Burnie is a suburb in Tasmania, 325 km from Hobart CBD, around 3 hours 45 minutes by car. Population is 693; the median age is 42 and the median household income is $55,328 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The suburb grew 16.3% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $240 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,083. Burnie is characterised by high coastal erosion risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Burnie a good suburb?
Burnie scores a A (63/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and safety.
Mixed results
1 school
Very walkable
Walkability 82/100 · 325.3 km · 224 min drive to Hobart
Median available
Median $562K
Low all-round risk
Fire 0/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 42 · 693 residents
Liveability Rating
63 / 100 · Ranked #40 in TASEach bar is Burnie's rank among TAS suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
No crime data is published for Tasmania — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
Flood data for Tasmania covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.
How do you rate the liveability in Burnie?
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Our score
63 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataBurnie's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $562,000, about 2% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$562,500
10% above its 6 neighbours (median $510,000)
Based on 18 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 39 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 9 sales $580K
Units
$320,000
Based on 17 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 40 days — median across 8 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 11 sales $320K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Burnie are currently listed at around $599,000 on average. Based on 17 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$599K
17 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$350K
6 units listed in the last 6 months.
23 of the suburb's 352 dwellings (6.5%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Burnie rent for around $465 a week on average, based on 10 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$465/wk
In line with its 4 neighbours (median $455/wk)
10 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$290/wk
11 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
21 rentals advertised against an estimated 180 rented homes (11.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Sep 2025–Aug 2026- 2-bed units
- $350/wk
- 22 bonds
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025117 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 26% of its income on the median rent in postcode 7320.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$465/week ($24,000 a year) on a $599,000 median
$290/week ($15,000 a year) on a $350,000 median
Based on a small sample (6 listings) — indicative only.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
18 active Airbnb listings: 16 whole homes and 2 rooms. Whole homes are about 3.6% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Crime in the Burnie council area
Crime recorded across the whole council area over the 12 months to Jul 2026, not in Burnie alone. Tasmania Police publish by council, not by suburb.
| Type | Count | Per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| All offences | 1,340 | 65.6 |
| Assault | 236 | 11.6 |
| Assault in a public place | 53 | 2.6 |
| Home burglary | 34 | 1.7 |
| Stolen vehicles | 28 | 1.4 |
| Robbery | 12 | 0.6 |
| Serious crime | 58 | 2.8 |
| Public order incidents | 1,011 | 49.5 |
| Family violence order breaches | 66 | 3.2 |
| Police family violence order breaches | 54 | 2.6 |
Rates use the council’s 20,420 residents. The latest month is preliminary and may be revised.
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20255 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 of them fatal
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2024Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 356 m
- Rate
- -0.12 m/yr
- Net Movement
- 2.0 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
One school serves Burnie, but none have published comparable ratings yet.
Secondary
Walkability
Burnie is very walkable on foot — at 82/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 2 supermarkets, 3 parks and 29 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Burnie.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 16.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 10.6 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 8.6 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 2 min
- Span of service
- 14.4 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Burnie.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 23%
- Premises covered
- 921
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Burnie: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 4 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Burnie is home to 693 residents, with a median age of 42, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $55,000 a year, with unemployment at 7.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
693
Median Age
42
Median Household Income
$55,328/yr
Census Median Rent
$240/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,083/mo
Avg Household Size
1.8
Median Personal Income
$36,920/yr
Unemployment Rate
7.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
24.7%
Total Dwellings
352
Owner-Occupier Rate
48.9%
Houses
63.9%
Rental Stress
22.6%
Mortgage Stress
23.5%
Work From Home
7.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 74.2%
- English Spoken at Home
- 82.8%
- Employment Rate
- 54.3%
- Completed Year 12
- 46.3%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
56 residents (8.1%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
10.1% of residents (67) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (18).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 665 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 3,714 people work here; 332 employed residents live here.
