — look for the
Analysed marker in the search below.
AreaSearch tracks 47 development applications of material scale lodged with councils across Hobart Inner, the most recent in August 2026. The most common types in the queue are commercial, multi-residential and medical.
Number of applications by development type. This is the clearest
single picture of what kind of place Hobart Inner is being asked to become. Councils in
Tasmania do not publish an estimated cost of works in
their planning feeds, so applications here are counted rather than valued.
Where the applications stand
As reported by the council. Highlighted rows are
applications still in assessment.
Advertised47
By local government area
Applications on record within each council area that
overlaps Hobart Inner. This counts applications inside this
statistical area only — it is not a total for the council.
Hobart47
Recent applications in Hobart Inner
By the number of dwellings proposed, as lodged. Figures are the applicant’s own and are not verified by AreaSearch.
Conversion of former police headquarters into 17 residential apartments and a ground-floor cafe.Hobart · Advertised · lodged May 2026
17 dwellings
Additional storey to approved mixed-use redevelopment (retail, office, and 13 residential apartments)Hobart · Advertised · lodged May 2026
13 dwellings
Adaptive re-use for 8 residential apartments and 4 retail tenanciesHobart · Advertised · lodged May 2026
8 dwellings
Partial change of use from restaurant to car showroom and minor building worksHobart · Advertised · lodged May 2026
Change of use to office and storage for tiling business, and installation of 4 signsHobart · Advertised · lodged Apr 2026
Partial Demolition, Alterations, and Change of Use to Multiple Dwelling (Two existing, One new)Hobart · Advertised · lodged Jul 2026
Change of use of a vacant local shop to medical consulting rooms with minor alterations.Mount Nelson - Dynnyrne · Advertised · lodged May 2026
Proposed single healthcare practice including alterations to existing building and signageHobart · Advertised · lodged May 2026
BuildingFORWARDMajor Projects & Infrastructure in Hobart Inner
What is funded and moving — the projects large enough
to change how Hobart Inner works, ranked by committed value and how close
they are to delivery.
AreaSearch tracks 36 current projects across Hobart Inner. The largest is Hobart City Deal at an estimated $2.50bn, due by 2029. That breaks down as 14 under construction, 8 approved and awaiting a start and 14 still in planning. The pipeline is weighted toward transport & logistics, residential development and communities, precincts & urban renewal.
Under construction$2.50bnby 2029
Hobart City Deal
A 10-year partnership (2019-2029) between the Australian and Tasmanian Governments and the Clarence, Glenorchy, Hobart and Kingborough councils to deliver coordinated investments across Greater Hobart. Key…
Macquarie Wharf Redevelopment (Hobart Port Precinct Capacity Improvements)
TasPorts is delivering a staged redevelopment of Hobart's Macquarie Wharves to modernise critical port infrastructure supporting Antarctic research, cruise, trade and logistics. Stage 1 involves demolishing…
Royal Hobart Hospital Emergency Department Expansion
Construction is underway on the Royal Hobart Hospital Emergency Department Expansion. The project is part of the broader Stage 2 RHH Redevelopment and will expand and modernise emergency care facilities…
South Arm Highway Upgrade (Acton Road and South Arm Road Intersection Upgrade)Under construction · Transport & Logistics · by 2027 · South Hobart - Fern Tree
$15m
University of Tasmania Sandy Bay Campus RedevelopmentIn planning · Education & Training · by 2030 · Sandy Bay
$200m
Fragrance Group Conservatorium DevelopmentApproved · Residential Development · by 2026 · Hobart
$35m
Lumina Function Centre - The Tasman HotelUnder construction · Tourism · by 2026 · Hobart
$9m
Masonic Lodge Hotel ConversionApproved · Tourism · by 2028 · Hobart
$15m
Transforming Collins StreetUnder construction · Communities, Precincts & Urban Renewal · by 2027 · Hobart
$8m
Sandy Bay Ferry TerminalIn planning · Transport & Logistics · by 2026 · Sandy Bay
21 further projects in
Hobart Inner are not listed here.
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Beyond 2030:
a further $1.63bn across
2 projects with completion dates further out — mostly precinct-scale programs whose dates are
indicative. Kept out of the chart so the years you can act on stay readable.
Estimated value of tracked projects by the year they are due to
complete, stacked by how certain they are. The dark band is money already being spent;
the pale band is still an intention. Estimates are indicative and mix infrastructure
cost with whole-of-precinct development value, so read the shape rather than the totals.
Approvals PipelineDevelopment Applications in Hobart Inner
Development applications around
Hobart Inner
Development approvals is a new addition to AreaSearch.
We’re actively expanding council coverage and refining the dataset — details and statuses for some councils may be partial. Check back regularly for the latest pipeline.
Applications
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In the local catchment
Est. Value
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Where disclosed
Under Assessment
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Awaiting determination
Determined
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Approved or decided
Approvals pipelineStatus, location, timing and project scale
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Lodged
Address
Description
Type
Distance
Status
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
ProfessionalPRODevelopment Map for Hobart Inner
Applications and major projects plotted where
they are actually proposed, with the
42 projects AreaSearch tracks here on their own tab — filterable by type, delivery stage,
area and committed value. To search every application on record rather
than this sample, use the section above.
