Blackwood Creek vs Poatina

In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Poatina, most households are people living alone. On these figures, Poatina tends to suit people living alone.

Blackwood Creek and Poatina are similarly sized rural communities, but they differ notably in income and cost of living. Blackwood Creek has a median household income of $71,500 compared to Poatina's $40,768, though weekly rent is also higher at $253 versus $178. Poatina sits closer to the CBD at 161.1 km and carries a significantly lower bushfire risk of 25 compared to Blackwood Creek's 79. The choice between them depends on whether you prioritise stronger household income levels and are comfortable with higher housing costs and bushfire exposure, or prefer a location with lower fire risk and proximity to services.

Written by an AI language model from the figures below. Every number in it is checked against those figures before it is published.

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

Blackwood Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (63% vs 39%)

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

First-home buyers

Poatina

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (6% vs 18%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Poatina

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (37% vs 15%)
  • has cheaper rent ($178/wk vs $253/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Poatina

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (161.1 km vs 206.4 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (139 min vs 152 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.

Investors

Poatina

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (22.9% vs -10.4%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Blackwood Creek Poatina
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.

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Walkability 0 / 0
Blackwood Creek — Walkability: 0/100 Poatina — Walkability: 0/100
Low fire risk 20 / 76
Blackwood Creek — Low fire risk: 20/100 Poatina — Low fire risk: 76/100

Demographics

Blackwood Creek has higher household incomes ($71,500 vs $40,768); Blackwood Creek rents higher ($253/wk vs $178/wk).

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Population 120
+2% vs other
 118
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -10.4% +22.9%
Median age 46 47
Median household income $71,500/yr
+43% vs other
 $40,768/yr
Median weekly rent $253/wk
+30% vs other
 $178/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Blackwood Creek Poatina
0-4 11.7% / —
Blackwood Creek — 0-4: 11.7% Poatina — 0-4: not among its largest
5-14 7.5% / 19.5%
Blackwood Creek — 5-14: 7.5% Poatina — 5-14: 19.5%
15-19 2.5% / 8.5%
Blackwood Creek — 15-19: 2.5% Poatina — 15-19: 8.5%
20-24 2.5% / 2.5%
Blackwood Creek — 20-24: 2.5% Poatina — 20-24: 2.5%
25-34 9.2% / 2.5%
Blackwood Creek — 25-34: 9.2% Poatina — 25-34: 2.5%
35-44 5.8% / 9.3%
Blackwood Creek — 35-44: 5.8% Poatina — 35-44: 9.3%
45-54 12.5% / 11.9%
Blackwood Creek — 45-54: 12.5% Poatina — 45-54: 11.9%
55-64 19.2% / 21.2%
Blackwood Creek — 55-64: 19.2% Poatina — 55-64: 21.2%
65-74 13.3% / 18.6%
Blackwood Creek — 65-74: 13.3% Poatina — 65-74: 18.6%
75-84 8.3% / 5.1%
Blackwood Creek — 75-84: 8.3% Poatina — 75-84: 5.1%
85+ — / —
Blackwood Creek — 85+: not among its largest Poatina — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Blackwood Creek 37.1% lone person
Blackwood Creek — Lone Person: 37.1% Blackwood Creek — Couple Families: 37.1% Blackwood Creek — One Parent Families: 25.7%
Poatina 60.6% lone person
Poatina — Lone Person: 60.6% Poatina — Couple Families: 27.3% Poatina — One Parent Families: 12.1%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Blackwood Creek 15.4% renting
Blackwood Creek — Owned Outright: 46.2% Blackwood Creek — Mortgage: 38.5% Blackwood Creek — Renting: 15.4%
Poatina 36.7% renting
Poatina — Owned Outright: 46.9% Poatina — Mortgage: 16.3% Poatina — Renting: 36.7%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Blackwood Creek Poatina
England — / 5.1%
Blackwood Creek — England: not among its largest Poatina — England: 5.1%
Netherlands 2.5% / 2.5%
Blackwood Creek — Netherlands: 2.5% Poatina — Netherlands: 2.5%
South Africa — / 3.4%
Blackwood Creek — South Africa: not among its largest Poatina — South Africa: 3.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.1%).

Qualifications

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

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Certificate III & IV 19.2% / 13.6%
Blackwood Creek — Certificate III & IV: 19.2% Poatina — Certificate III & IV: 13.6%
Bachelor Degree 12.5% / 19.5%
Blackwood Creek — Bachelor Degree: 12.5% Poatina — Bachelor Degree: 19.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 10.8% / 6.8%
Blackwood Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.8% Poatina — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 7.6%
Blackwood Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Poatina — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 7.6%
Postgraduate Degree — / 3.4%
Blackwood Creek — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Poatina — Postgraduate Degree: 3.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Blackwood Creek 100.0% houses
Blackwood Creek — Houses: 100.0%
Poatina 100.0% houses
Poatina — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Property market

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Median house price — $241,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Blackwood Creek has more rural and farming land (72% vs 53%); Poatina has more land zoned for conservation (42% vs 28%).

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Rural and farming 72% 53%
Environmental 28% 42%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 3%
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

Blackwood Creek Poatina
New dwellings approved 184
across Northern Midlands
same for both
Approvals change year on year +104%
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.

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Houses — 5.5%
$420/wk on $400K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within TAS

Blackwood Creek Poatina
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 58% of TAS Higher than 8% of TAS
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 41% of TAS Higher than 61% of TAS
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 62% of TAS Higher than 6% of TAS
NBN connectivity Higher than 45% of TAS Higher than 70% of TAS
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 97% of TAS

Liveability

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
same for both

Risk profile

Blackwood Creek carries more bushfire risk (80 vs 24).

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Bushfire High
80/100
 Low
24/100
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
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Inside the suburb 0
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Amenities in the suburb

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Parks & reserves 2 0
Waterways 3 2

Mobility

Blackwood Creek sits further from the CBD (206.4 km vs 161.1 km).

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Hobart 206.4 km
+22% vs other
 161.1 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 152 min 139 min
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 7301
 0.2%
postcode 7302
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 32
postcode 7301
 25
postcode 7302

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.

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Car (driver) 66.7% / 33.3%
Blackwood Creek — Car (driver): 66.7% Poatina — Car (driver): 33.3%
Worked from Home 25.5% / 25.0%
Blackwood Creek — Worked from Home: 25.5% Poatina — Worked from Home: 25.0%
Walked Only — / 41.7%
Blackwood Creek — Walked Only: not among its largest Poatina — Walked Only: 41.7%
Car (passenger) 7.8% / —
Blackwood Creek — Car (passenger): 7.8% Poatina — Car (passenger): not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (66.7%).

Setting

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Elevation 293 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 271 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Connectivity score 29/100 30/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
52 premises
 0%
89 premises

Climate

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Annual rainfall 720 mm 849 mm
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Average residential rate $1,704/yr
same for both
Council Northern Midlands
same for both

Federal electorate

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Division Lyons
same for both
Member Rebecca White
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Blackwood Creek Poatina
Grant amount $20,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Blackwood Creek

Rural Young Families

Poatina

Professionals Rural

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