Sisters Beach TAS 7321

Sisters Beach sits 362 km from Hobart CBD in Tasmania, around 4 hours 20 minutes by car. Census data records 511 residents with a median age of 47 and a median household income of $66,924 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $250 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $997. Sisters Beach is characterised by high bushfire risk. Walkability is low.

Is Sisters Beach a good place to live?

Sisters Beach scores a C (38/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit and safety.

Transit

Car-dependent

Walkability 10/100 · 362.4 km · 258 min drive to Hobart

Prices

Median available

Median $568K

Safety

High bushfire risk

Fire 78/100

Community

Below-average income

SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 47 · 511 residents

C

Liveability Rating

38 / 100 · Ranked #153 in TAS

Each bar is Sisters Beach'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.

Schools quality no data
no schools mapped
Safety
38
Bushfire High

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.

Socio-economic
53
Disadvantaged
Walkability
38
Very car-dependent
CBD access
1
362.4 km · 258 min drive to Hobart
How it's calculated: Safety rank 38 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 53 × 25% + Walkability rank 38 × 15% + CBD access rank 1 × 10% = 38 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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Our score

38 / 100

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Sisters Beach's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $568,000, roughly 12% above where it sat a year earlier.

Houses

$567,500

last 5 quarters
↑ +12.4% year-on-year

Based on 24 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 31 days — median across 8 sales that recorded a listing period

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 18 sales $560K

Land

$302,500

Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Currently for Sale

Last 6 months

Houses in Sisters Beach are currently listed at around $629,000 on average. Based on 9 houses listed in the past six months.

$629K

last 2 months
↓ −3.1% vs previous 6 months from $649K

9 houses listed in the last 6 months.

9 of the suburb's 187 dwellings (4.8%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Short-Stay Rentals

27 active Airbnb listings: 27 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 6.9% of the locality'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 Waratah-Wynyard council area

Crime recorded across the whole council area over the 12 months to Jul 2026, not in Sisters Beach alone. Tasmania Police publish by council, not by suburb.

Type Count Per 1,000 residents
All offences 574 38.5
Assault 116 7.8
Assault in a public place 29 1.9
Home burglary 9 0.6
Stolen vehicles 22 1.5
Robbery 6 0.4
Serious crime 34 2.3
Public order incidents 382 25.6
Family violence order breaches 38 2.5
Police family violence order breaches 29 1.9

Rates use the council’s 14,916 residents. The latest month is preliminary and may be revised.

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Sisters Beach killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Sisters Beach is very car-dependent on foot — at 10/100, nearly all errands require a car.

10
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 60
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Sisters Beach.

30
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
431
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 100%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 0%

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

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
1 in locality
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
1 in locality
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Waratah-Wynyard: council population

The whole council area, not just Sisters Beach · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
14,916
+0.2% in a year
Change
+24
people since 2024
Density
4.2
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
-45
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+43
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+26
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
3/10
6/10 within TAS
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
4/10
6/10 within TAS
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
4/10
6/10 within TAS
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Sisters Beach is home to 511 residents, with a median age of 47, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $67,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

511

Median Age

47

Median Household Income

$66,924/yr

Census Median Rent

$250/wk

Census Median Mortgage

$997/mo

Avg Household Size

2.3

Median Personal Income

$35,308/yr

Unemployment Rate

5.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

109.1%

Total Dwellings

187

Owner-Occupier Rate

82.7%

Houses

100.0%

Rental Stress

19.4%

Mortgage Stress

17.9%

Work From Home

10.9%

Dwelling Types

Houses 187 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 75 (41.9%)
Owned Outright 73 (40.8%)
Renting 31 (17.3%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
75.0%
English Spoken at Home
86.3%
Employment Rate
49.2%
Completed Year 12
31.3%

Occupations

Managers 38 (18.4%)
Professionals 37 (18.0%)
Community & Personal Service 30 (14.6%)
Technicians & Trades 28 (13.6%)
Labourers 26 (12.6%)
Clerical & Administrative 18 (8.7%)
Sales 14 (6.8%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 12 (5.8%)

Religion

No Religion 304 (59.5%)
Christianity 120 (23.5%)
Buddhism 3 (0.6%)
Other Religions 3 (0.6%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 26 (5.1%)
Scotland 11 (2.2%)
New Zealand 10 (2.0%)
South Africa 3 (0.6%)
Germany 3 (0.6%)

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.

