Sidmouth vs Deviot

Sidmouth is the younger of the two, with a median age of 52 against 59 in Deviot. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Sidmouth, about half of households are couple families. In Deviot, most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Deviot: a median of $748,000, against $675,000 in Sidmouth, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Deviot tends to suit people living alone and older residents.

Sidmouth and Deviot are both small rural Tasmanian communities with notably different economic profiles. Deviot has a higher median household income at $63,752 compared to Sidmouth's $58,812, and significantly higher median house prices ($745,000 versus $675,000) and weekly rent ($340 versus $250). Sidmouth skews slightly younger with a median age of 52 years against Deviot's 59 years, and offers better walkability. If affordability and a younger demographic appeal to you, Sidmouth may be the better fit; if higher local incomes and socio-economic indicators matter more, Deviot stands out.

Written by an AI language model from the figures below. Every number in it is checked against those figures before it is published.

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

Sidmouth

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (64% vs 41%)

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

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here

  • Sidmouth has cheaper houses ($675,000 vs $747,500)
  • Deviot leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 33%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Sidmouth

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper rent ($250/wk vs $340/wk)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (22% vs 28%)

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

Commuting to the city

Deviot

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (232.5 km vs 235.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Deviot

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (38% vs 27%)

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

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

Sidmouth Deviot
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.

Sidmouth Deviot
Walkability 5 / 0
Sidmouth — Walkability: 5/100 Deviot — Walkability: 0/100
Low fire risk 67 / 73
Sidmouth — Low fire risk: 67/100 Deviot — Low fire risk: 73/100

Demographics

Deviot rents higher ($340/wk vs $250/wk); Deviot skews older (59 vs 52).

Sidmouth Deviot
Population 411
+13% vs other
 359
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +4.3% +6.5%
Median age 52 59
Median household income $58,812/yr $63,752/yr
+8% vs other
Median weekly rent $250/wk $340/wk
+36% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Sidmouth Deviot
0-4 2.7% / 3.6%
Sidmouth — 0-4: 2.7% Deviot — 0-4: 3.6%
5-14 10.9% / 6.7%
Sidmouth — 5-14: 10.9% Deviot — 5-14: 6.7%
15-19 3.6% / 4.5%
Sidmouth — 15-19: 3.6% Deviot — 15-19: 4.5%
20-24 3.2% / 3.6%
Sidmouth — 20-24: 3.2% Deviot — 20-24: 3.6%
25-34 7.3% / 3.9%
Sidmouth — 25-34: 7.3% Deviot — 25-34: 3.9%
35-44 11.4% / 4.5%
Sidmouth — 35-44: 11.4% Deviot — 35-44: 4.5%
45-54 14.1% / 13.4%
Sidmouth — 45-54: 14.1% Deviot — 45-54: 13.4%
55-64 19.7% / 22.3%
Sidmouth — 55-64: 19.7% Deviot — 55-64: 22.3%
65-74 19.7% / 24.2%
Sidmouth — 65-74: 19.7% Deviot — 65-74: 24.2%
75-84 6.6% / 11.1%
Sidmouth — 75-84: 6.6% Deviot — 75-84: 11.1%
85+ 0.7% / 3.1%
Sidmouth — 85+: 0.7% Deviot — 85+: 3.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Sidmouth 36.3% lone person
Sidmouth — Lone Person: 36.3% Sidmouth — Couple Families: 47.3% Sidmouth — One Parent Families: 16.5% Sidmouth — Other Families: 0.0%
Deviot 55.0% lone person
Deviot — Lone Person: 55.0% Deviot — Couple Families: 41.2% Deviot — One Parent Families: 0.0% Deviot — Other Families: 3.8%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Sidmouth 13.0% renting
Sidmouth — Owned Outright: 51.2% Sidmouth — Mortgage: 35.8% Sidmouth — Renting: 13.0%
Deviot 8.6% renting
Deviot — Owned Outright: 61.2% Deviot — Mortgage: 30.2% Deviot — Renting: 8.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Sidmouth Deviot
Certificate III & IV 22.6% / 13.1%
Sidmouth — Certificate III & IV: 22.6% Deviot — Certificate III & IV: 13.1%
Bachelor Degree 7.1% / 15.0%
Sidmouth — Bachelor Degree: 7.1% Deviot — Bachelor Degree: 15.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.3% / 12.0%
Sidmouth — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.3% Deviot — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 12.0%
Postgraduate Degree 1.7% / 5.3%
Sidmouth — Postgraduate Degree: 1.7% Deviot — Postgraduate Degree: 5.3%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.7% / 4.2%
Sidmouth — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.7% Deviot — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.6%).

