Deep Bay vs Garden Island Creek

Garden Island Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 38 against 54 in Deep Bay. 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. Houses cost more in Deep Bay: a median of $648,000, against $560,000 in Garden Island Creek, though rent is higher in Garden Island Creek. On these figures, Deep Bay tends to suit older residents, while Garden Island 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

Garden Island Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (54% vs 42%)

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

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here

  • Deep Bay leaves households under less mortgage stress (19% vs 25%)
  • Garden Island Creek has cheaper houses ($560,000 vs $648,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Deep Bay

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($270/wk vs $300/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Deep Bay

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (60 min vs 70 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (55 km vs 62.1 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Deep Bay

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (33% vs 16%)

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

Deep Bay and Garden Island 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.

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
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.

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Walkability 0 / 0
Deep Bay — Walkability: 0/100 Garden Island Creek — Walkability: 0/100
Low fire risk 5 / 8
Deep Bay — Low fire risk: 5/100 Garden Island Creek — Low fire risk: 8/100

Demographics

Deep Bay skews older (54 vs 38); Garden Island Creek rents higher ($300/wk vs $270/wk).

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Population 267 282
+6% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +15.6% +14.2%
Median age 54 38
Median household income $50,492/yr $53,872/yr
+7% vs other
Median weekly rent $270/wk $300/wk
+11% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
0-4 4.9% / 5.7%
Deep Bay — 0-4: 4.9% Garden Island Creek — 0-4: 5.7%
5-14 10.5% / 18.1%
Deep Bay — 5-14: 10.5% Garden Island Creek — 5-14: 18.1%
15-19 4.9% / 6.0%
Deep Bay — 15-19: 4.9% Garden Island Creek — 15-19: 6.0%
20-24 4.5% / 4.6%
Deep Bay — 20-24: 4.5% Garden Island Creek — 20-24: 4.6%
25-34 6.0% / 9.2%
Deep Bay — 25-34: 6.0% Garden Island Creek — 25-34: 9.2%
35-44 12.4% / 14.5%
Deep Bay — 35-44: 12.4% Garden Island Creek — 35-44: 14.5%
45-54 10.5% / 11.7%
Deep Bay — 45-54: 10.5% Garden Island Creek — 45-54: 11.7%
55-64 16.9% / 12.8%
Deep Bay — 55-64: 16.9% Garden Island Creek — 55-64: 12.8%
65-74 21.7% / 13.1%
Deep Bay — 65-74: 21.7% Garden Island Creek — 65-74: 13.1%
75-84 9.4% / 1.4%
Deep Bay — 75-84: 9.4% Garden Island Creek — 75-84: 1.4%
85+ 1.5% / 1.1%
Deep Bay — 85+: 1.5% Garden Island Creek — 85+: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Deep Bay 53.2% lone person
Deep Bay — Lone Person: 53.2% Deep Bay — Couple Families: 26.0% Deep Bay — One Parent Families: 15.6% Deep Bay — Group Household: 5.2%
Garden Island Creek 46.1% lone person
Garden Island Creek — Lone Person: 46.1% Garden Island Creek — Couple Families: 30.3% Garden Island Creek — One Parent Families: 23.6% Garden Island Creek — Group Household: 0.0%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Deep Bay 19.6% renting
Deep Bay — Owned Outright: 52.3% Deep Bay — Mortgage: 28.0% Deep Bay — Renting: 19.6%
Garden Island Creek 14.6% renting
Garden Island Creek — Owned Outright: 39.8% Garden Island Creek — Mortgage: 45.6% Garden Island Creek — Renting: 14.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Certificate III & IV 14.6% / 18.1%
Deep Bay — Certificate III & IV: 14.6% Garden Island Creek — Certificate III & IV: 18.1%
Bachelor Degree 17.2% / 10.6%
Deep Bay — Bachelor Degree: 17.2% Garden Island Creek — Bachelor Degree: 10.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.5% / 7.4%
Deep Bay — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.5% Garden Island Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.4%
Postgraduate Degree 4.9% / 1.1%
Deep Bay — Postgraduate Degree: 4.9% Garden Island Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 1.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 4.1% / 1.8%
Deep Bay — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.1% Garden Island Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.8%

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.

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
England 5.6% / 9.6%
Deep Bay — England: 5.6% Garden Island Creek — England: 9.6%
Scotland 1.9% / —
Deep Bay — Scotland: 1.9% Garden Island Creek — Scotland: not among its largest
Ireland — / 1.4%
Deep Bay — Ireland: not among its largest Garden Island Creek — Ireland: 1.4%
New Zealand 1.1% / —
Deep Bay — New Zealand: 1.1% Garden Island Creek — New Zealand: not among its largest
Thailand 1.1% / —
Deep Bay — Thailand: 1.1% Garden Island Creek — Thailand: not among its largest
Netherlands 1.1% / —
Deep Bay — Netherlands: 1.1% Garden Island Creek — Netherlands: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (9.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Deep Bay 96.6% houses
Deep Bay — Houses: 96.6% Deep Bay — Flats / Apartments: 3.4%
Garden Island Creek 96.4% houses
Garden Island Creek — Houses: 96.4% Garden Island Creek — Flats / Apartments: 3.6%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Median house price $648,000 $560,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Garden Island Creek has more rural and farming land (60% vs 48%); Deep Bay has more land zoned for conservation (50% vs 39%).

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Rural and farming 48% 60%
Environmental 50% 39%
Residential 2% 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

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
New dwellings approved 81
across Huon Valley
same for both
Approvals change year on year -33%
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.

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Houses 4.2%
$600/wk on $749K
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within TAS

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 22% of TAS Higher than 26% of TAS
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 62% of TAS Higher than 46% of TAS
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 90% of TAS Higher than 89% of TAS
NBN connectivity Higher than 71% of TAS Higher than 32% of TAS
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 48% of TAS —

Liveability

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 2/10
same for both

Risk profile

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Bushfire High
95/100
 High
92/100
Crime Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion Low
28/100
 Low
35/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
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

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Parks & reserves 0 1
Waterways 3 15

Mobility

Garden Island Creek sits further from the CBD (62.1 km vs 55 km).

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Hobart 55 km 62.1 km
+13% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 60 min 70 min
Electric vehicle share 1.4%
postcode 7112
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 37
postcode 7112
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.

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Car (driver) 63.4% / 64.5%
Deep Bay — Car (driver): 63.4% Garden Island Creek — Car (driver): 64.5%
Worked from Home 31.0% / 23.7%
Deep Bay — Worked from Home: 31.0% Garden Island Creek — Worked from Home: 23.7%
Car (passenger) 5.6% / 8.6%
Deep Bay — Car (passenger): 5.6% Garden Island Creek — Car (passenger): 8.6%
Bus — / 3.2%
Deep Bay — Bus: not among its largest Garden Island Creek — Bus: 3.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (64.5%).

Setting

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Elevation 123 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 79 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 1.5 km 3.9 km

NBN connectivity

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Connectivity score 30/100 26/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
150 premises
 0%
110 premises

Climate

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Annual rainfall 854 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 21.0°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 3.7°C
same for both

Council rates

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Average residential rate $1,884/yr
same for both
Council Huon Valley
same for both

Federal electorate

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Division Franklin
same for both
Member Julie Collins
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Deep Bay Garden Island Creek
Grant amount $20,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Deep Bay

Coastal Outer Retirees River

Garden Island Creek

Family Outer

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