Tewkesbury TAS 7321

Tewkesbury sits 353 km from Hobart CBD in Tasmania, around 4 hours 15 minutes by car. Census data records 81 residents with a median age of 54 and a median household income of $66,248 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 6.6% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $180 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.

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Short-Stay Rentals

No active Airbnb listings.

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Crime in the Burnie council area

Crime recorded across the whole council area over the 12 months to Jul 2026, not in Tewkesbury 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

2021–2025

No crash in Tewkesbury 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

Tewkesbury is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Bottom 2% in TAS
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
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 Tewkesbury.

27
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
38
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 79%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 21%

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
12 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

Burnie: council population

The whole council area, not just Tewkesbury · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
20,420
+0.2% in a year
Change
+39
people since 2024
Density
33
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+13
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
-37
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+63
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
3/10 within TAS
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
5/10
7/10 within TAS
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
1/10
2/10 within TAS
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Tewkesbury is home to 81 residents, with a median age of 54 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $66,000 a year, with unemployment at 0.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

81

6.6% since 2016

Median Age

54

8.0% since 2016

Median Household Income

$66,248/yr

71.5% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$180/wk

9.1% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,300/mo

no change since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.2

4.8% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$25,636/yr

9.6% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

0.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

14.7%

42.7% since 2016

Total Dwellings

34

17.2% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

86.7%

1.5% since 2016

Houses

100.0%

no change since 2016

Rental Stress

14.1%

36.5% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

23.5%

41.8% since 2016

Work From Home

20.7%

17.2% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 34 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 16 (53.3%)
Mortgage 10 (33.3%)
Renting 4 (13.3%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
79.0%
English Spoken at Home
87.7%
Employment Rate
42.7%
43.8% since 2016
Completed Year 12
33.3%

Occupations

Labourers 7 (22.6%)
Professionals 5 (16.1%)
Clerical & Administrative 4 (12.9%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 4 (12.9%)
Managers 3 (9.7%)

Religion

No Religion 39 (48.1%)
Christianity 29 (35.8%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 4 (4.9%)
South Africa 3 (3.7%)
Netherlands 3 (3.7%)

Age Distribution

0-4 3 (3.7%)
15-19 3 (3.7%)
20-24 3 (3.7%)
25-34 11 (13.6%)
35-44 9 (11.1%)
45-54 12 (14.8%)
55-64 20 (24.7%)
65-74 17 (21.0%)
75-84 9 (11.1%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 9 (42.9%)
Lone Person 9 (42.9%)
One Parent Families 3 (14.3%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 20 (69.0%)
Worked from Home 6 (20.7%)
Car (passenger) 3 (10.3%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 13 (16.0%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 5 (6.2%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 4 (4.9%)
Bachelor Degree 3 (3.7%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 5 (13.5%)
2 cars 15 (40.5%)
3 cars 4 (10.8%)
4+ cars 8 (21.6%)

Council Rates

Burnie
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,050 a year through Burnie based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$2,050/yr
Valuation basis
AAV/CV

How this land is zoned

Share of Tewkesbury's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 98%
  • Zones under 1% 2%

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: Burnie

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

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.

Trailing 12 months
90dwellings
+1200.0% YoY
Houses
72
detached dwellings
Units
18
townhouses + apartments

Climate & Setting

from Wynyard Airport, 25.0 km

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

Elevation
392 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
22.5 km
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

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 Tewkesbury

Is Tewkesbury a safe place to live?

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

What natural hazards affect Tewkesbury?

Tewkesbury has no recorded bushfire history. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Tewkesbury?

Tewkesbury, TAS had a population of 81 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Tewkesbury, TAS?

The postcode for Tewkesbury, TAS is 7321.

How far is Tewkesbury from Hobart?

Tewkesbury is 353 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 256 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Tewkesbury?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Tewkesbury was $66,248 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 Tewkesbury?

There are too few current rental listings in Tewkesbury for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $180, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Tewkesbury?

The median age of residents in Tewkesbury was 54 at the 2021 ABS Census.

What is the weather like in Tewkesbury?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Tewkesbury, Wynyard Airport (25 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 Tewkesbury?

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 Tewkesbury belong to?

Tewkesbury sits within the Burnie local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Tewkesbury?

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 Tewkesbury?

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 Tewkesbury in?

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

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