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How much do security guards cost in Hobart?

By The WTD Editorial Team · Last reviewed November 2026 · Methodology

Updated November 2026·Independently researched·11 min read

A static security guard in Hobart runs $40–$60 per hour

for a weekday day shift, as published by security firms (mostly ex GST where stated) - night, weekend, public holiday, event and patrol rates below

A stallholder group running a Salamanca Place festival weekend books event security guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour, with $55 typical. A Cambridge warehouse that only needs a check after dark pays per visit instead, at $30–$60 for a mobile patrol.

+3.2% Security Guards costs in Hobart are up around 3.2% over the past year, re-verified against 90+ sources in November 2026. Year on year

Typical static guard rate in Hobart, weekday day shift

$45

per guard per hour, Hobart 2026, as published

Static security guard, weekday day shift

$40-$60

Static guard, night or weekend shift

$55-$75

Static guard, public holiday

$80-$120

$40$45$60

A Hobart guard quote is built on an hourly rate that changes with the shift. A static guard is $40–$60 per hour on a weekday day shift, $55–$75 per hour on a night or weekend shift and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday. Firms set a minimum booking too, so a short job - a guard for a Sandy Bay Road shop's stocktake evening - is charged to that minimum rather than the time actually spent.

Who you book changes the line as much as when. Salamanca, Battery Point and waterfront venues book licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour on the door; a festival or market on Salamanca Place books event security guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour; a Macquarie Street or Collins Street office front desk books a concierge or front-desk officer at $40–$65 per hour.

Away from the waterfront, Hobart buys guards by the visit and the shift. A mobile patrol through a Derwent Park or Moonah yard is $30–$60 per site visit, a nightly patrol contract on one site $400–$1,200 per month, a construction site guard $45–$70 per hour and one 8-hour weekday static shift $280–$480. A private party or wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours is $660–$840 per event, and a council-run hall that sets its own event security charge bills $68–$198 per guard per hour.

Quick answerA static security guard in Hobart costs $40–$60 per hour for a weekday day shift in 2026, with $45 typical, $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday. Event security guards run $45–$70 per guard per hour, licensed crowd controllers $55–$85 per guard per hour and a mobile patrol $30–$60 per site visit. Prices are as published by security firms and councils, mostly ex GST where a basis is stated. Get free Hobart quotes →

Security Guards Prices in Hobart 2026: Cost Table, Price List and Hourly Rates

Service	Low	Typical	High
Static security guard, weekday day shift	$40per hour	$45	$60
Event security guard	$45per guard per hour	$55	$70
Licensed crowd controller (venues, events)	$55per guard per hour	$60	$85
Mobile patrol, per site visit	$30per visit	$35	$60
Static guard, public holiday	$80per hour	$100	$120
Static guard, night or weekend shift	$55per hour	$65	$75
Concierge or front-desk security officer	$40per hour	$50	$65
Construction site guard	$45per hour	$50	$70
Overnight site guard, one 10-hour shift	$500per shift	$650	$750
Static guard, one 8-hour weekday shift	$280per shift	$360	$480
Mobile patrol contract, one site, nightly patrols	$400per month	$600	$1,200
Private party or wedding, 2 guards for 6 hours	$660per event	$780	$840
Event security guard at a council venue (council-set hourly charge)	$68per guard per hour	$80	$198

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Prices are as published by security firms and councils, mostly ex GST where a basis is stated. Greater Hobart, November 2026.

How much does a security guard cost per hour in Hobart?$40–$60 per hour for a static guard on a weekday day shift, $45 typical. The rate climbs to $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday, and one 8-hour weekday shift is priced at $280–$480 per shift.

What do event security and patrols cost in Hobart?Event security guards run $45–$70 per guard per hour and licensed crowd controllers $55–$85 per guard per hour. A mobile patrol is $30–$60 per site visit, or $400–$1,200 per month on a contract of nightly patrols for one site.

