Coningham vs Oyster Cove
Coningham is the younger of the two, with a median age of 40 against 45 in Oyster Cove. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Coningham: a median of $1.05 million, against $850,000 in Oyster Cove. On these figures, Coningham tends to suit families with children, while Oyster Cove suits older residents 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
Oyster Cove
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more parks and reserves (7 vs 1)
Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Oyster Cove
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($850,000 vs $1,055,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Too close to call
Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Coningham
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
- sits closer to the CBD (29.6 km vs 32.1 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Coningham is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
- Oyster Cove has more residents already 65 and over (20% vs 11%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.
Investors
Coningham
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (29.6% vs 3.4%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Coningham and Oyster Cove 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
Coningham has higher household incomes ($97,500 vs $78,780); Oyster Cove skews older (45 vs 40).
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 328 | 330 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +29.6% | +3.4% |
| Median age | 40 | 45 |
| Median household income | $97,500/yr +19% vs other | $78,780/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $318/wk | $325/wk +2% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.6%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.7%).
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 (8.5%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,055,000 | $850,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 10 days from 4 sales | — |
Zoning mix
Oyster Cove has more rural and farming land (64% vs 0%); Coningham has more land zoned for conservation (92% vs 35%).
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 92% | 35% |
| Rural and farming | 0% | 64% |
| Residential | 8% | 0% |
| 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
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 138 across Kingborough same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -13% same for both | |
Ranking within TAS
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 89% of TAS | Higher than 70% of TAS |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 75% of TAS | Higher than 19% of TAS |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 96% of TAS | Higher than 92% of TAS |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 82% of TAS | Higher than 29% of TAS |
Liveability
Coningham is more walkable (10 vs 0).
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 9/10 | advantaged area decile 7/10 |
Risk profile
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 97/100 | High 94/100 |
| Crime | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | Low 10/100 | Low 22/100 |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 7 |
| Beaches | 2 | 0 |
| Waterways | 0 | 7 |
Mobility
Oyster Cove sits further from the CBD (32.1 km vs 29.6 km).
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 10/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Hobart | 29.6 km | 32.1 km +8% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 35 min | 34 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 2.0% postcode 7054 | 1.9% postcode 7150 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 41 postcode 7054 | 33 postcode 7150 |
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 (81.3%).
Setting
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 122 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 161 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 851 m 918 m to a named beach | 2.7 km |
NBN connectivity
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 64/100 | 25/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 35% 150 premises | 0% 130 premises |
Climate
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | — same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,735/yr same for both | |
| Council | Kingborough same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Franklin same for both | |
| Member | Julie Collins same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Coningham | Oyster Cove | |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
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