Ambleside vs East Devonport

East Devonport is the younger of the two, with a median age of 44 against 48 in Ambleside. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In East Devonport, about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Ambleside: a median of $638,000, against $525,000 in East Devonport, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, East Devonport tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Ambleside has more separate houses rather than flats (98% vs 85%)
  • East Devonport has more parks and reserves (3 vs 0)

Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Ambleside has cheaper land ($160,000 vs $235,000)
  • East Devonport has cheaper units ($380,000 vs $707,500)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

East Devonport

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (43% vs 15%)
  • has cheaper rent ($235/wk vs $285/wk)
  • But Ambleside leaves renters under less rental stress (20% vs 26%)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

East Devonport

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (276.9 km vs 279.8 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

East Devonport

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (15% vs 2%)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

Ambleside and East Devonport drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Ambleside East Devonport
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Ambleside East Devonport
Walkability 22 / 20
Ambleside — Walkability: 22/100 East Devonport — Walkability: 20/100
Low fire risk 100 / 82
Ambleside — Low fire risk: 100/100 East Devonport — Low fire risk: 82/100

Demographics

East Devonport has more residents (4,384 vs 695); Ambleside has higher household incomes ($75,036 vs $46,800).

Ambleside East Devonport
Population 695 4,384
+531% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +4.8% +8.2%
Median age 48 44
Median household income $75,036/yr
+38% vs other
 $46,800/yr
Median weekly rent $285/wk
+18% vs other
 $235/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Ambleside East Devonport
0-4 3.7% / 5.5%
Ambleside — 0-4: 3.7% East Devonport — 0-4: 5.5%
5-14 10.4% / 12.0%
Ambleside — 5-14: 10.4% East Devonport — 5-14: 12.0%
15-19 5.3% / 4.9%
Ambleside — 15-19: 5.3% East Devonport — 15-19: 4.9%
20-24 6.0% / 5.4%
Ambleside — 20-24: 6.0% East Devonport — 20-24: 5.4%
25-34 13.4% / 13.0%
Ambleside — 25-34: 13.4% East Devonport — 25-34: 13.0%
35-44 9.8% / 9.8%
Ambleside — 35-44: 9.8% East Devonport — 35-44: 9.8%
45-54 10.4% / 11.5%
Ambleside — 45-54: 10.4% East Devonport — 45-54: 11.5%
55-64 17.7% / 13.0%
Ambleside — 55-64: 17.7% East Devonport — 55-64: 13.0%
65-74 17.0% / 13.7%
Ambleside — 65-74: 17.0% East Devonport — 65-74: 13.7%
75-84 7.3% / 8.2%
Ambleside — 75-84: 7.3% East Devonport — 75-84: 8.2%
85+ 1.0% / 2.9%
Ambleside — 85+: 1.0% East Devonport — 85+: 2.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Ambleside 40.3% lone person
Ambleside — Lone Person: 40.3% Ambleside — Couple Families: 40.3% Ambleside — One Parent Families: 15.6% Ambleside — Group Household: 3.8% Ambleside — Other Families: 0.0%
East Devonport 45.5% lone person
East Devonport — Lone Person: 45.5% East Devonport — Couple Families: 23.3% East Devonport — One Parent Families: 24.7% East Devonport — Group Household: 5.0% East Devonport — Other Families: 1.6%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Ambleside 15.0% renting
Ambleside — Owned Outright: 51.4% Ambleside — Mortgage: 33.6% Ambleside — Renting: 15.0%
East Devonport 43.0% renting
East Devonport — Owned Outright: 34.2% East Devonport — Mortgage: 22.8% East Devonport — Renting: 43.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Ambleside East Devonport
Certificate III & IV 23.6% / 15.2%
Ambleside — Certificate III & IV: 23.6% East Devonport — Certificate III & IV: 15.2%
Bachelor Degree 9.2% / 4.8%
Ambleside — Bachelor Degree: 9.2% East Devonport — Bachelor Degree: 4.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.9% / 4.4%
Ambleside — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.9% East Devonport — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.4%
Postgraduate Degree 2.6% / 1.3%
Ambleside — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6% East Devonport — Postgraduate Degree: 1.3%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.6% / 0.8%
Ambleside — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.6% East Devonport — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.6%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Ambleside East Devonport
England 4.9% / 2.9%
Ambleside — England: 4.9% East Devonport — England: 2.9%
Taiwan 1.2% / 0.6%
Ambleside — Taiwan: 1.2% East Devonport — Taiwan: 0.6%
India 1.6% / —
Ambleside — India: 1.6% East Devonport — India: not among its largest
Germany 1.3% / 0.3%
Ambleside — Germany: 1.3% East Devonport — Germany: 0.3%
Philippines 0.6% / 0.7%
Ambleside — Philippines: 0.6% East Devonport — Philippines: 0.7%
China 0.7% / 0.5%
Ambleside — China: 0.7% East Devonport — China: 0.5%
New Zealand — / 0.9%
Ambleside — New Zealand: not among its largest East Devonport — New Zealand: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Ambleside 97.9% houses
Ambleside — Houses: 97.9% Ambleside — Townhouses: 1.0% Ambleside — Flats / Apartments: 1.0%
East Devonport 85.4% houses
East Devonport — Houses: 85.4% East Devonport — Townhouses: 9.5% East Devonport — Flats / Apartments: 5.1%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Ambleside East Devonport
Median house price $637,500 $525,000
Median unit price $707,500 $380,000
Median land price $160,000 $235,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 38 days
from 8 sales
 40 days
from 48 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Ambleside East Devonport
3 bed $635K / $525K
Ambleside — 3 bed: $635K (20 sales) East Devonport — 3 bed: $525K (81 sales)

