Boat Harbour Beach vs Boat Harbour
Boat Harbour is the younger of the two, with a median age of 51 against 58 in Boat Harbour Beach. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Boat Harbour Beach, the large majority of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Boat Harbour: a median of $1.38 million, against $1.07 million in Boat Harbour Beach, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Boat Harbour Beach tends to suit people living alone and 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
Boat Harbour
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- is already more of a family suburb (55% vs 23%)
- has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
They split
one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here
- Boat Harbour Beach has cheaper houses ($1,075,000 vs $1,377,425)
- Boat Harbour leaves households under less mortgage stress (17% vs 32%)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Boat Harbour Beach
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (38% vs 14%)
- has cheaper rent ($250/wk vs $300/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Boat Harbour
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (14/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (251 min vs 256 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (356.1 km vs 358.7 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Boat Harbour
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is more walkable (14/100 vs 0/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.
Where they sit
Boat Harbour Beach and Boat Harbour drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
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.
Demographics
Boat Harbour has more residents (339 vs 89); Boat Harbour rents higher ($300/wk vs $250/wk).
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 89 | 339 +281% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +20.3% | — |
| Median age | 58 | 51 |
| Median household income | $81,224/yr +3% vs other | $78,572/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $250/wk | $300/wk +20% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (27.0%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (12.4%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.5%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,075,000 | $1,377,425 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $298,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 4 days from 3 sales |
Zoning mix
Boat Harbour has more rural and farming land (96% vs 34%); Boat Harbour Beach has more land zoned for conservation (14% vs 2%).
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 34% | 96% |
| Residential | 42% | 0% |
| Environmental | 14% | 2% |
| Parks and recreation | 10% | 0% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 1% | 2% |
| 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
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 65 across Waratah-Wynyard same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +33% same for both | |
Ranking within TAS
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 74% of TAS | Higher than 70% of TAS |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 60% of TAS | Higher than 81% of TAS |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 46% of TAS | Higher than 44% of TAS |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 70% of TAS | Higher than 65% of TAS |
Liveability
Boat Harbour is more walkable (14 vs 0).
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Boat Harbour carries more bushfire risk (48 vs 0).
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | Moderate 48/100 |
| 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
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Boat Harbour Beach
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Boat Harbour
- Boat Harbour Primary School Government · Primary above peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 1 same for both | |
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 1 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 1 |
Mobility
Boat Harbour Beach sits further from the CBD (358.7 km vs 356.1 km).
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 | 14/100 |
| Distance to Hobart | 358.7 km | 356.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 256 min | 251 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.4% postcode 7321 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 26 postcode 7321 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (71.2%).
Setting
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 29 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 98 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 204 m 327 m to a named beach | 1.4 km 1.9 km to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 118 premises | 0% 161 premises |
Climate
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 929 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 21.8°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 3.8°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,820/yr same for both | |
| Council | Waratah-Wynyard same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Braddon same for both | |
| Member | Anne Urquhart same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Boat Harbour Beach | Boat Harbour | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $20,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
Tags
Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
Always verify with the relevant authority before making property decisions.
See Data Sources and How We Calculate for details.