Christmas Hills vs Edith Creek
Edith Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 33 against 37 in Christmas Hills. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Christmas Hills, most households are couple families. In Edith Creek, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Christmas Hills tends to suit people living alone, while Edith Creek suits families with children.
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
Edith Creek
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
- is already more of a family suburb (67% vs 56%)
Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Christmas Hills
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (12% vs 17%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Christmas Hills
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (9% vs 14%)
- has cheaper rent ($150/wk vs $225/wk)
- But Edith Creek has a bigger rental market to choose from (35% vs 8%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Edith Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (425.4 km vs 432.4 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.
Investors
Christmas Hills
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (10.4% vs -17.7%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Christmas Hills and Edith Creek 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
Edith Creek rents higher ($225/wk vs $150/wk); Christmas Hills skews older (37 vs 33).
| Christmas Hills | Edith Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 127 +9% vs other | 116 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +10.4% | -17.7% |
| Median age | 37 | 33 |
| Median household income | $87,724/yr +6% vs other | $82,316/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $150/wk | $225/wk +50% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.8%).
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 (6.3%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.7%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Zoning mix
| Christmas Hills | Edith Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 83% | 80% |
| Environmental | 17% | 19% |
| 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
| Christmas Hills | Edith Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 7 across Circular Head same for both | |
Ranking within TAS
| Christmas Hills | Edith Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 81% of TAS | Higher than 75% of TAS |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 20% of TAS | Higher than 56% of TAS |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 3% of TAS | Higher than 5% of TAS |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 36% of TAS | Higher than 27% of TAS |
Liveability
| Christmas Hills | Edith Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 4/10 |
Risk profile
Edith Creek carries more bushfire risk (52 vs 42).
| Christmas Hills | Edith Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 42/100 | Moderate 52/100 |
| 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
| Christmas Hills | Edith Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Christmas Hills
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Edith Creek
- Edith Creek Primary School Government · Primary above peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Christmas Hills | Edith Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 2 same for both | |
| Waterways | 0 | 27 |
Mobility
Christmas Hills sits further from the CBD (432.4 km vs 425.4 km).
| Christmas Hills | Edith Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Hobart | 432.4 km +2% vs other | 425.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 308 min | 305 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 7330 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 23 postcode 7330 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 (82.0%).
Setting
| Christmas Hills | Edith Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 105 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 22 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 19.5 km | 18.0 km |
NBN connectivity
| Christmas Hills | Edith Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 28/100 | 23/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 49 premises same for both | |
Climate
| Christmas Hills | Edith Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,097 mm | 1,454 mm |
| Summer max (Jan) | — | 20.8°C |
| Winter min (Jul) | — | 5.2°C |
Federal electorate
| Christmas Hills | Edith Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Braddon same for both | |
| Member | Anne Urquhart same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Christmas Hills | Edith Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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