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.

Sidmouth Deviot
England 6.1% / 9.2%
Sidmouth — England: 6.1% Deviot — England: 9.2%
South Africa 2.2% / —
Sidmouth — South Africa: 2.2% Deviot — South Africa: not among its largest
New Zealand 1.0% / 0.8%
Sidmouth — New Zealand: 1.0% Deviot — New Zealand: 0.8%
Germany 1.0% / 0.8%
Sidmouth — Germany: 1.0% Deviot — Germany: 0.8%
Scotland — / 0.8%
Sidmouth — Scotland: not among its largest Deviot — Scotland: 0.8%
Canada — / 0.8%
Sidmouth — Canada: not among its largest Deviot — Canada: 0.8%
Netherlands 0.7% / —
Sidmouth — Netherlands: 0.7% Deviot — Netherlands: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (9.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Sidmouth 100.0% houses
Sidmouth — Houses: 100.0%
Deviot 102.1% houses
Deviot — Houses: 102.1%
Houses

Property market

Sidmouth Deviot
Median house price $675,000 $747,500
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $445,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 34 days
from 7 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Sidmouth Deviot
Rural and farming 97% 90%
Residential 0% 8%
Environmental 2%
same for both
Infrastructure and transport 1% 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

Sidmouth Deviot
New dwellings approved 159
across West Tamar
same for both
Approvals change year on year +11%
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.

Sidmouth Deviot
Houses — 2.5%
$570/wk on $1.19M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within TAS

Sidmouth Deviot
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 35% of TAS Higher than 42% of TAS
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 69% of TAS Higher than 23% of TAS
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 22% of TAS Higher than 65% of TAS
NBN connectivity Higher than 53% of TAS Higher than 56% of TAS
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 1% of TAS

Liveability

Sidmouth Deviot
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Sidmouth Deviot
Bushfire Low
33/100
 Low
27/100
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

Sidmouth Deviot
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

Sidmouth Deviot
Parks & reserves 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0

Mobility

Sidmouth sits further from the CBD (235.5 km vs 232.5 km).

Sidmouth Deviot
Walkability score 5/100 0/100
Distance to Hobart 235.5 km
+1% vs other
 232.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 172 min 170 min
Electric vehicle share 0.3%
postcode 7270
 0.5%
postcode 7275
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 39
postcode 7270
 44
postcode 7275

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.

Sidmouth Deviot
Car (driver) 77.6% / 75.2%
Sidmouth — Car (driver): 77.6% Deviot — Car (driver): 75.2%
Worked from Home 15.4% / 15.3%
Sidmouth — Worked from Home: 15.4% Deviot — Worked from Home: 15.3%
Walked Only 7.1% / 5.8%
Sidmouth — Walked Only: 7.1% Deviot — Walked Only: 5.8%
Car (passenger) — / 3.6%
Sidmouth — Car (passenger): not among its largest Deviot — Car (passenger): 3.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (77.6%).

Setting

Sidmouth Deviot
Elevation 92 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 93 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 13.1 km 15.4 km

NBN connectivity

Sidmouth Deviot
Connectivity score 30/100
same for both
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
180 premises
 0%
197 premises

Climate

Sidmouth Deviot
Annual rainfall 676 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 24.5°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 3.1°C
same for both

Council rates

Sidmouth Deviot
Average residential rate $1,859/yr
same for both
Council West Tamar
same for both

Federal electorate

Sidmouth Deviot
Division Bass
same for both
Member Jess Teesdale
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Sidmouth Deviot
Grant amount $20,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Sidmouth

Retirees Rural

Deviot

Acreage Retirees

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