Bream Creek vs Boomer Bay

Bream Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 39 against 55 in Boomer Bay. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Bream Creek, about half of households are couple families. In Boomer Bay, about half of households are people living alone. Boomer Bay is closer to the city centre: 52.3 km, against 59.2 km. On these figures, Bream Creek tends to suit families with children and couples, while Boomer Bay suits people living alone and older residents.

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

Bream Creek

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (7 vs 0)
  • is already more of a family suburb (52% vs 37%)

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

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Boomer Bay

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($220/wk vs $255/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Boomer Bay

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (48 min vs 82 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (52.3 km vs 59.2 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Boomer Bay

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (29% vs 19%)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.

Investors

Boomer Bay

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (25.8% vs 1.6%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
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.

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Walkability 10 / 8
Bream Creek — Walkability: 10/100 Boomer Bay — Walkability: 8/100
Low fire risk 9 / 9
Bream Creek — Low fire risk: 9/100 Boomer Bay — Low fire risk: 9/100

Demographics

Boomer Bay skews older (55 vs 39); Bream Creek rents higher ($255/wk vs $220/wk).

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Population 126
+7% vs other
 117
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +1.6% +25.8%
Median age 39 55
Median household income $63,336/yr
+3% vs other
 $61,724/yr
Median weekly rent $255/wk
+14% vs other
 $220/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
0-4 6.3% / 10.3%
Bream Creek — 0-4: 6.3% Boomer Bay — 0-4: 10.3%
5-14 11.9% / 3.4%
Bream Creek — 5-14: 11.9% Boomer Bay — 5-14: 3.4%
15-19 2.4% / 4.3%
Bream Creek — 15-19: 2.4% Boomer Bay — 15-19: 4.3%
20-24 7.1% / 2.6%
Bream Creek — 20-24: 7.1% Boomer Bay — 20-24: 2.6%
25-34 15.1% / 12.8%
Bream Creek — 25-34: 15.1% Boomer Bay — 25-34: 12.8%
35-44 8.7% / 8.5%
Bream Creek — 35-44: 8.7% Boomer Bay — 35-44: 8.5%
45-54 8.7% / 6.0%
Bream Creek — 45-54: 8.7% Boomer Bay — 45-54: 6.0%
55-64 19.0% / 21.4%
Bream Creek — 55-64: 19.0% Boomer Bay — 55-64: 21.4%
65-74 9.5% / 22.2%
Bream Creek — 65-74: 9.5% Boomer Bay — 65-74: 22.2%
75-84 9.5% / 6.8%
Bream Creek — 75-84: 9.5% Boomer Bay — 75-84: 6.8%
85+ — / —
Bream Creek — 85+: not among its largest Boomer Bay — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.2%).

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.

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
England 2.4% / 3.4%
Bream Creek — England: 2.4% Boomer Bay — England: 3.4%
New Zealand 3.2% / —
Bream Creek — New Zealand: 3.2% Boomer Bay — New Zealand: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bream Creek 37.9% lone person
Bream Creek — Lone Person: 37.9% Bream Creek — Couple Families: 51.7% Bream Creek — Group Household: 10.3% Bream Creek — One Parent Families: 0.0%
Boomer Bay 52.6% lone person
Boomer Bay — Lone Person: 52.6% Boomer Bay — Couple Families: 28.9% Boomer Bay — Group Household: 10.5% Boomer Bay — One Parent Families: 7.9%
Lone Person Couple Families Group Household One Parent Families

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bream Creek 100.0% houses
Bream Creek — Houses: 100.0% Bream Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Boomer Bay 92.7% houses
Boomer Bay — Houses: 92.7% Boomer Bay — Flats / Apartments: 7.3%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Certificate III & IV 14.3% / 23.9%
Bream Creek — Certificate III & IV: 14.3% Boomer Bay — Certificate III & IV: 23.9%
Bachelor Degree 25.4% / 6.8%
Bream Creek — Bachelor Degree: 25.4% Boomer Bay — Bachelor Degree: 6.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.7% / 2.6%
Bream Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.7% Boomer Bay — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 2.6%
Postgraduate Degree 4.0% / 2.6%
Bream Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 4.0% Boomer Bay — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.2% / —
Bream Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.2% Boomer Bay — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.4%).

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bream Creek 13.3% renting
Bream Creek — Owned Outright: 66.7% Bream Creek — Mortgage: 20.0% Bream Creek — Renting: 13.3%
Boomer Bay 15.7% renting
Boomer Bay — Owned Outright: 51.0% Boomer Bay — Mortgage: 33.3% Boomer Bay — Renting: 15.7%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Property market

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Median house price — $550,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Rural and farming 84% 85%
Environmental 16% 10%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 5%
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

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
New dwellings approved 169
across Sorell
same for both
Approvals change year on year +346%
same for both

Ranking within TAS

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 42% of TAS Higher than 39% of TAS
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 74% of TAS Higher than 72% of TAS
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 99% of TAS Higher than 66% of TAS
NBN connectivity Higher than 36% of TAS Higher than 64% of TAS

Liveability

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Bushfire High
91/100
same for both
Crime Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion Moderate
57/100
 None
0/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
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

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Parks & reserves 7 0
Waterways 17 5

Mobility

Bream Creek sits further from the CBD (59.2 km vs 52.3 km).

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Walkability score 10/100 8/100
Distance to Hobart 59.2 km
+12% vs other
 52.3 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 82 min 48 min
Electric vehicle share 2.8%
postcode 7175
 0.6%
postcode 7177
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 32
postcode 7175
 33
postcode 7177

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.

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Car (driver) 60.9% / 73.3%
Bream Creek — Car (driver): 60.9% Boomer Bay — Car (driver): 73.3%
Worked from Home 32.8% / 26.7%
Bream Creek — Worked from Home: 32.8% Boomer Bay — Worked from Home: 26.7%
Car (passenger) 6.2% / —
Bream Creek — Car (passenger): 6.2% Boomer Bay — Car (passenger): not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (73.3%).

Setting

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Elevation 34 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 16 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 1.6 km 3.6 km

NBN connectivity

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Connectivity score 28/100 30/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
60 premises
 0%
94 premises

Climate

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Annual rainfall 460 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 22.7°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 4.8°C
same for both

Council rates

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Average residential rate $1,598/yr
same for both
Council Sorell
same for both

Federal electorate

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Division Lyons
same for both
Member Rebecca White
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bream Creek Boomer Bay
Grant amount $20,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bream Creek

Coastal Outer River

Boomer Bay

Outer Retirees River Young Families

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