Worked Security Guards Cost Scenarios — Hobart

Three Hobart examples priced from the rows on this page: a Salamanca Place market and festival, a Cambridge warehouse on nightly patrols and a Macquarie Street office front desk. Each line names its rows; your quote prices your own hours, guards and site.

Salamanca Place market and festival. A festival organiser using Salamanca Place for a weekend books event security guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour ($55 typical) for the stalls and the stage, licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour on the bar entry after dark, and a static guard at $55–$75 per hour to sit with the stage gear overnight between the two days.
Cambridge warehouse, nightly patrols. A wholesaler with a warehouse at Cambridge signs a nightly patrol contract at $400–$1,200 per month ($600 typical) to check doors, roller shutters and the yard fence, pays single visits at $30–$60 per site visit for extra checks over a long weekend, and books one overnight guard at $500–$750 per 10-hour shift for the nights a container is unloaded late.
Macquarie Street office front desk. An agency on two floors of a Macquarie Street building books a concierge or front-desk security officer at $40–$65 per hour ($50 typical) to sign in visitors through business hours, one 8-hour weekday static shift at $280–$480 for a day of tenancy works, and $80–$120 per hour for a guard on any public holiday the office opens.

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Prices are as published by security firms and councils, mostly ex GST where a basis is stated. Greater Hobart, November 2026.

Security Guards Costs by Sector in Hobart

Hobart's guard bookings run from the festivals and functions of Salamanca and the waterfront, through the venues of Elizabeth Street North Hobart and Battery Point, to the yards of Derwent Park, Moonah, Cambridge and Brighton, the centres at Eastlands, Northgate and Centrepoint, and the offices of Macquarie Street, Collins Street and Glenorchy.

Events: Salamanca and the Hobart waterfront - Event security guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour, private parties or weddings of 2 guards for 6 hours at $660–$840 per event, and a council-run hall with its own event security charge at $68–$198 per guard per hour.
Venues: Elizabeth Street North Hobart and Battery Point - Licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour on weekend doors, and a mobile patrol at $30–$60 per site visit after close; the quote should show the roster to closing time.
Yards: Derwent Park, Moonah, Cambridge and Brighton - Mobile patrols at $30–$60 per site visit or a nightly patrol contract at $400–$1,200 per month, one 10-hour overnight guard at $500–$750, and construction site guards at $45–$70 per hour on a build.
Retail: Eastlands, Northgate and Centrepoint - A static guard at $40–$60 per hour on a weekday or one 8-hour weekday shift at $280–$480, with weekend and late-trading hours at $55–$75 per hour and public holidays at $80–$120.
Offices: Macquarie Street, Collins Street and Glenorchy - Concierge or front-desk security officers at $40–$65 per hour for a reception desk, and a static guard at $40–$60 per hour for weekday cover during tenancy works.

What Hobart Security Guards Jobs Actually Cost

Regular weekday Hobart cover sits near the typical rates: a Macquarie Street or Glenorchy reception on business hours books a concierge officer near $50 per hour, and a weekday store guard at Northgate near $45 per hour, inside the $40–$60 band. Prices rise with the hours - North Hobart and Battery Point doors at $55–$85 per guard per hour for crowd controllers, weekend static cover at $55–$75 and public holiday cover at $80–$120.

The northern suburbs buy by the visit and the shift. A Cambridge or Moonah warehouse settles on a nightly patrol contract at $400–$1,200 per month or single visits at $30–$60, adding one overnight guard at $500–$750 per 10-hour shift on late unloading nights; a Brighton build keeps a construction site guard at $45–$70 per hour until lock-up. Salamanca and waterfront events book event guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour, and a wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours prices at $660–$840 per event.

What Affects Security Guards Costs in Hobart

Hobart guard prices move with the roster, the officer and the site, from Salamanca Place stalls and waterfront functions to the warehouses of the northern suburbs.