20 vs 81 sales

4 bed $640K / $620K
Ambleside — 4 bed: $640K (13 sales) East Devonport — 4 bed: $620K (24 sales)

13 vs 24 sales

Zoning mix

East Devonport has more rural and farming land (63% vs 0%).

Ambleside East Devonport
Residential 88% 22%
Rural and farming 0% 63%
Environmental 12% 2%
Industrial 0% 5%
Parks and recreation 0% 3%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 3%
Other and special use 0% 1%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Ambleside East Devonport
New dwellings approved 109
across Devonport
same for both
Approvals change year on year +146%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Ambleside East Devonport
Houses 4.5%
$680/wk on $780K
 4.5%
$540/wk on $620K
Units — 6.0%
$465/wk on $404K

Ranking within TAS

Ambleside East Devonport
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 64% of TAS Higher than 15% of TAS
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 86% of TAS Higher than 85% of TAS
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 40% of TAS Higher than 39% of TAS
NBN connectivity Higher than 79% of TAS Higher than 76% of TAS
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 67% of TAS Higher than 66% of TAS
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 100% of TAS

Liveability

Ambleside scores higher overall (61 vs 38).

Ambleside East Devonport
Grade B C
Score 61/100 38/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
 high-need area
decile 1/10

Risk profile

East Devonport carries more bushfire risk (18 vs 0).

Ambleside East Devonport
Bushfire None
0/100
 Low
18/100
Crime Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
 Low
12/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
 Moderate
50/100
Industrial facilities nearby 9
within 5 km
 10
within 5 km

Schools

Ambleside East Devonport
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Ambleside

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in East Devonport

  • East Devonport Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Ambleside East Devonport
Cafes & restaurants 0 5
Parks & reserves 0 3
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 3
EV chargers 0 1

Mobility

Ambleside sits further from the CBD (279.8 km vs 276.9 km).

Ambleside East Devonport
Walkability score 22/100 20/100
Distance to Hobart 279.8 km
+1% vs other
 276.9 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 195 min 194 min
Public transport score 26/100
Bus
 75/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 6.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 35.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 7310
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 23
postcode 7310
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Ambleside East Devonport
Car (driver) 82.8% / 78.9%
Ambleside — Car (driver): 82.8% East Devonport — Car (driver): 78.9%
Car (passenger) 7.4% / 7.9%
Ambleside — Car (passenger): 7.4% East Devonport — Car (passenger): 7.9%
Worked from Home 7.4% / 5.5%
Ambleside — Worked from Home: 7.4% East Devonport — Worked from Home: 5.5%
Bus — / 5.1%
Ambleside — Bus: not among its largest East Devonport — Bus: 5.1%
Walked Only 1.2% / 2.3%
Ambleside — Walked Only: 1.2% East Devonport — Walked Only: 2.3%
Bicycle 1.2% / 0.3%
Ambleside — Bicycle: 1.2% East Devonport — Bicycle: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (82.8%).

Setting

Ambleside East Devonport
Elevation 25 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 59 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 3.3 km
4.5 km to a named beach
 1.5 km
3.5 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Ambleside East Devonport
Connectivity score 58/100 49/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 23%
420 premises
 7%
2,332 premises

Climate

Ambleside East Devonport
Annual rainfall 698 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 21.6°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 5.1°C
same for both

Council rates

Ambleside East Devonport
Average residential rate $1,501/yr
same for both
Council Devonport
same for both

Federal electorate

Ambleside East Devonport
Division Braddon
same for both
Member Anne Urquhart
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Ambleside East Devonport
Grant amount $20,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Ambleside

Large Blocks Retirees River

East Devonport

Acreage Affordable Coastal

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