A jobs hub: 11.2 jobs for every working resident. At least 91% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,050 a year through Burnie based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Industrial 32%
- Residential 24%
- Commercial 23%
- Infrastructure and transport 15%
- Parks and recreation 5%
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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Burnie
In the year to August 2026, 90 new dwellings were approved across Burnie. That mix is 72 houses and 18 units. Approvals are up 1200.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Wynyard Airport, 16.0 kmHigh rainfall — mild summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 22 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 292 m
- 616 m to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 929 mm
- 112 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 21.8°C
- 0 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 3.8°C
- 20 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
8 facilities within 5 km- 0.2 kmPort and Water Transport Terminal OperationsTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide · Carbon monoxide
- 0.2 km
- 2.4 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · n-Hexane · Toluene (methylbenzene)
- 2.5 km
- 3.3 kmSpirit ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol
EV adoption
In postcode 7320, 55 of 14,259 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.1% (303 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.5%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 7320, 1,470 rooftop-solar systems totalling 10.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,730 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 108 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$20,000 for new homes.
$20,000 for transactions commencing 1 July 2026 - 30 June 2027. THE AMOUNT MOVES EVERY YEAR AND THE SRO PUBLISHES THE TABLE: $30,000 (FY2025-26), $10,000 (FY2024-25), $30,000 (Apr 2021 - Jun 2024). We held $10,000 until 2026-09-18, which was the FY2024-25 figure — two years stale, and wrong in both directions in between. Nothing is published beyond 30 June 2027, so this is due again then regardless of the 1 July sweep. No purchase-price cap is STATED on the eligibility pages (an absence, not an explicit "no cap"); the Grant Guideline PDF was not read. Eligible new builds include substantially renovated homes and kit homes. Completion within 24 months of the transaction start date, or the grant drops to $10,000. Separate from the grant: the first home buyer duty exemption on ESTABLISHED homes up to $750,000 closed for settlements after 30 June 2026.
Mortgage repayments
9 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 7320.
Property transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with State Revenue Office of Tasmania
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Anne Urquhart Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Anne Urquhart | 57.2% | 42.8% | +15.2 |
| 2022 | Gavin Pearce | 42.0% | 58.0% | +4.9 |
| 2019 | Gavin Pearce | 46.9% | 53.1% | +4.8 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Elected at the 2025 election:
- Jeremy Rockliff Liberal Party
- Gavin Pearce Liberal Party
- Craig Garland Independent
- Felix Ellis Liberal Party
- Anita Dow Australian Labor Party
- Roger Jaensch Liberal Party
- Shane Broad Australian Labor Party
| Year | Seats won |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Independent |
| 2024 | 3 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Jacqui Lambie Network · 1 Independent |
A vacancy here is filled by a recount of the original votes, not a by-election, so a member listed may since have been replaced. Results: Tasmanian Electoral Commission.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Burnie
Is Burnie a safe place to live?
TAS does not publish suburb-level crime statistics, so there is no crime figure for Burnie.
What natural hazards affect Burnie?
Burnie has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Burnie a good place to live?
Burnie has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (63/100), ranked against other TAS suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Burnie?
Burnie, TAS had a population of 693 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Burnie, TAS?
The postcode for Burnie, TAS is 7320.
How far is Burnie from Hobart?
Burnie is 325 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 224 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Burnie?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Burnie was $55,328 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Burnie?
The median advertised rent in Burnie is $465 a week for houses (10 listings) and $290 a week for units (11 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Burnie?
The median age of residents in Burnie was 42 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Burnie?
There is 1 school inside the Burnie boundary, none of which has enough NAPLAN and ICSEA data for a quality band.
Is Burnie walkable?
Burnie scores 82/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Burnie?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Burnie, Wynyard Airport (16 km away), summer days average 21.8°C, winter nights 3.8°C, 929 mm of rain a year over 112 rainy days, and 0 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Burnie?
First-home buyers in TAS may be eligible for $20,000 towards new homes. The grant is administered by State Revenue Office of Tasmania; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Burnie belong to?
Burnie sits within the Burnie local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Burnie?
The average residential rates bill through Burnie is $2,050 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Burnie?
Across Burnie, 90 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 1200.0% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Burnie in?
Burnie sits within the federal Division of Braddon, currently held by Anne Urquhart (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2025
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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