Fingal vs St Marys

Fingal is the younger of the two, with a median age of 51 against 56 in St Marys. 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.

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

St Marys

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more parks and reserves (20 vs 10)

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

First-home buyers

Fingal

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (18% vs 26%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Fingal

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (21% vs 27%)
  • has cheaper rent ($175/wk vs $205/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Fingal

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (135 min vs 152 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (192.4 km vs 214.1 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

St Marys

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more GPs (2 vs 0)

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

Fingal and St Marys drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Fingal St Marys
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.

Fingal St Marys
Walkability 0 / 4
Fingal — Walkability: 0/100 St Marys — Walkability: 4/100
Low fire risk 47 / 34
Fingal — Low fire risk: 47/100 St Marys — Low fire risk: 34/100

Demographics

St Marys has more residents (738 vs 431); St Marys rents higher ($205/wk vs $175/wk).

Fingal St Marys
Population 431 738
+71% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +6.4% +8.2%
Median age 51 56
Median household income $43,316/yr
+9% vs other
 $39,468/yr
Median weekly rent $175/wk $205/wk
+17% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Fingal St Marys
0-4 3.0% / 2.3%
Fingal — 0-4: 3.0% St Marys — 0-4: 2.3%
5-14 11.6% / 9.3%
Fingal — 5-14: 11.6% St Marys — 5-14: 9.3%
15-19 5.3% / 3.3%
Fingal — 15-19: 5.3% St Marys — 15-19: 3.3%
20-24 3.7% / 4.1%
Fingal — 20-24: 3.7% St Marys — 20-24: 4.1%
25-34 5.8% / 5.4%
Fingal — 25-34: 5.8% St Marys — 25-34: 5.4%
35-44 11.4% / 7.5%
Fingal — 35-44: 11.4% St Marys — 35-44: 7.5%
45-54 13.2% / 14.6%
Fingal — 45-54: 13.2% St Marys — 45-54: 14.6%
55-64 17.9% / 24.1%
Fingal — 55-64: 17.9% St Marys — 55-64: 24.1%
65-74 19.5% / 15.6%
Fingal — 65-74: 19.5% St Marys — 65-74: 15.6%
75-84 6.3% / 9.3%
Fingal — 75-84: 6.3% St Marys — 75-84: 9.3%
85+ 2.8% / 3.0%
Fingal — 85+: 2.8% St Marys — 85+: 3.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Fingal 52.0% lone person
Fingal — Lone Person: 52.0% Fingal — Couple Families: 34.4% Fingal — One Parent Families: 13.6% Fingal — Group Household: 0.0% Fingal — Other Families: 0.0%
St Marys 53.7% lone person
St Marys — Lone Person: 53.7% St Marys — Couple Families: 26.6% St Marys — One Parent Families: 14.2% St Marys — Group Household: 4.1% St Marys — Other Families: 1.4%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Fingal 16.7% renting
Fingal — Owned Outright: 57.1% Fingal — Mortgage: 26.2% Fingal — Renting: 16.7%
St Marys 15.9% renting
St Marys — Owned Outright: 62.4% St Marys — Mortgage: 21.7% St Marys — Renting: 15.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Fingal St Marys
Certificate III & IV 12.8% / 17.8%
Fingal — Certificate III & IV: 12.8% St Marys — Certificate III & IV: 17.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.2% / 6.4%
Fingal — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.2% St Marys — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.4%
Bachelor Degree 4.6% / 7.7%
Fingal — Bachelor Degree: 4.6% St Marys — Bachelor Degree: 7.7%
Postgraduate Degree 1.6% / 2.3%
Fingal — Postgraduate Degree: 1.6% St Marys — Postgraduate Degree: 2.3%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.7% / 1.5%
Fingal — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7% St Marys — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.8%).

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.

Fingal St Marys
England 3.9% / 6.2%
Fingal — England: 3.9% St Marys — England: 6.2%
New Zealand 1.2% / 1.6%
Fingal — New Zealand: 1.2% St Marys — New Zealand: 1.6%
Germany 0.7% / 0.7%
Fingal — Germany: 0.7% St Marys — Germany: 0.7%
Thailand 0.7% / 0.4%
Fingal — Thailand: 0.7% St Marys — Thailand: 0.4%
Scotland — / 0.9%
Fingal — Scotland: not among its largest St Marys — Scotland: 0.9%
China — / 0.8%
Fingal — China: not among its largest St Marys — China: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Fingal 96.2% houses
Fingal — Houses: 96.2% Fingal — Flats / Apartments: 2.2% Fingal — Townhouses: 1.6%
St Marys 94.7% houses
St Marys — Houses: 94.7% St Marys — Flats / Apartments: 5.3% St Marys — Townhouses: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Fingal St Marys
Median house price $405,000 $390,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $145,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) — 52 days
from 16 sales

Zoning mix

Fingal St Marys
Rural and farming 87% 86%
Environmental 12% 13%
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

Fingal St Marys
New dwellings approved 48
across Break O'Day
same for both
Approvals change year on year +0%
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.

Fingal St Marys
Houses — 3.6%
$380/wk on $550K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within TAS

Fingal St Marys
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 11% of TAS Higher than 7% of TAS
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 18% of TAS Higher than 67% of TAS
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption — Higher than 48% of TAS
NBN connectivity Higher than 5% of TAS Higher than 41% of TAS
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 22% of TAS

Liveability

Fingal St Marys
Grade — D
Score — 28/100
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
same for both

Risk profile

St Marys carries more bushfire risk (66 vs 53).

Fingal St Marys
Bushfire Moderate
53/100
 Moderate
66/100
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 1
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Fingal St Marys
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Fingal

  • Scotch Oakburn College - Valley Campus Independent · Combined

Schools in St Marys

  • St Marys District School Government · Combined at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Fingal St Marys
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 2 3
Parks & reserves 10 20
Childcare 0 1
GPs 0 2
Pharmacies 0 1
Hospitals 0 1
Police stations 1
same for both
Banks & Bank@Post 1
same for both
Fuel stations 1 0
EV chargers 1 0
Waterways 7 14

Mobility

St Marys sits further from the CBD (214.1 km vs 192.4 km).

Fingal St Marys
Walkability score 0/100 4/100
Distance to Hobart 192.4 km 214.1 km
+11% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 135 min 152 min
Electric vehicle share 0.0%
postcode 7214
 0.4%
postcode 7215
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 29
postcode 7214
 29
postcode 7215

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.

Fingal St Marys
Car (driver) 83.5% / 71.4%
Fingal — Car (driver): 83.5% St Marys — Car (driver): 71.4%
Worked from Home 13.0% / 14.6%
Fingal — Worked from Home: 13.0% St Marys — Worked from Home: 14.6%
Walked Only 3.5% / 11.1%
Fingal — Walked Only: 3.5% St Marys — Walked Only: 11.1%
Car (passenger) — / 3.0%
Fingal — Car (passenger): not among its largest St Marys — Car (passenger): 3.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (83.5%).

Setting

Fingal St Marys
Elevation 351 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 243 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 29.0 km 11.5 km

NBN connectivity

Fingal St Marys
Connectivity score 15/100 29/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
40 premises
 0%
414 premises

Climate

Fingal St Marys
Annual rainfall 660 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 21.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.8°C
same for both

Council rates

Fingal St Marys
Average residential rate $1,738/yr
same for both
Council Break O'Day
same for both

Federal electorate

Fingal St Marys
Division Lyons
same for both
Member Rebecca White
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Fingal St Marys
Grant amount $20,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Fingal

Affordable Retirees Rural

St Marys

Affordable Retirees Rural

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