2016-2021 0 (0.0%)
2011-2015 3 (0.6%)
2001-2010 9 (1.8%)
1991-2000 8 (1.6%)
1981-1990 8 (1.6%)
Before 1981 38 (7.4%)

0 residents (0.0%) 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.

Age Distribution

0-4 23 (4.5%)
5-14 73 (14.3%)
15-19 23 (4.5%)
20-24 22 (4.3%)
25-34 46 (9.0%)
35-44 59 (11.5%)
45-54 78 (15.3%)
55-64 79 (15.5%)
65-74 86 (16.8%)
75-84 22 (4.3%)

Family & Household Composition

Lone Person 59 (44.0%)
Couple Families 50 (37.3%)
One Parent Families 21 (15.7%)
Group Household 4 (3.0%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 154 (83.7%)
Worked from Home 20 (10.9%)
Car (passenger) 5 (2.7%)
Walked Only 5 (2.7%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 97 (19.0%)
Bachelor Degree 59 (11.5%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 31 (6.1%)
Postgraduate Degree 16 (3.1%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 12 (2.3%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 60 (32.8%)
2 cars 81 (44.3%)
3 cars 24 (13.1%)
4+ cars 21 (11.5%)

Council Rates

Waratah-Wynyard
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,820 a year through Waratah-Wynyard based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,820/yr
Valuation basis
AAV/CV

How this land is zoned

Share of Sisters Beach's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Environmental 80%
  • Residential 10%
  • Rural and farming 9%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Waratah-Wynyard

The whole council area, not just Sisters Beach · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 65 new dwellings were approved across Waratah-Wynyard. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are up 33.3% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
65dwellings
+33.3% YoY
Houses
65
detached dwellings
Units
0
townhouses + apartments

Climate & Setting

from Wynyard Airport, 15.7 km

High rainfall — mild summers, cold winters with occasional frost.

Elevation
144 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
907 m
4.1 km 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 locality 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.

EV adoption

0.4%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.09% in 2021
+0.1 points this year

In postcode 7321, 22 of 5,076 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.6% (79 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.0%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.09%
2022
0.11%
2023
0.21%
2024
0.28%
2025
0.43%

Rooftop solar

26
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.4 kW each

In postcode 7321, 640 rooftop-solar systems totalling 4.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,465 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 37 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.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
25
2020
51
2021
33
2022
40
2023
51
2024
52
2025
41
2026
20

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.

Verify eligibility with State Revenue Office of Tasmania

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$2,960
Loan amount
$454,000
Total interest over 30 years
$611,507

2 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 7321.

Deposit
$113,500
Stamp duty
$21,116
Cash needed at settlement
$134,616

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

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

Division of Braddon

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 locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Division of Braddon · 7 members

Elected at the 2025 election:

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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Common questions about Sisters Beach

Is Sisters Beach a safe place to live?

TAS does not publish suburb-level crime statistics, so there is no crime figure for Sisters Beach.

What natural hazards affect Sisters Beach?

Sisters Beach has a high recorded bushfire history (78/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Is Sisters Beach a good place to live?

Sisters Beach has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (38/100), 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 Sisters Beach?

Sisters Beach, TAS had a population of 511 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Sisters Beach, TAS?

The postcode for Sisters Beach, TAS is 7321.

How far is Sisters Beach from Hobart?

Sisters Beach is 362 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 258 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Sisters Beach?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Sisters Beach was $66,924 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 Sisters Beach?

There are too few current rental listings in Sisters Beach for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $250, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Sisters Beach?

The median age of residents in Sisters Beach was 47 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Sisters Beach at risk of bushfire?

Sisters Beach has a high recorded bushfire history (78/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality 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.

Is Sisters Beach walkable?

Sisters Beach scores 10/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. 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 Sisters Beach?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Sisters Beach, Wynyard Airport (15.7 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 Sisters Beach?

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 Sisters Beach belong to?

Sisters Beach sits within the Waratah-Wynyard local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Sisters Beach?

The average residential rates bill through Waratah-Wynyard is $1,820 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Sisters Beach?

Across Waratah-Wynyard, 65 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 33.3% 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 Sisters Beach in?

Sisters Beach sits within the federal Division of Braddon, currently held by Anne Urquhart (Australian Labor Party).

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