Festival and market weekends - A Salamanca Place weekend books event security guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour across two days, and a guard left with the gear overnight between them is billed at the night or weekend rate of $55–$75.
Door work after dark - North Hobart and Battery Point venues roster licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour; the number of entries and the closing time set the guard hours on the quote.
Warehouse checks or a guard on site - A Cambridge or Derwent Park warehouse can be checked by a mobile patrol at $30–$60 per site visit, while a yard with goods outside is priced as one 10-hour overnight guard at $500–$750.
Patrol contract terms - A nightly patrol contract on one Moonah or Brighton site is $400–$1,200 per month; visits per night, site size and visit length decide where a quote sits in that band.
Public holidays - A static guard is $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday against $40–$60 on a weekday day shift, which matters for retail rosters at Eastlands and Centrepoint over long weekends.
Short jobs and council halls - Firms bill a short booking to their minimum, a whole 8-hour weekday shift is $280–$480, and a council-run hall with its own event security charge prices guards at $68–$198 per guard per hour.

How to Control Security Guards Costs in Hobart

Hobart buyers keep guard bills in check by matching the officer to the job, keeping on-site guards to the hours that carry the risk, and grouping sites and events with one firm on one rate card.

A Cambridge or Derwent Park warehouse can run a nightly patrol contract at $400–$1,200 per month and book an overnight guard at $500–$750 per shift only on nights a delivery is left in the yard.
Festival organisers using Salamanca Place on consecutive weekends can book the same firm for all of them, so the guard count and rates are agreed once.
North Hobart and Battery Point venues can roster crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour for the busy door hours and use a patrol at $30–$60 per site visit after close.
A Brighton or Glenorchy builder can keep a construction site guard at $45–$70 per hour for the stages when materials and tools sit in the open, then step down to patrols once the building locks.

What a Compliant Security Guards Quote Includes — Cost in Hobart

Before comparing Hobart quotes, check each one prices the same shifts at the same rate type - weekday day, night or weekend, public holiday - states the minimum booking, and lists event guards, crowd controllers, concierge officers and patrols on their own lines with the GST basis stated.

The hourly rate for each shift type: weekday day shifts at $40–$60, night or weekend shifts at $55–$75 and public holidays at $80–$120 per hour
The minimum booking length, and what a whole shift comes to - one 8-hour weekday shift at $280–$480 or one 10-hour overnight shift at $500–$750
Event security guards at $45–$70 and licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour, with the guard count and the hours on site written down
Mobile patrols at $30–$60 per site visit, or a nightly patrol contract at $400–$1,200 per month, with the visits per night and what each visit checks
Construction site guards at $45–$70 per hour, with day cover and overnight cover shown as separate lines
Concierge or front-desk security officers at $40–$65 per hour, with the duties - visitor sign-in, deliveries, floor rounds - listed
For a private party or wedding, the per-event price of $660–$840 for 2 guards for 6 hours; at a council venue, whether the council's own charge of $68–$198 per guard per hour applies instead
The licence numbers held by each guard and by the company supplying them, with the company's ABN and public liability insurance
A single GST basis across every line, with public holiday dates, cancellation terms and any travel charge for an outlying site stated

Security guards cost in Hobart: waterfront events, northern yards and city offices

Every Hobart guard quote starts from the shift rate. A static guard is $40–$60 per hour on a weekday day shift (typically $45), $55–$75 per hour on a night or weekend shift (typically $65) and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday (typically $100). Bought as a block, one 8-hour weekday static shift is $280–$480 and one 10-hour overnight site shift $500–$750.

The officer sets the rest. A Collins Street reception is a concierge officer at $40–$65 per hour; a Battery Point or North Hobart door is licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour; a Salamanca Place festival is event security guards at $45–$70, or a wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours at $660–$840 per event; a Glenorchy or Brighton build is a construction site guard at $45–$70 per hour; and a Moonah or Derwent Park yard that only needs checking is a mobile patrol at $30–$60 per site visit or $400–$1,200 per month on a nightly contract. A council-run hall that sets its own event security charge bills $68–$198 per guard per hour.

