Old Beach ^{TAS 7017}

Old Beach's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $720,000, 0.7% above where it sat a year earlier.

Houses in Old Beach are currently listed at around $790,000 on average. Based on 40 houses listed in the past six months.

43 of the suburb's 1,630 dwellings (2.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Houses in Old Beach rent for around $680 a week on average, based on 31 houses listed for rent in the past six months.

37 rentals advertised against an estimated 194 rented homes (19.1%) in the last 6 months.

Short-Stay Rentals

2 active Airbnb listings: 2 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.1% 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.

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.

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,772 a year through Brighton based on 2024 figures.

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.

In the year to August 2026, 153 new dwellings were approved across Brighton. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are down 10.3% on the same period a year earlier.

Moderate rainfall.

Elevation

88 m

above sea level, at the suburb centre

Distance to the ocean

8.1 km

4.9 km to a named beach

Near high-voltage lines

0.4% of addresses

10 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more

Annual rainfall

507 mm

85 rainy days

Summer max (Jan)

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Winter min (Jul)

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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.

• Mondelez Claremont

  Confectionery Manufacturing

  Top reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
  4.3 km
• Polyfoam

  Polymer Foam Product Manufacturing

  Top reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
  4.5 km

$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.

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Currently held by Rebecca White Australian Labor Party

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.

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

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.