Honeywood vs Bridgewater

Bridgewater is the younger of the two, with a median age of 31 against 37 in Honeywood. In both, the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Honeywood, the large majority of households own their home and most households are couple families. In Bridgewater, most households rent. Houses cost more in Honeywood: a median of $850,000, against $500,000 in Bridgewater, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Honeywood tends to suit couples, while Bridgewater suits renters, people living alone, and 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

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Honeywood is already more of a family suburb (84% vs 60%)
  • Bridgewater has more parks and reserves (8 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Bridgewater

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($500,500 vs $850,000)
  • has cheaper land ($255,000 vs $335,000)
  • But Honeywood leaves households under less mortgage stress (16% vs 26%)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Bridgewater

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (57% vs 2%)
  • has cheaper rent ($260/wk vs $340/wk)
  • But Honeywood leaves renters under less rental stress (14% vs 28%)

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

Commuting to the city

Bridgewater

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (24/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Bridgewater

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (24/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more GPs (2 vs 0)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (14% vs 9%)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.

Investors

Bridgewater

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (13.5% vs 6.8%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Honeywood Bridgewater
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.

Honeywood Bridgewater
Walkability 0 / 24
Honeywood — Walkability: 0/100 Bridgewater — Walkability: 24/100
Low fire risk 3 / 5
Honeywood — Low fire risk: 3/100 Bridgewater — Low fire risk: 5/100

Demographics

Bridgewater has more residents (4,592 vs 535); Honeywood has higher household incomes ($122,876 vs $49,088).

Honeywood Bridgewater
Population 535 4,592
+758% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +6.8% +13.5%
Median age 37 31
Median household income $122,876/yr
+60% vs other
 $49,088/yr
Median weekly rent $340/wk
+24% vs other
 $260/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Honeywood Bridgewater
0-4 5.6% / 7.6%
Honeywood — 0-4: 5.6% Bridgewater — 0-4: 7.6%
5-14 14.8% / 17.3%
Honeywood — 5-14: 14.8% Bridgewater — 5-14: 17.3%
15-19 8.4% / 6.6%
Honeywood — 15-19: 8.4% Bridgewater — 15-19: 6.6%
20-24 6.0% / 7.5%
Honeywood — 20-24: 6.0% Bridgewater — 20-24: 7.5%
25-34 11.2% / 14.9%
Honeywood — 25-34: 11.2% Bridgewater — 25-34: 14.9%
35-44 15.3% / 10.9%
Honeywood — 35-44: 15.3% Bridgewater — 35-44: 10.9%
45-54 18.9% / 11.2%
Honeywood — 45-54: 18.9% Bridgewater — 45-54: 11.2%
55-64 10.5% / 9.7%
Honeywood — 55-64: 10.5% Bridgewater — 55-64: 9.7%
65-74 6.4% / 10.3%
Honeywood — 65-74: 6.4% Bridgewater — 65-74: 10.3%
75-84 1.5% / 3.5%
Honeywood — 75-84: 1.5% Bridgewater — 75-84: 3.5%
85+ 0.9% / 0.7%
Honeywood — 85+: 0.9% Bridgewater — 85+: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Honeywood 68.5% couple families
Honeywood — Couple Families: 68.5% Honeywood — One Parent Families: 15.3% Honeywood — Lone Person: 13.7% Honeywood — Other Families: 2.4% Honeywood — Group Household: 0.0%
Bridgewater 25.0% couple families
Bridgewater — Couple Families: 25.0% Bridgewater — One Parent Families: 35.3% Bridgewater — Lone Person: 33.5% Bridgewater — Other Families: 1.9% Bridgewater — Group Household: 4.2%
Couple Families One Parent Families Lone Person Other Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Honeywood 1.8% renting
Honeywood — Owned Outright: 24.8% Honeywood — Mortgage: 73.3% Honeywood — Renting: 1.8%
Bridgewater 57.0% renting
Bridgewater — Owned Outright: 20.2% Bridgewater — Mortgage: 22.7% Bridgewater — Renting: 57.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Honeywood Bridgewater
England 0.6% / 1.0%
Honeywood — England: 0.6% Bridgewater — England: 1.0%
Philippines — / 0.7%
Honeywood — Philippines: not among its largest Bridgewater — Philippines: 0.7%
Pakistan — / 0.5%
Honeywood — Pakistan: not among its largest Bridgewater — Pakistan: 0.5%
New Zealand — / 0.5%
Honeywood — New Zealand: not among its largest Bridgewater — New Zealand: 0.5%
China — / 0.4%
Honeywood — China: not among its largest Bridgewater — China: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (1.0%).