This guide quotes security licensing wording only from government pages fetched in November 2026, which cover New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia. Ask a Hobart security company to name the licence each guard holds and any licence the business itself holds, and to print those numbers on the quote.

Security guards cost by shift type and site in Hobart

Quick answerHobart pricing follows the shift and the site: a Collins Street office books a weekday desk at $40–$65 per hour, a North Hobart venue crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour, a Moonah yard patrols at $30–$60 per site visit, and a Brighton build a construction guard at $45–$70 per hour with overnight shifts at $500–$750.

In Hobart the roster changes the rate in steps. Weekday day hours sit at $40–$60, night and weekend hours at $55–$75 and public holidays at $80–$120, so an Eastlands store covering a long weekend is billed at three rates in a few days. As whole shifts, 8 weekday hours are $280–$480 and a 10-hour overnight shift $500–$750.

The kind of site chooses the officer. A Macquarie Street building uses concierge officers at $40–$65 per hour; a Cambridge or Derwent Park warehouse can rely on mobile patrols at $30–$60 per site visit or a nightly contract at $400–$1,200 per month rather than a guard all night; a waterfront event books event guards at $45–$70 and crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour; and a private party or wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours is $660–$840 per event.

Frequently Asked Questions — Security Guards Cost in Hobart

What is the price of security guards in Hobart?

From our Hobart table: a static guard is $40–$60 per hour on a weekday day shift (typically $45), $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift (typically $65) and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday (typically $100); a mobile patrol is $30–$60 per site visit.

How much does a security guard cost per hour in Hobart?

A static guard on a weekday day shift costs $40–$60 per hour in Hobart, with $45 typical, and a concierge or front-desk security officer $40–$65 per hour, typically $50. A Macquarie Street or Collins Street reception is usually a set weekday roster; a Sandy Bay Road or Channel Highway Kingston shop wanting a guard for a few nights after a break-in pays the firm's minimum booking each night.

How much does event security cost in Hobart?

Going by our Hobart table, an event security guard is $45–$70 per guard per hour, typically $55, and a licensed crowd controller $55–$85 per guard per hour, typically $60. Salamanca Place festivals, waterfront functions and Battery Point venue nights are the usual Hobart event bookings; ask for the guard count, the finish time and whether crowd controllers are priced apart from event guards.

What does a mobile security patrol cost in Hobart?

A mobile patrol is $30–$60 per site visit on our Hobart table, with $35 typical, and a contract of nightly patrols on one site $400–$1,200 per month, typically $600; the visit count and what each visit checks decide where a quote lands.

What licence should a Hobart security company hold?

This guide quotes security licensing wording only from government pages fetched in November 2026, which cover New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia. In Hobart, check that the names and licence numbers on the roster match the guards who arrive, and ask whether any shift is subcontracted.

How much does a construction site security guard cost in Hobart?

A construction site guard is $45–$70 per hour on our Hobart table, with $50 typical; where the cover runs through the night, an overnight site guard on one 10-hour shift is priced at $500–$750 per shift.

What do security guards cost on weekends and public holidays in Hobart?

A static guard costs $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift in Hobart, with $65 typical, and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday, typically $100. Retailers at Northgate and Centrepoint, and Derwent Park or Brighton sites working Saturdays, should get weekday, weekend and public holiday rates on one quote before the roster is set.

How much does security for a private party or wedding cost in Hobart?

A private party or wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours is $660–$840 per event on our Hobart table, with $780 typical; at a council venue that sets its own event security charge, the guard is priced at $68–$198 per guard per hour, typically $80. For a waterfront or Battery Point wedding, ask whether the venue has its own guards and whether the quoted pair stays on until the last guests have left.

What does a full security shift cost in Hobart?

One 8-hour weekday shift for a static guard costs $280–$480 per shift on our Hobart table, with $360 typical, and one 10-hour overnight site shift $500–$750, typically $650. For a Cambridge or Brighton overnight shift, ask what the guard records at hand-over and how a shift that runs over its finish time is billed.