Boat Harbour vs Sisters Beach
Sisters Beach is the younger of the two, with a median age of 47 against 51 in Boat Harbour. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. Houses cost more in Boat Harbour: a median of $1.38 million, against $568,000 in Sisters Beach, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Sisters Beach 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
Boat Harbour
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Sisters Beach
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($567,500 vs $1,377,425)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Sisters Beach
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- 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 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (251 min vs 258 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (356.1 km vs 362.4 km)
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.
Where they sit
Boat Harbour and Sisters Beach 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
Sisters Beach has more residents (511 vs 339); Boat Harbour rents higher ($300/wk vs $250/wk).
| Boat Harbour | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 339 | 511 +51% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | — same for both | |
| Median age | 51 | 47 |
| Median household income | $78,572/yr +15% vs other | $66,924/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $300/wk +17% vs other | $250/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.1%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.0%).
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 (9.4%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Boat Harbour | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,377,425 | $567,500 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — | $302,500 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 4 days from 3 sales | 31 days from 8 sales |
Zoning mix
Boat Harbour has more rural and farming land (96% vs 9%); Sisters Beach has more land zoned for conservation (80% vs 2%).
| Boat Harbour | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 96% | 9% |
| Environmental | 2% | 80% |
| Residential | 0% | 10% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 2% | 0% |
| 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 | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 65 across Waratah-Wynyard same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +33% same for both | |
Ranking within TAS
| Boat Harbour | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 70% of TAS | Higher than 47% of TAS |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 81% of TAS | Higher than 74% of TAS |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 44% of TAS | Higher than 43% of TAS |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 65% of TAS | Higher than 61% of TAS |
Liveability
| Boat Harbour | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | C |
| Score | — | 38/100 |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 | below-average income decile 3/10 |
Risk profile
Sisters Beach carries more bushfire risk (78 vs 48).
| Boat Harbour | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 48/100 | High 78/100 |
| 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 | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Boat Harbour
- Boat Harbour Primary School Government · Primary above peers
Schools in Sisters Beach
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Boat Harbour | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 1 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 1 same for both | |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 0 | 1 |
Mobility
Sisters Beach sits further from the CBD (362.4 km vs 356.1 km).
| Boat Harbour | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 14/100 | 10/100 |
| Distance to Hobart | 356.1 km | 362.4 km +2% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 251 min | 258 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 (83.7%).
Setting
| Boat Harbour | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 98 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 144 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 1.4 km 1.9 km to a named beach | 907 m 4.1 km to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| Boat Harbour | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 161 premises | 0% 431 premises |
Climate
| Boat Harbour | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,820/yr same for both | |
| Council | Waratah-Wynyard same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Boat Harbour | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Braddon same for both | |
| Member | Anne Urquhart same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Boat Harbour | Sisters Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $20,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
Always verify with the relevant authority before making property decisions.
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