Old Beach vs Tea Tree

Old Beach is the younger of the two, with a median age of 40 against 44 in Tea Tree. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Old Beach, about half of households are couple families. In Tea Tree, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Tea Tree: a median of $1.08 million, against $720,000 in Old Beach, though rent is higher in Old Beach. Old Beach is closer to the city centre: 19.4 km, against 32.9 km. On these figures, Old Beach tends to suit 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

They split

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

  • Old Beach has more parks and reserves (4 vs 0)
  • Tea Tree has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 90%)

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

First-home buyers

Old Beach

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($720,000 vs $1,080,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Tea Tree

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($350/wk vs $400/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Old Beach

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (19.4 km vs 32.9 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (23 min vs 32 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Old Beach 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.

Old Beach 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.

Old Beach Tea Tree
Walkability 0 / 0
Old Beach — Walkability: 0/100 Tea Tree — Walkability: 0/100
Low fire risk 7 / 12
Old Beach — Low fire risk: 7/100 Tea Tree — Low fire risk: 12/100

Demographics

Old Beach has more residents (4,394 vs 464); Old Beach rents higher ($400/wk vs $350/wk).

Old Beach Tea Tree
Population 4,394
+89% vs other
 464
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +16.3% +12.3%
Median age 40 44
Median household income $96,980/yr
+2% vs other
 $94,588/yr
Median weekly rent $400/wk
+12% vs other
 $350/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Old Beach Tea Tree
0-4 6.1% / 4.5%
Old Beach — 0-4: 6.1% Tea Tree — 0-4: 4.5%
5-14 12.8% / 14.2%
Old Beach — 5-14: 12.8% Tea Tree — 5-14: 14.2%
15-19 4.5% / 6.2%
Old Beach — 15-19: 4.5% Tea Tree — 15-19: 6.2%
20-24 5.5% / 5.2%
Old Beach — 20-24: 5.5% Tea Tree — 20-24: 5.2%
25-34 13.3% / 8.2%
Old Beach — 25-34: 13.3% Tea Tree — 25-34: 8.2%
35-44 14.0% / 10.3%
Old Beach — 35-44: 14.0% Tea Tree — 35-44: 10.3%
45-54 12.7% / 15.7%
Old Beach — 45-54: 12.7% Tea Tree — 45-54: 15.7%
55-64 12.8% / 15.9%
Old Beach — 55-64: 12.8% Tea Tree — 55-64: 15.9%
65-74 11.1% / 11.9%
Old Beach — 65-74: 11.1% Tea Tree — 65-74: 11.9%
75-84 5.5% / 3.9%
Old Beach — 75-84: 5.5% Tea Tree — 75-84: 3.9%
85+ 1.6% / 0.6%
Old Beach — 85+: 1.6% Tea Tree — 85+: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Old Beach 52.3% couple families
Old Beach — Couple Families: 52.3% Old Beach — Lone Person: 27.9% Old Beach — One Parent Families: 15.5% Old Beach — Group Household: 3.6% Old Beach — Other Families: 0.6%
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

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Old Beach 11.9% renting
Old Beach — Owned Outright: 35.7% Old Beach — Mortgage: 52.4% Old Beach — Renting: 11.9%
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

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.

Old Beach Tea Tree
England 2.8% / 2.8%
Old Beach — England: 2.8% Tea Tree — England: 2.8%
New Zealand 0.7% / 0.6%
Old Beach — New Zealand: 0.7% Tea Tree — New Zealand: 0.6%
India 0.5% / —
Old Beach — India: 0.5% Tea Tree — India: not among its largest
Philippines 0.5% / —
Old Beach — Philippines: 0.5% Tea Tree — Philippines: not among its largest
South Africa 0.4% / —
Old Beach — South Africa: 0.4% Tea Tree — South Africa: not among its largest

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

Qualifications

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

Old Beach Tea Tree
Certificate III & IV 20.0% / 19.8%
Old Beach — Certificate III & IV: 20.0% Tea Tree — Certificate III & IV: 19.8%
Bachelor Degree 9.2% / 10.3%
Old Beach — Bachelor Degree: 9.2% Tea Tree — Bachelor Degree: 10.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.1% / 6.5%
Old Beach — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.1% Tea Tree — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.5%
Postgraduate Degree 2.8% / 1.9%
Old Beach — Postgraduate Degree: 2.8% Tea Tree — Postgraduate Degree: 1.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.4% / 1.5%
Old Beach — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4% Tea Tree — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Old Beach 89.9% houses
Old Beach — Houses: 89.9% Old Beach — Flats / Apartments: 9.0% Old Beach — Townhouses: 1.2%
Tea Tree 100.0% houses
Tea Tree — Houses: 100.0% Tea Tree — Flats / Apartments: 0.0% Tea Tree — Townhouses: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Old Beach Tea Tree
Median house price $720,000 $1,080,000
Median unit price $595,000 —
Median land price $255,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 30 days
from 65 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Tea Tree has more rural and farming land (88% vs 59%); Old Beach has more land zoned for conservation (22% vs 10%).

Old Beach Tea Tree
Rural and farming 59% 88%
Environmental 22% 10%
Residential 9% 0%
Other and special use 5% 0%
Parks and recreation 4% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 1%
same for both
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

Old Beach Tea Tree
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.

Old Beach Tea Tree
Houses 4.5%
$680/wk on $790K
 —
Units 5.7%
$690/wk on $625K
 —

Ranking within TAS

Old Beach Tea Tree
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 88% of TAS Higher than 86% of TAS
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 63% of TAS Higher than 35% of TAS
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 76% of TAS Higher than 75% of TAS
NBN connectivity Higher than 83% of TAS Higher than 43% of TAS
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 65% of TAS —
Rental yield (units) Higher than 96% of TAS —

Liveability

Old Beach Tea Tree
Grade C —
Score 45/100 —
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Old Beach Tea Tree
Bushfire High
93/100
 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 2
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Old Beach 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

Old Beach Tea Tree
Parks & reserves 4 0
Waterways 14 36

Mobility

Tea Tree sits further from the CBD (32.9 km vs 19.4 km).

Old Beach Tea Tree
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Hobart 19.4 km 32.9 km
+70% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 23 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.

Old Beach Tea Tree
Car (driver) 84.3% / 68.4%
Old Beach — Car (driver): 84.3% Tea Tree — Car (driver): 68.4%
Worked from Home 7.1% / 23.7%
Old Beach — Worked from Home: 7.1% Tea Tree — Worked from Home: 23.7%
Car (passenger) 5.4% / 5.8%
Old Beach — Car (passenger): 5.4% Tea Tree — Car (passenger): 5.8%
Bus 2.9% / —
Old Beach — Bus: 2.9% Tea Tree — Bus: not among its largest
Walked Only 0.3% / 2.1%
Old Beach — Walked Only: 0.3% Tea Tree — Walked Only: 2.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (84.3%).

Setting

Old Beach Tea Tree
Elevation 88 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 99 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 8.1 km
4.9 km to a named beach
 13.0 km

NBN connectivity

Old Beach Tea Tree
Connectivity score 65/100 29/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 39%
1,979 premises
 0%
195 premises

Climate

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

Council rates

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

Federal electorate

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

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Old Beach

Acreage Easy Commute Middle-Ring Transport Hub

Tea Tree

Outer River

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