The scheme allows eligible first home buyers to buy a home with a deposit of as little as 5 per cent of the property's value, with the federal government acting as a guarantor.

According to new figures from the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation, a total of 10,000 places were allocated under the scheme nationally since it commenced on January 1, 2020.

In other news:

In Tasmania, 138 guarantees were issued, while 112 loans were settled.

The median property purchase price for Tasmanians who secured a place under the scheme was $285,000, and the median deposit paid by the borrower was $15,500.

The top three postcodes in the state for guarantees were in Devonport and Launceston (7310, 7250 and 7248).

The median buyer age in Tasmania was 26.

Tasmanians purchasing a home under the scheme moved an average of 7.5 kilometres from their existing residence, behind only Victoria (10.4 kilometres).

In Tasmania, the median minimum mortgage repayment as a proportion of household disposable income was 26 per cent, 4 per cent less than the national average.

Meanwhile, data released by CoreLogic on Tuesday showed that Hobart was one of only two capital cities that had defied a national trend of declining property prices, with its home values increasing by 0.1 per cent in the month of August.

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