Emu Heights vs Havenview
In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Emu Heights, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Emu Heights tends to suit 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
Havenview
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
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
Havenview
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($228/wk vs $256/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Havenview
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is more walkable (49/100 vs 41/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Havenview
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has more residents already 65 and over (19% vs 10%)
- is more walkable (49/100 vs 41/100)
Weighs 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
Emu Heights and Havenview 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
Havenview has more residents (735 vs 182); Havenview has higher household incomes ($69,524 vs $61,256).
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 182 | 735 +304% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +1.1% | +2.8% |
| Median age | 40 | 39 |
| Median household income | $61,256/yr | $69,524/yr +13% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $256/wk +11% vs other | $228/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.7%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 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 (25.3%).
Property market
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $522,500 | $488,750 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 21 days from 8 sales |
Zoning mix
Havenview has more rural and farming land (35% vs 0%); Emu Heights has more industrially zoned land (31% vs 5%).
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 35% | 17% |
| Rural and farming | 0% | 35% |
| Industrial | 31% | 5% |
| Residential | 25% | 23% |
| Parks and recreation | 2% | 14% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 7% | 6% |
| 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
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 90 across Burnie same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +1200% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | 4.9% $448/wk on $479K |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within TAS
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 38% of TAS | Higher than 53% of TAS |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 90% of TAS | Higher than 92% of TAS |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 31% of TAS | Higher than 32% of TAS |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 85% of TAS | Higher than 84% of TAS |
| Rental yield (houses) | — | Higher than 85% of TAS |
Liveability
Havenview is more walkable (49 vs 41).
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | C |
| Score | — | 40/100 |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Havenview carries more bushfire risk (40 vs 0).
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | Moderate 40/100 |
| 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 | 9 within 5 km | 7 within 5 km |
Schools
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Emu Heights
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Havenview
- Havenview Primary School Government · Primary above peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 1 same for both | |
| Childcare | 0 | 1 |
Mobility
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 41/100 | 49/100 |
| Distance to Hobart | 324.7 km | 326 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 224 min | 225 min |
| Public transport score | 26/100 Bus | 37/100 Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 3.0 7-9am + 5-7pm | 6.8 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 (86.9%).
Setting
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 37 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 143 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 1.2 km 1.3 km to a named beach | 2.6 km 2.7 km to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 68/100 | 66/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 42% 89 premises | 38% 353 premises |
Climate
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,050/yr same for both | |
| Council | Burnie same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Braddon same for both | |
| Member | Anne Urquhart same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Emu Heights | Havenview | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $20,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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