Goshen vs St Helens
Goshen is the younger of the two, with a median age of 46 against 57 in St Helens. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In St Helens, most households are people living alone. On these figures, St Helens tends to suit people living alone and older residents.
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
Goshen
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- is already more of a family suburb (57% vs 37%)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 86%)
- But St Helens has more parks and reserves (21 vs 7)
Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs 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
St Helens
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- sits closer to the CBD (257.4 km vs 266.7 km)
- has a shorter drive in (200 min vs 206 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
St Helens
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more residents already 65 and over (34% vs 14%)
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
Goshen and St Helens 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
St Helens has more residents (2,206 vs 95); St Helens skews older (57 vs 46).
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 95 | 2,206 +2222% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +2.2% | +6.6% |
| Median age | 46 | 57 |
| Median household income | $46,800/yr +8% vs other | $42,848/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $225/wk | $230/wk +2% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.1%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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 (10.5%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.1%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $545,000 |
| Median unit price | — | $380,000 |
| Median land price | — | $189,500 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 66 days from 34 sales |
Zoning mix
Goshen has more rural and farming land (85% vs 72%); St Helens has more land zoned for conservation (26% vs 15%).
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 85% | 72% |
| Environmental | 15% | 26% |
| Residential | 0% | 1% |
| 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
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 48 across Break O'Day same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +0% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | 3.2% $470/wk on $755K |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within TAS
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 15% of TAS | Higher than 10% of TAS |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 38% of TAS | Higher than 68% of TAS |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 30% of TAS same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 11% of TAS | Higher than 90% of TAS |
| Rental yield (houses) | — | Higher than 11% of TAS |
Liveability
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | D |
| Score | — | 30/100 |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 57/100 | Moderate 56/100 |
| 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 | Moderate 59/100 |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Goshen
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in St Helens
- St Helens District High School Government · Combined at peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 0 | 2 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 0 | 13 |
| Parks & reserves | 7 | 21 |
| Childcare | 0 | 2 |
| GPs | 0 | 1 |
| Pharmacies | 0 | 1 |
| Hospitals | 0 | 1 |
| Police stations | 0 | 1 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 3 |
| Fuel stations | 0 | 3 |
| EV chargers | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 4 | 29 |
Mobility
Goshen sits further from the CBD (266.7 km vs 257.4 km).
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 | 4/100 |
| Distance to Hobart | 266.7 km +3% vs other | 257.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 206 min | 200 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.4% postcode 7216 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 32 postcode 7216 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 (76.9%).
Setting
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 99 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 55 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 13.0 km | 3.9 km |
NBN connectivity
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 | 89/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) | Fibre to the premises |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 36 premises | 85% 1,573 premises |
Climate
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 660 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 22.1°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 7.7°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,738/yr same for both | |
| Council | Break O'Day same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Lyons same for both | |
| Member | Rebecca White same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Goshen | St Helens | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $20,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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