Bridgewater vs Gagebrook

Gagebrook is the younger of the two, with a median age of 27 against 31 in Bridgewater. In both, most households rent and the large majority of homes are detached houses. Houses cost more in Bridgewater: a median of $500,000, against $402,000 in Gagebrook, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Gagebrook tends to suit renters, families with children, 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

Bridgewater

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (8 vs 1)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (4 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Gagebrook

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($402,500 vs $500,500)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Gagebrook

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (77% vs 57%)
  • has cheaper rent ($240/wk vs $260/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Gagebrook

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (46/100 vs 24/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Bridgewater

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (2 vs 0)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (14% vs 7%)
  • But Gagebrook is more walkable (46/100 vs 24/100)

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

Investors

Too close to call

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

Weighs house yield.

Where they sit

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

Bridgewater Gagebrook
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.

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Walkability 24 / 46
Bridgewater — Walkability: 24/100 Gagebrook — Walkability: 46/100
Low fire risk 5 / 61
Bridgewater — Low fire risk: 5/100 Gagebrook — Low fire risk: 61/100

Demographics

Bridgewater has more residents (4,592 vs 1,572); Bridgewater skews older (31 vs 27).

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Population 4,592
+66% vs other
 1,572
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +13.5% —
Median age 31 27
Median household income $49,088/yr
+13% vs other
 $42,900/yr
Median weekly rent $260/wk
+8% vs other
 $240/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bridgewater Gagebrook
0-4 7.6% / 10.4%
Bridgewater — 0-4: 7.6% Gagebrook — 0-4: 10.4%
5-14 17.3% / 19.9%
Bridgewater — 5-14: 17.3% Gagebrook — 5-14: 19.9%
15-19 6.6% / 7.4%
Bridgewater — 15-19: 6.6% Gagebrook — 15-19: 7.4%
20-24 7.5% / 8.0%
Bridgewater — 20-24: 7.5% Gagebrook — 20-24: 8.0%
25-34 14.9% / 15.7%
Bridgewater — 25-34: 14.9% Gagebrook — 25-34: 15.7%
35-44 10.9% / 12.4%
Bridgewater — 35-44: 10.9% Gagebrook — 35-44: 12.4%
45-54 11.2% / 10.2%
Bridgewater — 45-54: 11.2% Gagebrook — 45-54: 10.2%
55-64 9.7% / 8.9%
Bridgewater — 55-64: 9.7% Gagebrook — 55-64: 8.9%
65-74 10.3% / 4.4%
Bridgewater — 65-74: 10.3% Gagebrook — 65-74: 4.4%
75-84 3.5% / 2.5%
Bridgewater — 75-84: 3.5% Gagebrook — 75-84: 2.5%
85+ 0.7% / 0.3%
Bridgewater — 85+: 0.7% Gagebrook — 85+: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bridgewater 35.3% one parent families
Bridgewater — One Parent Families: 35.3% Bridgewater — Lone Person: 33.5% Bridgewater — Couple Families: 25.0% Bridgewater — Group Household: 4.2% Bridgewater — Other Families: 1.9%
Gagebrook 43.4% one parent families
Gagebrook — One Parent Families: 43.4% Gagebrook — Lone Person: 30.7% Gagebrook — Couple Families: 20.5% Gagebrook — Group Household: 3.1% Gagebrook — Other Families: 2.3%
One Parent Families Lone Person Couple Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bridgewater 57.0% renting
Bridgewater — Owned Outright: 20.2% Bridgewater — Mortgage: 22.7% Bridgewater — Renting: 57.0%
Gagebrook 77.0% renting
Gagebrook — Owned Outright: 7.7% Gagebrook — Mortgage: 15.4% Gagebrook — Renting: 77.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Certificate III & IV 12.4% / 10.6%
Bridgewater — Certificate III & IV: 12.4% Gagebrook — Certificate III & IV: 10.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 2.5% / 2.4%
Bridgewater — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 2.5% Gagebrook — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 2.4%
Bachelor Degree 2.6% / 1.8%
Bridgewater — Bachelor Degree: 2.6% Gagebrook — Bachelor Degree: 1.8%
Postgraduate Degree 1.0% / 0.3%
Bridgewater — Postgraduate Degree: 1.0% Gagebrook — Postgraduate Degree: 0.3%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.3% / —
Bridgewater — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.3% Gagebrook — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (12.4%).

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.

