Cooee vs Ocean Vista
Cooee is the younger of the two, with a median age of 44 against 49 in Ocean Vista. In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are people living alone.
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
Cooee
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more schools inside the suburb (2 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Cooee
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (18% vs 28%)
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
Too close to call
Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Too close to call
Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.
Investors
Cooee
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (13.3% vs 5.2%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Cooee and Ocean Vista 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
Cooee has more residents (597 vs 322); Ocean Vista skews older (49 vs 44).
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 597 +46% vs other | 322 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +13.3% | +5.2% |
| Median age | 44 | 49 |
| Median household income | $71,500/yr +10% vs other | $64,376/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $225/wk | $240/wk +7% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.7%).
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 (17.1%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.0%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $512,500 | $522,500 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $705,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 58 days from 11 sales | — |
Zoning mix
Ocean Vista has more rural and farming land (57% vs 27%).
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 27% | 57% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 24% | 4% |
| Residential | 17% | 24% |
| Parks and recreation | 14% same for both | |
| Commercial | 8% | 0% |
| Industrial | 7% | 0% |
| Environmental | 3% | 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
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 90 across Burnie same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +1200% same for both | |
Ranking within TAS
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 59% of TAS | Higher than 43% of TAS |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 92% of TAS | Higher than 90% of TAS |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 33% of TAS | Higher than 31% of TAS |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 86% of TAS | Higher than 85% of TAS |
Liveability
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | B | — |
| Score | 56/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 2/10 | below-average income decile 3/10 |
Risk profile
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 within 5 km | 4 within 5 km |
Schools
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 2 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Cooee
- Burnie High School Government · Secondary above peers
- Cooee Primary School Government · Primary at peers
Schools in Ocean Vista
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 1 |
| GPs | 1 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 1 | 0 |
| Hospitals | 2 | 0 |
| Waterways | 1 | 0 |
Mobility
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 46/100 | 39/100 |
| Distance to Hobart | 329.4 km | 330.6 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 231 min | 235 min |
| Public transport score | 45/100 Bus | 27/100 Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 12.5 7-9am + 5-7pm | 4.5 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (87.0%).
Setting
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 48 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 97 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 572 m 669 m to a named beach | 535 m 903 m to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 69/100 | 68/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 44% 389 premises | 42% 160 premises |
Climate
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,050/yr same for both | |
| Council | Burnie same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Braddon same for both | |
| Member | Anne Urquhart same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Cooee | Ocean Vista | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $20,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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