Brooklyn vs Romaine

In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Brooklyn, about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Romaine: a median of $564,000, against $489,000 in Brooklyn, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Brooklyn tends to suit people living alone.

Brooklyn is a much smaller community of 534 people with notably higher walkability (57 versus 1), while Romaine has 1850 residents and significantly higher median household income at $75,348 compared to Brooklyn's $52,936. Rental costs are also higher in Romaine at $280 per week versus $233, and it ranks higher on the socio-economic decile. Both suburbs are equally distant from the CBD and carry no measurable bushfire, crime, or flood risk, making the choice largely dependent on whether you prefer a quieter, more walkable setting or a larger community with stronger household incomes.

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

Romaine

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more schools inside the suburb (2 vs 0)
  • is already more of a family suburb (60% vs 46%)

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

First-home buyers

Brooklyn

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($488,750 vs $563,500)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Brooklyn

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($233/wk vs $280/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Brooklyn

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (57/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (225 min vs 231 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (325.6 km vs 330.7 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Brooklyn

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (57/100 vs 0/100)

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

Investors

Romaine

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (8.0% vs -3.4%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Brooklyn Romaine
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.

Brooklyn Romaine
Walkability 57 / 0
Brooklyn — Walkability: 57/100 Romaine — Walkability: 0/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Brooklyn — Low fire risk: 100/100 Romaine — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Romaine has more residents (1,850 vs 534); Romaine has higher household incomes ($75,348 vs $52,936).

Brooklyn Romaine
Population 534 1,850
+246% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -3.4% +8.0%
Median age 38 40
Median household income $52,936/yr $75,348/yr
+42% vs other
Median weekly rent $233/wk $280/wk
+20% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Brooklyn Romaine
0-4 6.4% / 5.5%
Brooklyn — 0-4: 6.4% Romaine — 0-4: 5.5%
5-14 10.7% / 13.1%
Brooklyn — 5-14: 10.7% Romaine — 5-14: 13.1%
15-19 3.7% / 6.7%
Brooklyn — 15-19: 3.7% Romaine — 15-19: 6.7%
20-24 6.4% / 4.9%
Brooklyn — 20-24: 6.4% Romaine — 20-24: 4.9%
25-34 18.5% / 13.0%
Brooklyn — 25-34: 18.5% Romaine — 25-34: 13.0%
35-44 11.2% / 11.7%
Brooklyn — 35-44: 11.2% Romaine — 35-44: 11.7%
45-54 12.0% / 14.2%
Brooklyn — 45-54: 12.0% Romaine — 45-54: 14.2%
55-64 12.9% / 13.1%
Brooklyn — 55-64: 12.9% Romaine — 55-64: 13.1%
65-74 11.0% / 10.2%
Brooklyn — 65-74: 11.0% Romaine — 65-74: 10.2%
75-84 5.1% / 6.1%
Brooklyn — 75-84: 5.1% Romaine — 75-84: 6.1%
85+ 2.2% / 1.5%
Brooklyn — 85+: 2.2% Romaine — 85+: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Brooklyn 47.8% lone person
Brooklyn — Lone Person: 47.8% Brooklyn — Couple Families: 23.1% Brooklyn — One Parent Families: 23.1% Brooklyn — Group Household: 3.3% Brooklyn — Other Families: 2.7%
Romaine 35.8% lone person
Romaine — Lone Person: 35.8% Romaine — Couple Families: 44.2% Romaine — One Parent Families: 16.2% Romaine — Group Household: 2.1% Romaine — Other Families: 1.7%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Brooklyn 32.5% renting
Brooklyn — Owned Outright: 35.0% Brooklyn — Mortgage: 32.5% Brooklyn — Renting: 32.5%
Romaine 23.6% renting
Romaine — Owned Outright: 37.2% Romaine — Mortgage: 39.1% Romaine — Renting: 23.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Brooklyn Romaine
Certificate III & IV 16.5% / 21.2%
Brooklyn — Certificate III & IV: 16.5% Romaine — Certificate III & IV: 21.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.9% / 6.7%
Brooklyn — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.9% Romaine — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.7%
Bachelor Degree 5.6% / 6.9%
Brooklyn — Bachelor Degree: 5.6% Romaine — Bachelor Degree: 6.9%
Postgraduate Degree 1.7% / 1.3%
Brooklyn — Postgraduate Degree: 1.7% Romaine — Postgraduate Degree: 1.3%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.7% / 1.1%
Brooklyn — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7% Romaine — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.1%

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

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.

