How much does flooring cost in Hobart?
Solid hardwood floorboards in Hobart cost $135–$250 per square metre installed, typically $180, while engineered timber is $99–$180. Bringing back original boards hidden by carpet runs $27–$63. For a cheaper hard floor, laminate is $45–$90 and hybrid $50–$110. Carpet, still the warm choice for bedrooms in a cool-climate city, costs $40–$99. All figures cover supply, laying and GST.
Comparing cities, or after the Australia-wide picture? See the national guide: Flooring cost in Australia.
Detailed Pricing — Flooring Cost in Hobart 2026
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| Service | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpet (supply + install) | $40/sqm | $63 | $99 |
| Vinyl plank (supply + install) | $45/sqm | $68 | $90 |
| Hybrid / SPC (supply + install) | $50/sqm | $72 | $110 |
| Laminate (supply + install) | $45/sqm | $58 | $90 |
| Engineered timber (supply + install) | $99/sqm | $125 | $180 |
| Solid hardwood (supply + install) | $135/sqm | $180 | $250 |
| Floor tiles (supply + install) | $72/sqm | $115 | $180 |
| Bamboo flooring (supply + install) | $72/sqm | $110 | $135 |
| Subfloor levelling / prep | $18/sqm | $36 | $81 |
| Old floor removal & disposal | $7/sqm | $14 | $22 |
| Skirting boards (supply + install) | $9/m | $16 | $27 |
| Timber floor sanding & polishing | $27/sqm | $40 | $63 |
| Floating floor installation (labour only) | $22/sqm | $32 | $50 |
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Hobart floors: decks, solid or engineered over 60 m², and parquet
Deck sanding in Hobart
This page prices indoor floors and has no deck rows, so we don't publish a deck-sanding price here. Deck prices for the city are in our Hobart decking cost guide; sanding and polishing an indoor timber floor is $27–$63 a square metre.
Solid hardwood or engineered timber over 60 m² in Hobart
At the typical prices in our Hobart table, 60 square metres of solid hardwood, supplied and installed, comes to $10,800 and the same area of engineered timber $7,500.
Parquet in Hobart
Our Hobart table has no parquet row, so we don't publish a parquet price. The nearest line is solid hardwood, supplied and installed, at $135–$250 a square metre.
These answers use the prices in the table on this page.
What Affects Flooring Costs in Hobart
Floorboards: restore or replace
Separate houses make up 85.1% of Greater Hobart dwellings (ABS 2021 Census), and in an older house it is worth lifting a corner of carpet to see what lies beneath. Restoring existing boards at $27–$63 a square metre costs far less than new engineered boards at $99–$180, and new solid hardwood runs $135–$250. Ask the sander about gaps, borer holes and old stains before you commit.
A floor for zone 7 winters
Hobart is in NCC climate zone 7, cool temperate, with July averaging 11.8 °C by day and 4.6 °C overnight (BOM averages). For cool climates the federal Your Home guide suggests underlay and carpet, or insulation board under the floor finish, and insulating the underside of timber floors exposed to outside air. A floor replacement, with the old covering already up, is the easiest moment to do it.
Carpet in bedrooms, timber in living areas
Three-bedroom homes are the biggest group in Greater Hobart, at 47.9% of dwellings (ABS 2021 Census). A 12 m² bedroom costs about $756 to carpet at the typical rate, against $1,500 in engineered timber, so carpeting the bedrooms and saving timber for the living areas keeps the total down without giving up the look.
Asbestos in old coverings
Taking up and carting away the old floor is $7–$22 per m². Old vinyl sheet, tiles and some underlays in older homes can contain asbestos, and in Tasmania a WorkSafe Tasmania licence is needed to remove more than 10 square metres of non-friable asbestos, or any amount of friable asbestos. Have suspect material tested first. Tasmania also charges a levy on all waste sent to landfill, which sits inside the disposal price.
Levelling the base
Uneven floors are fixed before the new one goes down, at $18–$81 a square metre. Over a timber frame that can mean re-fixing loose boards or adding sheeting; on a slab it means grinding high spots and filling low ones. Supplying your own planks? Labour alone to lay a floating floor is $22–$50 per m², and skirting is $9–$27 a metre.
Carpet in a rental
Renters make up 28.8% of Hobart households (ABS 2021 Census). In Tasmania, a tenant must have the carpets professionally cleaned at the end of a lease if they were cleaned at the start, and must not hire a steam cleaner and do it themselves. Owners picking flooring for a tenanted house may find a hard-wearing vinyl plank ($45–$90) simpler to turn around between tenants.
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Our Methodology
These are independent estimates from public cost guides, marketplaces and industry rate data, and no tradesperson can influence them, so always get a few quotes. Last reviewed October 2026. Read our full methodology →