Bridgewater Gagebrook
England 1.0% / 0.4%
Bridgewater — England: 1.0% Gagebrook — England: 0.4%
Pakistan 0.5% / 0.7%
Bridgewater — Pakistan: 0.5% Gagebrook — Pakistan: 0.7%
India 0.2% / 0.9%
Bridgewater — India: 0.2% Gagebrook — India: 0.9%
Philippines 0.7% / 0.3%
Bridgewater — Philippines: 0.7% Gagebrook — Philippines: 0.3%
New Zealand 0.5% / 0.3%
Bridgewater — New Zealand: 0.5% Gagebrook — New Zealand: 0.3%
China 0.4% / —
Bridgewater — China: 0.4% Gagebrook — China: not among its largest
Vietnam — / 0.4%
Bridgewater — Vietnam: not among its largest Gagebrook — Vietnam: 0.4%
Germany — / 0.4%
Bridgewater — Germany: not among its largest Gagebrook — Germany: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (1.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bridgewater 88.2% houses
Bridgewater — Houses: 88.2% Bridgewater — Flats / Apartments: 8.5% Bridgewater — Townhouses: 3.3%
Gagebrook 92.1% houses
Gagebrook — Houses: 92.1% Gagebrook — Flats / Apartments: 4.3% Gagebrook — Townhouses: 3.6%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Median house price $500,500 $402,500
Median unit price $406,000 —
Median land price $255,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 20 days
from 19 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Bridgewater has more rural and farming land (31% vs 0%); Bridgewater has more industrially zoned land (30% vs 0%).

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Parks and recreation 5% 45%
Residential 13% 43%
Rural and farming 31% 0%
Industrial 30% 0%
Environmental 11% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 10% 11%
Commercial 1%
same for both
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

Bridgewater Gagebrook
New dwellings approved 153
across Brighton
same for both
Approvals change year on year -10%
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.

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Houses 4.7%
$500/wk on $559K
 5.1%
$492/wk on $504K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within TAS

Bridgewater Gagebrook
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 19% of TAS Higher than 10% of TAS
Schools Higher than 64% of TAS —
Walkability Higher than 87% of TAS Higher than 92% of TAS
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 28% of TAS Higher than 26% of TAS
NBN connectivity Higher than 83% of TAS Higher than 87% of TAS
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 74% of TAS Higher than 92% of TAS

Liveability

Gagebrook is more walkable (46 vs 24); Gagebrook scores higher overall (42 vs 33).

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Grade D C
Score 33/100 42/100
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
same for both

Risk profile

Bridgewater carries more bushfire risk (95 vs 39).

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Bushfire High
95/100
 Low
39/100
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 5
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Inside the suburb 4 0
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 2 0

Schools in Bridgewater

  • Northern Christian School Independent · Primary above peers
  • JRLF - East Derwent Primary School Government · Primary below peers
  • St Paul's Catholic School Catholic · Primary below peers
  • JRLF - Senior School Government · Secondary

Schools in Gagebrook

  • JRLF - Gagebrook Primary School Government · Primary

Amenities in the suburb

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Supermarkets 2 0
Parks & reserves 8 1
Childcare 1 0
GPs 2 0
Pharmacies 1 0
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 1
same for both
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 8 2

Mobility

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Walkability score 24/100 46/100
Distance to Hobart 23.4 km
+4% vs other
 22.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 25 min 26 min
Public transport score 94/100
Bus
same for both
Peak arrivals per hour 116.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 67.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 7030
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 24
postcode 7030
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.

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Car (driver) 80.7% / 82.7%
Bridgewater — Car (driver): 80.7% Gagebrook — Car (driver): 82.7%
Car (passenger) 8.5% / 9.2%
Bridgewater — Car (passenger): 8.5% Gagebrook — Car (passenger): 9.2%
Bus 5.4% / 5.3%
Bridgewater — Bus: 5.4% Gagebrook — Bus: 5.3%
Walked Only 2.2% / 2.8%
Bridgewater — Walked Only: 2.2% Gagebrook — Walked Only: 2.8%
Worked from Home 3.1% / —
Bridgewater — Worked from Home: 3.1% Gagebrook — Worked from Home: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (82.7%).

Setting

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Elevation 54 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 62 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 13.9 km 10.7 km

NBN connectivity

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Connectivity score 65/100 70/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 36%
2,184 premises
 45%
686 premises

Climate

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Annual rainfall 507 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Average residential rate $1,772/yr
same for both
Council Brighton
same for both

Federal electorate

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Division Lyons
same for both
Member Rebecca White
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bridgewater Gagebrook
Grant amount $20,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bridgewater

Acreage Affordable Easy Commute Family Middle-Ring River Transport Hub

Gagebrook

Affordable Easy Commute Family Large Blocks Middle-Ring River Transport Hub Young Families

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