Brooklyn Romaine
England 2.4% / 2.1%
Brooklyn — England: 2.4% Romaine — England: 2.1%
Nepal 1.5% / —
Brooklyn — Nepal: 1.5% Romaine — Nepal: not among its largest
India 0.6% / 0.8%
Brooklyn — India: 0.6% Romaine — India: 0.8%
Germany 1.3% / —
Brooklyn — Germany: 1.3% Romaine — Germany: not among its largest
New Zealand 0.7% / 0.6%
Brooklyn — New Zealand: 0.7% Romaine — New Zealand: 0.6%
South Africa — / 0.8%
Brooklyn — South Africa: not among its largest Romaine — South Africa: 0.8%
Malaysia 0.7% / —
Brooklyn — Malaysia: 0.7% Romaine — Malaysia: not among its largest
Sri Lanka — / 0.5%
Brooklyn — Sri Lanka: not among its largest Romaine — Sri Lanka: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.4%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Brooklyn 93.5% houses
Brooklyn — Houses: 93.5% Brooklyn — Townhouses: 5.2% Brooklyn — Flats / Apartments: 1.2%
Romaine 93.3% houses
Romaine — Houses: 93.3% Romaine — Townhouses: 7.7% Romaine — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Brooklyn Romaine
Median house price $488,750 $563,500
Median unit price — $375,000
Median land price — $618,750
Typical days to sell (houses) 14 days
from 4 sales
 34 days
from 9 sales

Zoning mix

Romaine has more rural and farming land (68% vs 0%); Romaine has more land zoned for conservation (14% vs 0%).

Brooklyn Romaine
Residential 84% 10%
Rural and farming 0% 68%
Parks and recreation 16% 2%
Environmental 0% 14%
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

Brooklyn Romaine
New dwellings approved 90
across Burnie
same for both
Approvals change year on year +1200%
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.

Brooklyn Romaine
Houses 4.1%
$405/wk on $515K
 3.9%
$482/wk on $645K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within TAS

Brooklyn Romaine
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 24% of TAS Higher than 65% of TAS
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 94% of TAS Higher than 51% of TAS
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 31% of TAS Higher than 32% of TAS
NBN connectivity Higher than 85% of TAS Higher than 81% of TAS
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 42% of TAS Higher than 31% of TAS

Liveability

Brooklyn is more walkable (57 vs 0).

Brooklyn Romaine
Grade B C
Score 51/100 47/100
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Brooklyn Romaine
Bushfire None
0/100
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 None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 8
within 5 km
 5
within 5 km

Schools

Brooklyn Romaine
Inside the suburb 0 2
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 2
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Brooklyn

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Romaine

  • Parklands High School Government · Secondary at peers
  • Romaine Park Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Brooklyn Romaine
Parks & reserves 0 2
Childcare 0 1
Waterways 0 7

Mobility

Romaine sits further from the CBD (330.7 km vs 325.6 km).

Brooklyn Romaine
Walkability score 57/100 0/100
Distance to Hobart 325.6 km 330.7 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 225 min 231 min
Public transport score 25/100
Bus
 36/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 3.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 7.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 7320
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 19
postcode 7320
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.

Brooklyn Romaine
Car (driver) 86.6% / 86.0%
Brooklyn — Car (driver): 86.6% Romaine — Car (driver): 86.0%
Car (passenger) 7.7% / 7.5%
Brooklyn — Car (passenger): 7.7% Romaine — Car (passenger): 7.5%
Worked from Home 2.1% / 5.0%
Brooklyn — Worked from Home: 2.1% Romaine — Worked from Home: 5.0%
Walked Only 1.5% / 1.1%
Brooklyn — Walked Only: 1.5% Romaine — Walked Only: 1.1%
Bus 2.1% / 0.4%
Brooklyn — Bus: 2.1% Romaine — Bus: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (86.6%).

Setting

Brooklyn Romaine
Elevation 107 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 177 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 1.3 km
1.4 km to a named beach
 4.3 km
4.3 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Brooklyn Romaine
Connectivity score 69/100 61/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 44%
293 premises
 34%
787 premises

Climate

Brooklyn Romaine
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

Brooklyn Romaine
Average residential rate $2,050/yr
same for both
Council Burnie
same for both

Federal electorate

Brooklyn Romaine
Division Braddon
same for both
Member Anne Urquhart
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Brooklyn Romaine
Grant amount $20,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Brooklyn

Affordable Beach Coastal Large Blocks Quiet River

Romaine

Acreage River

More comparisons

Other comparisons with Brooklyn

Brooklyn vs Upper Burnie Brooklyn vs Havenview Brooklyn vs South Burnie

Other comparisons with Romaine

Romaine vs Upper Burnie Romaine vs Havenview Romaine vs Stowport Romaine vs Mooreville Romaine vs Downlands
Full data on Brooklyn Full data on Romaine
Unlock full address-level data — $29/month

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.

Save this page for later

We'll email you a link to this page so you can finish reading it on any device. We use your address once to send it and don't keep it.

or