DistributionWhere Development Is Happening in Hobart Inner
Hobart Inner covers 7 statistical areas. Follow any of them through for a full profile of population, housing, sales and amenity at local scale.
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Hobart Inner.
Hobart Inner spans 3 local government areas — Hobart, Glenorchy and Kingborough. Applications here are assessed by whichever of those councils the site falls within. AreaSearch publishes development
figures at ABS statistical boundaries rather than council boundaries. That is deliberate: the ABS
issues a separate official building-approvals series for local government areas, and totals
built up from statistical areas would not match it. Reporting at SA3 keeps every figure on this page
reconcilable with the published ABS series.
Local government area
Share of Hobart Inner
Applications on record
Register read to
Hobart
100% of residents
47
August 2026
Glenorchy
0.2% of residents
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Not yet collected
Kingborough
0.1% of residents
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Not yet collected
CompareNearby Development Hubs
The same view of building approvals, applications and
major projects for areas neighbouring Hobart Inner.
Collected from council planning portals. The
earliest signal available, but the least certain: many applications are amended,
withdrawn or refused, values are the applicant’s own estimate, and coverage
varies by council. This is a curated set, not the full council feed:
AreaSearch carries applications of material scale and does not track routine minor
works such as signage, fencing or small alterations, so the counts here are lower
than a council’s own total lodgement figure and should not be compared with it. Applications still shown as under assessment more than
18 months after lodgement are reported separately
and kept out of the live-queue figures: the age profile of open applications is
sharply split between a genuine queue under a year old and a long tail of records
councils never closed. Not every state publishes a cost of works — Queensland,
the Northern Territory and the ACT publish none at all — so on those pages
applications are counted rather than valued and no dollar figure is shown
rather than a partial one. Treated here as a snapshot of the current queue only —
AreaSearch does not chart application counts over time, because the history
reflects when each portal was collected rather than when development happened.
Approved — ABS building approvals
The official series, aggregated to SA3 from
ABS building approvals data, currently published to June 2026.
Counts dwelling units approved, not buildings and not completions. The most recent
financial year is annualised from nine months of data wherever it appears and is
labelled as such.
Building — major projects
Projects tracked individually by AreaSearch
from Infrastructure Australia, state infrastructure agencies, developer disclosures
and council records. Values are estimates and delivery dates are targets. Ranked on
this page by committed value and delivery stage rather than by distance.
Delivered — verified new addresses
New residential addresses verified in the national
address register since the 2021 Census. This is the closest available measure of what has
actually been built, though address creation can lead occupation and lags
construction. It is not a completions count.
Boundaries
Hobart Inner is Statistical Area Level 3 60105 in the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (2021 edition), made up of 7 Statistical Areas Level 2.
It has an estimated 56,142 residents, +1.8% since the 2021 Census.
Currency
Measure
Source
To
Dwelling approvals, five-year average
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
House share of approvals
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Residents per approval
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Value per approved dwelling
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Commercial work approved
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Verified new addresses since the Census
Address register / AreaSearch
May 2026
Development applications
Council planning portals
August 2026
Major projects
Infrastructure Australia / state agencies / AreaSearch
Ongoing
Figures on this page are read live from the
AreaSearch database each time it loads, so they update as soon as a source does.
Development in Hobart Inner — common questions
How many new dwellings were approved in Hobart Inner?
The ABS recorded 197 dwelling approvals across Hobart Inner in the 2024-25 financial year, against a five-year average of 150 a year.
How many development applications are lodged in Hobart Inner?
AreaSearch tracks 47 development applications of material scale across Hobart Inner — routine minor works such as signage and fencing are not included, so this is not a count of every application lodged. Applications are assessed within the Hobart, Glenorchy and Kingborough local government areas. The most recent application in our data was lodged in August 2026.
What major projects are planned for Hobart Inner?
AreaSearch tracks 36 current major projects in Hobart Inner, 14 of them under construction. The largest include Hobart City Deal, Macquarie Wharf Redevelopment (Hobart Port Precinct Capacity Improvements) and Royal Hobart Hospital Emergency Department Expansion.
Which council covers Hobart Inner?
Hobart Inner is an ABS Statistical Area Level 3. It is covered by parts of 3 local government areas — Hobart, Glenorchy and Kingborough. AreaSearch publishes development figures at ABS statistical boundaries rather than council boundaries, so they reconcile with the official ABS series.
Is Hobart Inner growing faster than the rest of Tasmania?
On development approvals, Hobart Inner is adding new dwellings more slowly than Tasmania as a whole — 0.28 approvals per 100 existing dwellings a year against the state figure of 0.43.
How current is this development data?
ABS building approvals are published with a lag of roughly four months; this page carries the series to June 2026. Development applications are collected from council planning portals and refresh continuously, with the most recent application here lodged in August 2026. Major project records are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Each section carries its own currency label so the four are never confused.
Development data is provided for general information.
Estimated values, dwelling counts and delivery dates come from the lodging or delivering party and
are not independently verified by AreaSearch. Confirm anything material with the relevant council
or agency before relying on it.
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definitive under any circumstances. Please follow links and conduct other
investigations from the project’s source for actual imagery. Developers and
project owners wishing us to use original imagery please Contact
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