Buckland vs Triabunna

In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Buckland tends to suit couples, while Triabunna suits 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

Buckland

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more parks and reserves (13 vs 3)

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

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Buckland

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (20% vs 27%)
  • has cheaper rent ($200/wk vs $245/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Buckland

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (73 km vs 90.1 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Triabunna

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (31% vs 20%)

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 population growth.

Where they sit

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

Buckland Triabunna
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.

Buckland Triabunna
Walkability 0 / 0
Buckland — Walkability: 0/100 Triabunna — Walkability: 0/100
Low fire risk 26 / 17
Buckland — Low fire risk: 26/100 Triabunna — Low fire risk: 17/100

Demographics

Triabunna has more residents (905 vs 188); Triabunna rents higher ($245/wk vs $200/wk).

Buckland Triabunna
Population 188 905
+381% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +5.0% +3.5%
Median age 52 51
Median household income $52,624/yr
+9% vs other
 $47,788/yr
Median weekly rent $200/wk $245/wk
+22% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Buckland Triabunna
0-4 6.4% / 3.2%
Buckland — 0-4: 6.4% Triabunna — 0-4: 3.2%
5-14 10.1% / 9.7%
Buckland — 5-14: 10.1% Triabunna — 5-14: 9.7%
15-19 2.1% / 5.3%
Buckland — 15-19: 2.1% Triabunna — 15-19: 5.3%
20-24 1.6% / 4.6%
Buckland — 20-24: 1.6% Triabunna — 20-24: 4.6%
25-34 3.2% / 10.8%
Buckland — 25-34: 3.2% Triabunna — 25-34: 10.8%
35-44 13.3% / 7.1%
Buckland — 35-44: 13.3% Triabunna — 35-44: 7.1%
45-54 14.9% / 12.6%
Buckland — 45-54: 14.9% Triabunna — 45-54: 12.6%
55-64 18.1% / 15.0%
Buckland — 55-64: 18.1% Triabunna — 55-64: 15.0%
65-74 13.8% / 17.3%
Buckland — 65-74: 13.8% Triabunna — 65-74: 17.3%
75-84 6.4% / 11.7%
Buckland — 75-84: 6.4% Triabunna — 75-84: 11.7%
85+ — / 1.8%
Buckland — 85+: not among its largest Triabunna — 85+: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Buckland 47.1% lone person
Buckland — Lone Person: 47.1% Buckland — Couple Families: 47.1% Buckland — One Parent Families: 5.9% Buckland — Group Household: 0.0% Buckland — Other Families: 0.0%
Triabunna 47.9% lone person
Triabunna — Lone Person: 47.9% Triabunna — Couple Families: 26.5% Triabunna — One Parent Families: 21.4% Triabunna — Group Household: 3.1% Triabunna — Other Families: 1.2%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Buckland 18.3% renting
Buckland — Owned Outright: 45.1% Buckland — Mortgage: 36.6% Buckland — Renting: 18.3%
Triabunna 24.8% renting
Triabunna — Owned Outright: 49.3% Triabunna — Mortgage: 25.9% Triabunna — Renting: 24.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Buckland Triabunna
Certificate III & IV 17.6% / 18.1%
Buckland — Certificate III & IV: 17.6% Triabunna — Certificate III & IV: 18.1%
Bachelor Degree 6.9% / 3.9%
Buckland — Bachelor Degree: 6.9% Triabunna — Bachelor Degree: 3.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 3.7% / 4.6%
Buckland — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 3.7% Triabunna — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.6%
Postgraduate Degree — / 1.1%
Buckland — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Triabunna — Postgraduate Degree: 1.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 0.8%
Buckland — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Triabunna — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.1%).

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.

Buckland Triabunna
England 2.1% / 3.4%
Buckland — England: 2.1% Triabunna — England: 3.4%
New Zealand 2.1% / 1.5%
Buckland — New Zealand: 2.1% Triabunna — New Zealand: 1.5%
Indonesia 2.1% / —
Buckland — Indonesia: 2.1% Triabunna — Indonesia: not among its largest
India — / 0.6%
Buckland — India: not among its largest Triabunna — India: 0.6%
Philippines — / 0.6%
Buckland — Philippines: not among its largest Triabunna — Philippines: 0.6%
Netherlands — / 0.6%
Buckland — Netherlands: not among its largest Triabunna — Netherlands: 0.6%

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

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Buckland 98.6% houses
Buckland — Houses: 98.6% Buckland — Townhouses: 0.0% Buckland — Flats / Apartments: 1.4%
Triabunna 96.7% houses
Triabunna — Houses: 96.7% Triabunna — Townhouses: 2.8% Triabunna — Flats / Apartments: 0.5%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Buckland Triabunna
Median house price $460,000 $452,000
Median unit price — $360,000
Median land price — $270,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 50 days
from 16 sales

Zoning mix

Buckland Triabunna
Rural and farming 96% 94%
Environmental 4%
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

Buckland Triabunna
New dwellings approved 49
across Glamorgan-Spring Bay
same for both
Approvals change year on year -80%
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.

Buckland Triabunna
Houses — 4.6%
$460/wk on $520K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within TAS

Buckland Triabunna
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 23% of TAS Higher than 17% of TAS
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 13% of TAS Higher than 40% of TAS
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 63% of TAS
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 4% of TAS Higher than 92% of TAS
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 68% of TAS

Liveability

Buckland Triabunna
Grade — D
Score — 26/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 high-need area
decile 1/10

Risk profile

Buckland Triabunna
Bushfire High
74/100
 High
83/100
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
 Moderate
49/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Buckland Triabunna
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Buckland

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

Schools in Triabunna

  • Triabunna District School Government · Combined below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Buckland Triabunna
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 0 4
Parks & reserves 13 3
Childcare 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 1 5
EV chargers 2 1
Waterways 76 34

Mobility

Triabunna sits further from the CBD (90.1 km vs 73 km).

Buckland Triabunna
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Hobart 73 km 90.1 km
+23% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 74 min 77 min
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 7190
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 27
postcode 7190
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.

Buckland Triabunna
Car (driver) 70.7% / 71.4%
Buckland — Car (driver): 70.7% Triabunna — Car (driver): 71.4%
Worked from Home 16.0% / 8.7%
Buckland — Worked from Home: 16.0% Triabunna — Worked from Home: 8.7%
Walked Only 8.0% / 9.8%
Buckland — Walked Only: 8.0% Triabunna — Walked Only: 9.8%
Car (passenger) 5.3% / 9.1%
Buckland — Car (passenger): 5.3% Triabunna — Car (passenger): 9.1%
Bus — / 1.0%
Buckland — Bus: not among its largest Triabunna — Bus: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (71.4%).

Setting

Buckland Triabunna
Elevation 194 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 67 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 9.7 km 5.1 km

NBN connectivity

Buckland Triabunna
Connectivity score 15/100 96/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
45 premises
 95%
527 premises

Climate

Buckland Triabunna
Annual rainfall 460 mm 493 mm
Summer max (Jan) 22.7°C —
Winter min (Jul) 4.8°C —

Council rates

Buckland Triabunna
Average residential rate $1,943/yr
same for both
Council Glamorgan-Spring Bay
same for both

Federal electorate

Buckland Triabunna
Division Lyons
same for both
Member Rebecca White
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Buckland Triabunna
Grant amount $20,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Buckland

Rural

Triabunna

Affordable Retirees Rural

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