South Bruny TAS 7150

South Bruny sits 85 km from Hobart CBD in Tasmania, around 1 hour 55 minutes by car. Census data records 98 residents with a median age of 58 and a median household income of $49,348 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 16.7% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $250 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $847. The area shows high bushfire risk and high coastal erosion risk. Walkability is low.

This locality is too small to rate.

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Short-Stay Rentals

14 active Airbnb listings: 14 whole homes and 0 rooms.

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months.

Crime in the Kingborough council area

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

Type Count Per 1,000 residents
All offences 1,164 28.0
Assault 106 2.5
Assault in a public place 28 0.7
Home burglary 42 1.0
Stolen vehicles 55 1.3
Robbery 3 0.1
Serious crime 23 0.6
Public order incidents 734 17.6
Family violence order breaches 35 0.8
Police family violence order breaches 25 0.6

Rates use the council’s 41,628 residents. The latest month is preliminary and may be revised.

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

8 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal

Where they happened

Bruny Island Main Road 3 (37.5%)
Lighthouse Road 3 (37.5%)

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.

Coastal Erosion

100
monitoring points
within 5 km
58
actively eroding
> 0.1 m/yr retreat
-0.86
worst rate (m/yr)
Significant
3.4 km
nearest coastline
monitoring point

Shoreline Change Summary

1988–2025
Stable or accreting 53 (53%)
Moderate erosion (0.1–0.3 m/yr) 20 (20%)
Significant erosion (> 0.3 m/yr) 27 (27%)

Nearest Eroding Coastline

Distance
3.4 km
Rate
-0.48 m/yr
Net Movement
-27.5 m
Certainty
good

Data Quality

High certainty: 72 of 100 points (72%)

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

South Bruny 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 South Bruny.

20
connectivity score / 100
Bottom 24% in TAS
Most common
Satellite (Sky Muster)
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
66
Technology mix
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 64%
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 36%

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
15 in locality
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
1 in locality
Waterways
25 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

Kingborough: council population

The whole council area, not just South Bruny · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
41,628
+0.4% in a year
Change
+149
people since 2024
Density
58
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+75
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
-152
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+226
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
2/10
4/10 within TAS
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
2/10
2/10 within TAS
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
4/10
6/10 within TAS
qualifications and job type, income excluded

South Bruny is home to 98 residents, with a median age of 58 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $49,000 a year, with unemployment at 13.2%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

98

16.7% since 2016

Median Age

58

5.5% since 2016

Median Household Income

$49,348/yr

38.1% since 2016
Bottom 20% in TAS

Census Median Rent

$250/wk

17.4% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$847/mo

36.9% since 2016

Avg Household Size

1.9

9.5% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$31,148/yr

24.0% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

13.2%

Unoccupied Dwellings

134.2%

39.7% since 2016

Total Dwellings

38

22.6% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

87.8%

0.1% since 2016

Houses

100.0%

3.1% since 2016

Rental Stress

26.3%

15.2% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

20.6%

54.3% since 2016

Work From Home

40.0%

20.1% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 38 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 28 (68.3%)
Mortgage 8 (19.5%)
Renting 5 (12.2%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
75.5%
English Spoken at Home
79.6%
Employment Rate
39.8%
0.5% since 2016
Completed Year 12
33.7%

Occupations

Managers 10 (30.3%)
Community & Personal Service 9 (27.3%)
Technicians & Trades 6 (18.2%)
Professionals 5 (15.2%)
Clerical & Administrative 3 (9.1%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 3 (9.1%)

Religion

No Religion 51 (52.0%)
Christianity 24 (24.5%)
Islam 4 (4.1%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

Indonesia 6 (6.1%)
England 3 (3.1%)

Age Distribution

0-4 11 (11.2%)
5-14 4 (4.1%)
15-19 3 (3.1%)
25-34 4 (4.1%)
35-44 6 (6.1%)
45-54 10 (10.2%)
55-64 28 (28.6%)
65-74 16 (16.3%)
75-84 10 (10.2%)
85+ 4 (4.1%)

Family & Household Composition

Lone Person 14 (66.7%)
Couple Families 4 (19.0%)
One Parent Families 3 (14.3%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 11 (44.0%)
Worked from Home 10 (40.0%)
Walked Only 4 (16.0%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 22 (22.4%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 11 (11.2%)
Bachelor Degree 9 (9.2%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 5 (5.1%)
Postgraduate Degree 4 (4.1%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 14 (36.8%)
2 cars 11 (28.9%)
3 cars 10 (26.3%)
4+ cars 4 (10.5%)

Council Rates

Kingborough
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,735 a year through Kingborough based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,735/yr
Valuation basis
AAV/CV

How this land is zoned

Share of South Bruny's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Environmental 58%
  • Rural and farming 42%

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: Kingborough

The whole council area, not just South Bruny · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 138 new dwellings were approved across Kingborough. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are down 13.0% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
138dwellings
-13.0% YoY
Houses
138
detached dwellings
Units
0
townhouses + apartments

Climate & Setting

from Cape Bruny Lighthouse, 12.7 km

Moderate rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.

Elevation
22 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
3.4 km
3.6 km to a named beach
Annual rainfall
827 mm
140 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
19.0°C
1 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
6.8°C
0 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

1.9%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.22% in 2021
+0.4 points this year
Top 7% in TAS

In postcode 7150, 63 of 3,361 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.7% (57 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.6%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.22%
2022
0.43%
2023
0.58%
2024
1.50%
2025
1.87%

Rooftop solar

33
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 5.7 kW each

In postcode 7150, 677 rooftop-solar systems totalling 3.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,064 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 63 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
22
2020
33
2021
31
2022
36
2023
42
2024
39
2025
55
2026
33

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

Federal Electorate

Division of Franklin

Currently held by Julie Collins Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Julie Collins 69.4% 30.6% +5.7
2022 Julie Collins 63.7% 36.3% -1.5
2019 Julie Collins 62.2% 37.8% -1.5

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 Franklin · 7 members

Elected at the 2025 election:

Year Seats won
2025 2 Independent · 2 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Tasmanian Greens
2024 3 Liberal Party · 2 Australian Labor Party · 1 Tasmanian Greens · 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 South Bruny

Is South Bruny a safe place to live?

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

What natural hazards affect South Bruny?

South Bruny has a high recorded bushfire history (81/100, 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.

What is the population of South Bruny?

South Bruny, TAS had a population of 98 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for South Bruny, TAS?

The postcode for South Bruny, TAS is 7150.

How far is South Bruny from Hobart?

South Bruny is 85 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 117 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in South Bruny?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in South Bruny was $49,348 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 South Bruny?

There are too few current rental listings in South Bruny 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 South Bruny?

The median age of residents in South Bruny was 58 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is South Bruny at risk of bushfire?

South Bruny has a high recorded bushfire history (81/100). 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 South Bruny walkable?

South Bruny 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 South Bruny?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to South Bruny, Cape Bruny Lighthouse (12.7 km away), summer days average 19°C, winter nights 6.8°C, 827 mm of rain a year over 140 rainy days, and 1 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in South Bruny?

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 South Bruny belong to?

South Bruny sits within the Kingborough local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in South Bruny?

The average residential rates bill through Kingborough is $1,735 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near South Bruny?

Across Kingborough, 138 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 13.0% 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 South Bruny in?

South Bruny sits within the federal Division of Franklin, currently held by Julie Collins (Australian Labor Party).

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