Lawitta vs New Norfolk
In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Lawitta, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Lawitta tends to suit couples.
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
New Norfolk
ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (12 vs 0)
- has more schools inside the suburb (5 vs 0)
- has more childcare (3 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Lawitta
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (17% vs 26%)
- has cheaper rent ($265/wk vs $290/wk)
- But New Norfolk has a bigger rental market to choose from (32% vs 12%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
New Norfolk
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (76/100 vs 9/100)
- sits closer to the CBD (35.7 km vs 39 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
New Norfolk
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is more walkable (76/100 vs 9/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.
Where they sit
Lawitta and New Norfolk 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
New Norfolk has more residents (6,037 vs 226); Lawitta has higher household incomes ($79,300 vs $57,824).
| Lawitta | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 226 | 6,037 +2571% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | — | +11.1% |
| Median age | 41 | 40 |
| Median household income | $79,300/yr +27% vs other | $57,824/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $265/wk | $290/wk +9% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.0%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.8%).
Property market
| Lawitta | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $500,000 | $530,000 |
| Median unit price | — | $482,000 |
| Median land price | — | $192,500 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 33 days from 79 sales |
Zoning mix
Lawitta has more rural and farming land (39% vs 26%); New Norfolk has more land zoned for conservation (15% vs 2%).
| Lawitta | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| Other and special use | 41% | 6% |
| Rural and farming | 39% | 26% |
| Residential | 13% | 32% |
| Environmental | 2% | 15% |
| Parks and recreation | 0% | 10% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 5% | 9% |
| Commercial | 0% | 1% |
| Industrial | 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
| Lawitta | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 123 across Derwent Valley same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +925% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Lawitta | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | 5.0% $580/wk on $598K |
| Units | — | 5.4% $465/wk on $449K |
Ranking within TAS
| Lawitta | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 71% of TAS | Higher than 31% of TAS |
| Schools | — | Higher than 36% of TAS |
| Walkability | Higher than 72% of TAS | Higher than 98% of TAS |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 18% of TAS | Higher than 15% of TAS |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 78% of TAS | Higher than 82% of TAS |
| Rental yield (houses) | — | Higher than 90% of TAS |
| Rental yield (units) | — | Higher than 82% of TAS |
Liveability
New Norfolk is more walkable (76 vs 9).
| Lawitta | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | D |
| Score | — | 35/100 |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
New Norfolk carries more bushfire risk (95 vs 29).
| Lawitta | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 29/100 | 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 | 2 within 5 km | 3 within 5 km |
Schools
| Lawitta | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 5 |
| Rated above peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated at peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated below peers | 0 | 2 |
Schools in Lawitta
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in New Norfolk
- St Brigid's Catholic School Catholic · Primary above peers
- New Norfolk Primary School Government · Primary at peers
- Fairview Primary School Government · Primary below peers
- New Norfolk High School Government · Secondary below peers
- Indie School - Glenorchy (New Norfolk Campus) Independent · Secondary · Special school
Amenities in the suburb
| Lawitta | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 0 | 2 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 0 | 10 |
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 12 |
| Childcare | 0 | 3 |
| GPs | 0 | 1 |
| Pharmacies | 0 | 2 |
| Hospitals | 0 | 1 |
| Police stations | 0 | 1 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 2 |
| Fuel stations | 0 | 5 |
| EV chargers | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 1 | 3 |
Mobility
Lawitta sits further from the CBD (39 km vs 35.7 km).
| Lawitta | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 9/100 | 76/100 |
| Distance to Hobart | 39 km +8% vs other | 35.7 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 39 min | 35 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (96.6%).
Setting
| Lawitta | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 30 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 42 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 24.6 km | 22.0 km |
NBN connectivity
| Lawitta | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 53/100 | 65/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 19% 98 premises | 38% 3,157 premises |
Climate
| Lawitta | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Lyons same for both | |
| Member | Rebecca White same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Lawitta | New Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $20,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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