New Norfolk TAS 7140
New Norfolk is a town in Tasmania, 36 km from Hobart CBD, around 35 minutes by car. Population is 6,037; the median age is 40 and the median household income is $57,824 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The town grew 11.1% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $290 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,127. New Norfolk is characterised by high bushfire risk. Of 5 schools within the town boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is New Norfolk a good town?
New Norfolk scores a D (35/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on safety and community.
Mixed results
5 schools · 1 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 76/100 · 35.7 km · 35 min drive to Hobart
Median available
Median $530K
High bushfire risk
Fire 95/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 40 · 6,037 residents
Liveability Rating
35 / 100 · Ranked #169 in TASEach bar is New Norfolk's rank among TAS suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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 New Norfolk?
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Our score
35 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataNew Norfolk's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $530,000, roughly 18% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$530,000
Based on 200 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 33 days — median across 79 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 21 sales $470K
- 3 bed 132 sales $510K
- 4 bed 37 sales $635K
- 5 bed 7 sales $695K
Land
$192,500
Based on 42 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 182 days — median across 7 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in New Norfolk are currently listed at around $598,000 on average. Based on 54 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$598K
54 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$449K
7 units listed in the last 6 months.
61 of the suburb's 2,361 dwellings (2.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in New Norfolk rent for around $580 a week on average, based on 35 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$580/wk
35 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$465/wk
4 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
39 rentals advertised against an estimated 753 rented homes (5.2%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Sep 2025–Aug 2026- 3-bed houses
- $540/wk
- 82 bonds
- +25% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $445/wk
- 20 bonds
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025110 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 27% of its income on the median rent in postcode 7140.
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$580/week ($30,000 a year) on a $598,000 median
$465/week ($24,000 a year) on a $449,000 median
Based on a small sample (4 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
8 active Airbnb listings: 7 whole homes and 1 room. Whole homes are about 0.3% of the town'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 Derwent Valley council area
Crime recorded across the whole council area over the 12 months to Jul 2026, not in New Norfolk alone. Tasmania Police publish by council, not by suburb.
| Type | Count | Per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| All offences | 715 | 62.1 |
| Assault | 102 | 8.9 |
| Assault in a public place | 36 | 3.1 |
| Home burglary | 36 | 3.1 |
| Stolen vehicles | 43 | 3.7 |
| Robbery | 9 | 0.8 |
| Serious crime | 28 | 2.4 |
| Public order incidents | 464 | 40.3 |
| Family violence order breaches | 39 | 3.4 |
| Police family violence order breaches | 41 | 3.6 |
Rates use the council’s 11,513 residents. The latest month is preliminary and may be revised.
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202510 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Five schools serve New Norfolk, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. St Brigid's Catholic School leads the pack.
- • 949 students across 4 schools (avg 237)
- • Sectors: 3 Government, 1 Independent, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 881-969, median 892 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: New Norfolk High School (319 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
New Norfolk is very walkable on foot — at 76/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the town there are 2 supermarkets, 12 parks and 10 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside New Norfolk.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 40.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 29.1 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 21.6 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 16.6 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 1 min wait
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 New Norfolk.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 38%
- Premises covered
- 3,157
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
Derwent Valley: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 16 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the town closely.
New Norfolk is home to about 6,000 residents, with a median age of 40, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $58,000 a year, with unemployment at 8.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
6,037
Median Age
40
Median Household Income
$57,824/yr
Census Median Rent
$290/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,127/mo
Avg Household Size
2.4
Median Personal Income
$30,160/yr
Unemployment Rate
8.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
6.0%
Total Dwellings
2,361
Owner-Occupier Rate
68.1%
Houses
91.0%
Rental Stress
26.1%
Mortgage Stress
23.4%
Work From Home
5.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
170 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 31 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 732 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 85.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.7%
- Employment Rate
- 47.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 25.4%
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.
42 residents (0.7%) 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.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 5,695 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
20% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (470 of 2,325).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 1,889 people work here; 2,325 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.8 per resident). At least 15% of employed residents must work outside the town.
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
How this land is zoned
- Residential 32%
- Rural and farming 26%
- Environmental 15%
- Parks and recreation 10%
- Infrastructure and transport 9%
- Other and special use 6%
- Commercial 1%
- Industrial 1%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the town around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Derwent Valley
In the year to August 2026, 123 new dwellings were approved across Derwent Valley. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are up 925.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates), 15.5 kmDry climate — warm summers, frosty winters.
- Elevation
- 42 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 22.0 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 2.4% of addresses
- 87 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 492 mm
- 87 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 24.5°C
- 3 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 1.7°C
- 43 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the town 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
3 facilities within 5 km- 1.6 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 3.4 kmWater SupplyTop reported: Fluoride compounds · Chlorine & compounds
- 3.6 kmPulp, Paper and Paperboard ManufacturingTop reported: Sulfur dioxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 7140, 34 of 11,226 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 0.9% (105 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 7140, 1,291 rooftop-solar systems totalling 8.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 5,361 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 117 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
1 mortgage broker is registered in postcode 7140.
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 2026-10-27 — 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 Rebecca White Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rebecca White | 61.6% | 38.4% | +10.7 |
| 2022 | Brian Mitchell | 50.9% | 49.1% | +4.3 |
| 2019 | Brian Mitchell | 55.2% | 44.8% | -1.4 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Elected at the 2025 election:
- Guy Barnett Liberal Party
- Jane Howlett Liberal Party
- Tabatha Badger Tasmanian Greens
- Jen Butler Australian Labor Party
- Brian Mitchell Australian Labor Party
- Mark Shelton Liberal Party
- Carlo Di Falco Shooters, Fishers, Farmers TAS
| Year | Seats won |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Tasmanian Greens · 1 Shooters, Fishers, Farmers TAS |
| 2024 | 3 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Jacqui Lambie Network · 1 Tasmanian Greens |
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
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about New Norfolk
Is New Norfolk a safe place to live?
TAS does not publish suburb-level crime statistics, so there is no crime figure for New Norfolk.
What natural hazards affect New Norfolk?
New Norfolk has a high recorded bushfire history (95/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is New Norfolk a good place to live?
New Norfolk has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (35/100), 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 New Norfolk?
New Norfolk, TAS had a population of 6,037 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for New Norfolk, TAS?
The postcode for New Norfolk, TAS is 7140.
How far is New Norfolk from Hobart?
New Norfolk is 36 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 35 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in New Norfolk?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in New Norfolk was $57,824 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 New Norfolk?
The median advertised rent in New Norfolk is $580 a week for houses (35 listings) and $465 a week for units (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in New Norfolk?
The median age of residents in New Norfolk was 40 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is New Norfolk at risk of bushfire?
New Norfolk has a high recorded bushfire history (95/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in New Norfolk?
There are 5 schools inside the New Norfolk boundary: 1 above, 1 at, and 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is New Norfolk walkable?
New Norfolk scores 76/100 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 New Norfolk?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to New Norfolk, Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates) (15.5 km away), summer days average 24.5°C, winter nights 1.7°C, 492 mm of rain a year over 87 rainy days, and 3 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in New Norfolk?
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 New Norfolk belong to?
New Norfolk sits within the Derwent Valley local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much is being built near New Norfolk?
Across Derwent Valley, 123 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 925.0% 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 New Norfolk in?
New Norfolk sits within the federal Division of Lyons, currently held by Rebecca White (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- 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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