Qualifications

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

Honeywood Bridgewater
Certificate III & IV 23.4% / 12.4%
Honeywood — Certificate III & IV: 23.4% Bridgewater — Certificate III & IV: 12.4%
Bachelor Degree 6.5% / 2.6%
Honeywood — Bachelor Degree: 6.5% Bridgewater — Bachelor Degree: 2.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.5% / 2.5%
Honeywood — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.5% Bridgewater — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 2.5%
Postgraduate Degree 2.1% / 1.0%
Honeywood — Postgraduate Degree: 2.1% Bridgewater — Postgraduate Degree: 1.0%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.9% / 0.3%
Honeywood — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.9% Bridgewater — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.4%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Honeywood 100.0% houses
Honeywood — Houses: 100.0% Honeywood — Flats / Apartments: 0.0% Honeywood — Townhouses: 0.0%
Bridgewater 88.2% houses
Bridgewater — Houses: 88.2% Bridgewater — Flats / Apartments: 8.5% Bridgewater — Townhouses: 3.3%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Honeywood Bridgewater
Median house price $850,000 $500,500
Median unit price — $406,000
Median land price $335,000 $255,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 20 days
from 3 sales
 20 days
from 19 sales

Zoning mix

Honeywood has more rural and farming land (84% vs 31%); Bridgewater has more industrially zoned land (30% vs 0%).

Honeywood Bridgewater
Rural and farming 84% 31%
Industrial 0% 30%
Residential 0% 13%
Environmental 12% 11%
Infrastructure and transport 4% 10%
Parks and recreation 0% 5%
Commercial 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

Honeywood Bridgewater
New dwellings approved 153
across Brighton
same for both
Approvals change year on year -10%
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.

Honeywood Bridgewater
Houses — 4.7%
$500/wk on $559K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within TAS

Honeywood Bridgewater
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 98% of TAS Higher than 19% of TAS
Schools — Higher than 64% of TAS
Walkability Higher than 16% of TAS Higher than 87% of TAS
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 75% of TAS Higher than 28% of TAS
NBN connectivity Higher than 77% of TAS Higher than 83% of TAS
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 74% of TAS

Liveability

Bridgewater is more walkable (24 vs 0); Honeywood scores higher overall (38 vs 33).

Honeywood Bridgewater
Grade C D
Score 38/100 33/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 high-need area
decile 1/10

Risk profile

Honeywood Bridgewater
Bushfire High
97/100
 High
95/100
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 5
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Honeywood Bridgewater
Inside the suburb 0 4
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0 2

Schools in Honeywood

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Bridgewater

  • Northern Christian School Independent · Primary above peers
  • JRLF - East Derwent Primary School Government · Primary below peers
  • St Paul's Catholic School Catholic · Primary below peers
  • JRLF - Senior School Government · Secondary

Amenities in the suburb

Honeywood Bridgewater
Supermarkets 0 2
Parks & reserves 0 8
Childcare 0 1
GPs 0 2
Pharmacies 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 1
Waterways 0 8

Mobility

Honeywood Bridgewater
Walkability score 0/100 24/100
Distance to Hobart 24.6 km
+5% vs other
 23.4 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 29 min 25 min
Electric vehicle share 0.9%
postcode 7017
 0.4%
postcode 7030
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 44
postcode 7017
 24
postcode 7030

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.

Honeywood Bridgewater
Car (driver) 87.1% / 80.7%
Honeywood — Car (driver): 87.1% Bridgewater — Car (driver): 80.7%
Car (passenger) 4.3% / 8.5%
Honeywood — Car (passenger): 4.3% Bridgewater — Car (passenger): 8.5%
Bus 3.9% / 5.4%
Honeywood — Bus: 3.9% Bridgewater — Bus: 5.4%
Worked from Home 4.7% / 3.1%
Honeywood — Worked from Home: 4.7% Bridgewater — Worked from Home: 3.1%
Walked Only — / 2.2%
Honeywood — Walked Only: not among its largest Bridgewater — Walked Only: 2.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (87.1%).

Setting

Honeywood Bridgewater
Elevation 72 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 54 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 12.2 km 13.9 km

NBN connectivity

Honeywood Bridgewater
Connectivity score 50/100 65/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 13%
183 premises
 36%
2,184 premises

Climate

Honeywood Bridgewater
Annual rainfall 507 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Honeywood Bridgewater
Average residential rate $1,772/yr
same for both
Council Brighton
same for both

Federal electorate

Honeywood Bridgewater
Division Lyons
same for both
Member Rebecca White
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Honeywood Bridgewater
Grant amount $20,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Honeywood

Acreage Middle-Ring

Bridgewater

Acreage Affordable Easy Commute Family Middle-Ring River Transport Hub

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