Mathinna vs Goshen
Goshen is the younger of the two, with a median age of 46 against 55 in Mathinna. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Mathinna, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Mathinna 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 45%)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 83%)
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
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Mathinna has cheaper rent ($150/wk vs $225/wk)
- Goshen has a bigger rental market to choose from (24% vs 12%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Mathinna
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (170 min vs 206 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (227.2 km vs 266.7 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Mathinna
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (24% vs 14%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.
Investors
Goshen
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (2.2% vs -7.7%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Mathinna and Goshen 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
Goshen rents higher ($225/wk vs $150/wk); Mathinna has more residents (131 vs 95).
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 131 +27% vs other | 95 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -7.7% | +2.2% |
| Median age | 55 | 46 |
| Median household income | $37,700/yr | $46,800/yr +24% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $150/wk | $225/wk +50% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.7%).
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%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 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 (19.1%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $400,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 294 days from 3 sales | — |
Zoning mix
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 88% | 85% |
| Environmental | 11% | 15% |
| 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
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 48 across Break O'Day same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +0% same for both | |
Ranking within TAS
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 6% of TAS | Higher than 15% of TAS |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 73% of TAS | Higher than 38% of TAS |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | — | Higher than 30% of TAS |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 6% of TAS | Higher than 11% of TAS |
Liveability
Mathinna is more walkable (10 vs 0).
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 57/100 same for both | |
| 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 | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 6 | 7 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 5 | 4 |
Mobility
Goshen sits further from the CBD (266.7 km vs 227.2 km).
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 10/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Hobart | 227.2 km | 266.7 km +17% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 170 min | 206 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 7214 | 0.4% postcode 7216 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 29 postcode 7214 | 32 postcode 7216 |
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
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 320 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 99 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 26.6 km | 13.0 km |
NBN connectivity
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 53 premises | 0% 36 premises |
Climate
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 894 mm | 660 mm |
| Summer max (Jan) | 22.6°C | 22.1°C |
| Winter min (Jul) | 4.2°C | 7.7°C |
Council rates
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,738/yr same for both | |
| Council | Break O'Day same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Lyons same for both | |
| Member | Rebecca White same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Mathinna | Goshen | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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