Lawitta vs Magra

In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Magra: a median of $610,000, against $500,000 in Lawitta, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Lawitta tends to suit people living alone 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

Magra

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is already more of a family suburb (74% vs 58%)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (98% vs 87%)

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

First-home buyers

Lawitta

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($500,000 vs $610,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Lawitta

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($265/wk vs $330/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Lawitta

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (9/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (39 min vs 45 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (39 km vs 42.3 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Lawitta

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (9/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (13% vs 2%)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.

Where they sit

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

Lawitta Magra
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.

Lawitta Magra
Walkability 9 / 0
Lawitta — Walkability: 9/100 Magra — Walkability: 0/100
Low fire risk 71 / 6
Lawitta — Low fire risk: 71/100 Magra — Low fire risk: 6/100

Demographics

Magra has more residents (759 vs 226); Magra rents higher ($330/wk vs $265/wk).

Lawitta Magra
Population 226 759
+236% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) — +8.6%
Median age 41 43
Median household income $79,300/yr $84,084/yr
+6% vs other
Median weekly rent $265/wk $330/wk
+25% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Lawitta Magra
0-4 4.4% / 4.3%
Lawitta — 0-4: 4.4% Magra — 0-4: 4.3%
5-14 13.3% / 13.3%
Lawitta — 5-14: 13.3% Magra — 5-14: 13.3%
15-19 9.3% / 7.1%
Lawitta — 15-19: 9.3% Magra — 15-19: 7.1%
20-24 4.4% / 5.8%
Lawitta — 20-24: 4.4% Magra — 20-24: 5.8%
25-34 8.8% / 8.8%
Lawitta — 25-34: 8.8% Magra — 25-34: 8.8%
35-44 11.9% / 13.2%
Lawitta — 35-44: 11.9% Magra — 35-44: 13.2%
45-54 9.3% / 15.5%
Lawitta — 45-54: 9.3% Magra — 45-54: 15.5%
55-64 15.0% / 15.5%
Lawitta — 55-64: 15.0% Magra — 55-64: 15.5%
65-74 9.7% / 8.7%
Lawitta — 65-74: 9.7% Magra — 65-74: 8.7%
75-84 8.4% / 7.0%
Lawitta — 75-84: 8.4% Magra — 75-84: 7.0%
85+ 2.2% / 0.7%
Lawitta — 85+: 2.2% Magra — 85+: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Lawitta 48.1% couple families
Lawitta — Couple Families: 48.1% Lawitta — Lone Person: 32.7% Lawitta — One Parent Families: 9.6% Lawitta — Group Household: 9.6% Lawitta — Other Families: 0.0%
Magra 53.8% couple families
Magra — Couple Families: 53.8% Magra — Lone Person: 22.3% Magra — One Parent Families: 20.1% Magra — Group Household: 2.2% Magra — Other Families: 1.6%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Lawitta 12.2% renting
Lawitta — Owned Outright: 52.4% Lawitta — Mortgage: 35.4% Lawitta — Renting: 12.2%
Magra 4.7% renting
Magra — Owned Outright: 42.1% Magra — Mortgage: 53.1% Magra — Renting: 4.7%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Lawitta 86.9% houses
Lawitta — Houses: 86.9% Lawitta — Flats / Apartments: 6.0% Lawitta — Townhouses: 7.1%
Magra 98.5% houses
Magra — Houses: 98.5% Magra — Flats / Apartments: 1.5% Magra — Townhouses: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Qualifications

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

Lawitta Magra
Certificate III & IV 24.8% / 20.9%
Lawitta — Certificate III & IV: 24.8% Magra — Certificate III & IV: 20.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 2.7% / 4.5%
Lawitta — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 2.7% Magra — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.5%
Bachelor Degree — / 3.6%
Lawitta — Bachelor Degree: not among its largest Magra — Bachelor Degree: 3.6%
Postgraduate Degree — / 0.8%
Lawitta — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Magra — Postgraduate Degree: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.8%).

Property market

Lawitta Magra
Median house price $500,000 $610,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $185,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 66 days
from 14 sales

Zoning mix

Magra has more rural and farming land (71% vs 39%); Magra has more land zoned for conservation (27% vs 2%).

Lawitta Magra
Rural and farming 39% 71%
Other and special use 41% 1%
Environmental 2% 27%
Residential 13% 1%
Infrastructure and transport 5% 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

Lawitta Magra
New dwellings approved 123
across Derwent Valley
same for both
Approvals change year on year +925%
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.

Lawitta Magra
Houses — 5.0%
$700/wk on $725K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within TAS

Lawitta Magra
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 71% of TAS Higher than 76% of TAS
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 72% of TAS Higher than 46% of TAS
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 18% of TAS Higher than 19% of TAS
NBN connectivity Higher than 78% of TAS Higher than 77% of TAS
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 90% of TAS

Liveability

Lawitta is more walkable (9 vs 0).

Lawitta Magra
Grade — D
Score — 26/100
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Magra carries more bushfire risk (94 vs 29).

Lawitta Magra
Bushfire Low
29/100
 High
94/100
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 2
within 5 km
 1
within 5 km

Schools

Lawitta Magra
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

Lawitta Magra
Parks & reserves 0 2
Waterways 1
same for both

Mobility

Magra sits further from the CBD (42.3 km vs 39 km).

Lawitta Magra
Walkability score 9/100 0/100
Distance to Hobart 39 km 42.3 km
+8% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 39 min 45 min
Electric vehicle share 0.3%
postcode 7140
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 24
postcode 7140
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.

Lawitta Magra
Car (driver) 96.6% / 86.9%
Lawitta — Car (driver): 96.6% Magra — Car (driver): 86.9%
Car (passenger) 3.4% / 5.7%
Lawitta — Car (passenger): 3.4% Magra — Car (passenger): 5.7%
Worked from Home — / 5.7%
Lawitta — Worked from Home: not among its largest Magra — Worked from Home: 5.7%
Bus — / 0.9%
Lawitta — Bus: not among its largest Magra — Bus: 0.9%
Walked Only — / 0.9%
Lawitta — Walked Only: not among its largest Magra — Walked Only: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (96.6%).

Setting

Lawitta Magra
Elevation 30 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 223 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 24.6 km 22.8 km

NBN connectivity

Lawitta Magra
Connectivity score 53/100 51/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 19%
98 premises
 28%
333 premises

Climate

Lawitta Magra
Annual rainfall 492 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 24.5°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 1.7°C
same for both

Federal electorate

Lawitta Magra
Division Lyons
same for both
Member Rebecca White
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Lawitta Magra
Grant amount $20,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Lawitta

Outer

Magra

Acreage Outer

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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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