Honeywood vs Tea Tree

Honeywood is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 44 in Tea Tree. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Tea Tree: a median of $1.08 million, against $850,000 in Honeywood. Honeywood is closer to the city centre: 24.6 km, against 32.9 km. On these figures, Honeywood tends to suit couples and buyers on a tighter budget.

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

Honeywood

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (84% vs 67%)

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

First-home buyers

Honeywood

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($850,000 vs $1,080,000)

Weighs house prices and 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

Honeywood

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (24.6 km vs 32.9 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Tea Tree

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (16% vs 9%)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.

Investors

Tea Tree

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (12.3% vs 6.8%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Honeywood and Tea Tree 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 Tea Tree
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 Tea Tree
Walkability 0 / 0
Honeywood — Walkability: 0/100 Tea Tree — Walkability: 0/100
Low fire risk 3 / 12
Honeywood — Low fire risk: 3/100 Tea Tree — Low fire risk: 12/100

Demographics

Honeywood has higher household incomes ($122,876 vs $94,588); Tea Tree skews older (44 vs 37).

Honeywood Tea Tree
Population 535
+13% vs other
 464
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +6.8% +12.3%
Median age 37 44
Median household income $122,876/yr
+23% vs other
 $94,588/yr
Median weekly rent $340/wk $350/wk
+3% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Honeywood Tea Tree
0-4 5.6% / 4.5%
Honeywood — 0-4: 5.6% Tea Tree — 0-4: 4.5%
5-14 14.8% / 14.2%
Honeywood — 5-14: 14.8% Tea Tree — 5-14: 14.2%
15-19 8.4% / 6.2%
Honeywood — 15-19: 8.4% Tea Tree — 15-19: 6.2%
20-24 6.0% / 5.2%
Honeywood — 20-24: 6.0% Tea Tree — 20-24: 5.2%
25-34 11.2% / 8.2%
Honeywood — 25-34: 11.2% Tea Tree — 25-34: 8.2%
35-44 15.3% / 10.3%
Honeywood — 35-44: 15.3% Tea Tree — 35-44: 10.3%
45-54 18.9% / 15.7%
Honeywood — 45-54: 18.9% Tea Tree — 45-54: 15.7%
55-64 10.5% / 15.9%
Honeywood — 55-64: 10.5% Tea Tree — 55-64: 15.9%
65-74 6.4% / 11.9%
Honeywood — 65-74: 6.4% Tea Tree — 65-74: 11.9%
75-84 1.5% / 3.9%
Honeywood — 75-84: 1.5% Tea Tree — 75-84: 3.9%
85+ 0.9% / 0.6%
Honeywood — 85+: 0.9% Tea Tree — 85+: 0.6%

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

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 Tea Tree
England 0.6% / 2.8%
Honeywood — England: 0.6% Tea Tree — England: 2.8%
New Zealand — / 0.6%
Honeywood — New Zealand: not among its largest Tea Tree — New Zealand: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Honeywood 68.5% couple families
Honeywood — Couple Families: 68.5% Honeywood — Lone Person: 13.7% Honeywood — One Parent Families: 15.3% Honeywood — Group Household: 0.0% Honeywood — Other Families: 2.4%
Tea Tree 56.6% couple families
Tea Tree — Couple Families: 56.6% Tea Tree — Lone Person: 27.4% Tea Tree — One Parent Families: 10.6% Tea Tree — Group Household: 5.3% Tea Tree — Other Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Honeywood 100.0% houses
Honeywood — Houses: 100.0%
Tea Tree 100.0% houses
Tea Tree — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

Honeywood Tea Tree
Certificate III & IV 23.4% / 19.8%
Honeywood — Certificate III & IV: 23.4% Tea Tree — Certificate III & IV: 19.8%
Bachelor Degree 6.5% / 10.3%
Honeywood — Bachelor Degree: 6.5% Tea Tree — Bachelor Degree: 10.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.5% / 6.5%
Honeywood — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.5% Tea Tree — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.5%
Postgraduate Degree 2.1% / 1.9%
Honeywood — Postgraduate Degree: 2.1% Tea Tree — Postgraduate Degree: 1.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.9% / 1.5%
Honeywood — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.9% Tea Tree — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5%

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

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%
Tea Tree 11.2% renting
Tea Tree — Owned Outright: 44.1% Tea Tree — Mortgage: 44.7% Tea Tree — Renting: 11.2%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Property market

Honeywood Tea Tree
Median house price $850,000 $1,080,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $335,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 20 days
from 3 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Honeywood Tea Tree
Rural and farming 84% 88%
Environmental 12% 10%
Infrastructure and transport 4% 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 Tea Tree
New dwellings approved 153
across Brighton
same for both
Approvals change year on year -10%
same for both

Ranking within TAS

Honeywood Tea Tree
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 98% of TAS Higher than 86% of TAS
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 16% of TAS Higher than 35% of TAS
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 75% of TAS
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 77% of TAS Higher than 43% of TAS

Liveability

Honeywood Tea Tree
Grade C —
Score 38/100 —
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Honeywood Tea Tree
Bushfire High
97/100
 High
88/100
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
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Honeywood Tea Tree
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

Honeywood Tea Tree
Waterways 0 36

Mobility

Tea Tree sits further from the CBD (32.9 km vs 24.6 km).

Honeywood Tea Tree
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Hobart 24.6 km 32.9 km
+34% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 29 min 32 min
Electric vehicle share 0.9%
postcode 7017
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 44
postcode 7017
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.

Honeywood Tea Tree
Car (driver) 87.1% / 68.4%
Honeywood — Car (driver): 87.1% Tea Tree — Car (driver): 68.4%
Worked from Home 4.7% / 23.7%
Honeywood — Worked from Home: 4.7% Tea Tree — Worked from Home: 23.7%
Car (passenger) 4.3% / 5.8%
Honeywood — Car (passenger): 4.3% Tea Tree — Car (passenger): 5.8%
Bus 3.9% / —
Honeywood — Bus: 3.9% Tea Tree — Bus: not among its largest
Walked Only — / 2.1%
Honeywood — Walked Only: not among its largest Tea Tree — Walked Only: 2.1%

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

Setting

Honeywood Tea Tree
Elevation 72 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 99 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 12.2 km 13.0 km

NBN connectivity

Honeywood Tea Tree
Connectivity score 50/100 29/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 13%
183 premises
 0%
195 premises

Climate

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

Council rates

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

Federal electorate

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

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Honeywood

Acreage Middle-Ring

Tea Tree

Outer River

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