Emu Heights vs Stowport
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. In Stowport, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Stowport: a median of $675,000, against $522,000 in Emu Heights, though rent is higher in Emu Heights. On these figures, Emu Heights tends to suit people living alone and buyers on a tighter budget, while Stowport suits couples.
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
Stowport
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is already more of a family suburb (60% vs 50%)
Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Emu Heights
ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (17% vs 24%)
- has cheaper houses ($522,500 vs $675,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Stowport
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (13% vs 22%)
- has cheaper rent ($200/wk vs $256/wk)
- But Emu Heights has a bigger rental market to choose from (29% vs 18%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Emu Heights
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is more walkable (41/100 vs 10/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Emu Heights is more walkable (41/100 vs 10/100)
- Stowport has more residents already 65 and over (18% vs 10%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.
Investors
Stowport
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (10.4% vs 1.1%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Emu Heights and Stowport 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
Stowport has more residents (446 vs 182); Stowport has higher household incomes ($78,468 vs $61,256).
| Emu Heights | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 182 | 446 +145% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +1.1% | +10.4% |
| Median age | 40 same for both | |
| Median household income | $61,256/yr | $78,468/yr +28% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $256/wk +22% vs other | $200/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 | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $522,500 | $675,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 22 days from 4 sales |
Zoning mix
Stowport has more rural and farming land (76% vs 0%); Emu Heights has more industrially zoned land (31% vs 0%).
| Emu Heights | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 0% | 76% |
| Environmental | 35% | 24% |
| Industrial | 31% | 0% |
| Residential | 25% | 0% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 7% | 0% |
| Parks and recreation | 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
| Emu Heights | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 90 across Burnie same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +1200% same for both | |
Ranking within TAS
| Emu Heights | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 38% of TAS | Higher than 70% of TAS |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 90% of TAS | Higher than 77% of TAS |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 31% of TAS | Higher than 46% of TAS |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 85% of TAS | Higher than 71% of TAS |
Liveability
Emu Heights is more walkable (41 vs 10).
| Emu Heights | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 4/10 |
Risk profile
Stowport carries more bushfire risk (26 vs 0).
| Emu Heights | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | Low 26/100 |
| 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 | 4 within 5 km |
Schools
| Emu Heights | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Emu Heights | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 2 |
| Waterways | 0 | 4 |
Mobility
| Emu Heights | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 41/100 | 10/100 |
| Distance to Hobart | 324.7 km | 325.5 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 224 min | 225 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.4% postcode 7320 | 0.4% postcode 7321 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 19 postcode 7320 | 26 postcode 7321 |
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 (86.7%).
Setting
| Emu Heights | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 37 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 170 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 1.2 km 1.3 km to a named beach | 5.0 km |
NBN connectivity
| Emu Heights | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 68/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 42% 89 premises | 0% 200 premises |
Climate
| Emu Heights | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,050/yr same for both | |
| Council | Burnie same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Emu Heights | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Braddon same for both | |
| Member | Anne Urquhart same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Emu Heights | Stowport | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $20,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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