Upper Stowport TAS 7321

Upper Stowport is a rural locality in Tasmania, 332 km from Hobart CBD, around 3 hours 50 minutes by car. Population is 99; the median age is 34 and the median household income is $94,224 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The locality fell 5.7% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $200 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,344. Walkability is low.

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The Liveability Rating is calculated for suburbs of 500 residents or more, and this one has 99. Below that the school, census and safety figures behind the score cover too few people to rank fairly against the rest of the state. The individual measures further down this page are still shown.

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Short-Stay Rentals

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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 Upper Stowport 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 Upper Stowport 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

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

10
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Top 24% in TAS
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 Upper Stowport.

30
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
42
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 100%

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
2 in locality
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
None
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 Upper Stowport · 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
4/10
7/10 within TAS
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
5/10
8/10 within TAS
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
3/10
5/10 within TAS
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Upper Stowport is home to 99 residents, with a median age of 34, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $94,000 a year, with unemployment at 0.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

99

5.7% since 2016

Median Age

34

no change since 2016

Median Household Income

$94,224/yr

38.1% since 2016
Top 14% in TAS

Census Median Rent

$200/wk

66.7% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,344/mo

8.4% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.7

no change since 2016

Median Personal Income

$37,024/yr

45.0% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

0.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

11.8%

Total Dwellings

34

6.2% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

89.7%

8.9% since 2016

Houses

100.0%

no change since 2016

Rental Stress

11.0%

20.9% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

17.1%

33.7% since 2016

Work From Home

12.0%

56.4% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 34 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 15 (51.7%)
Owned Outright 11 (37.9%)
Renting 3 (10.3%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
92.9%
English Spoken at Home
98.0%
Employment Rate
72%
19.0% since 2016
Completed Year 12
21.2%

Occupations

Sales 11 (19.6%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 11 (19.6%)
Professionals 9 (16.1%)
Managers 7 (12.5%)
Labourers 7 (12.5%)
Technicians & Trades 6 (10.7%)
Clerical & Administrative 5 (8.9%)
Community & Personal Service 5 (8.9%)

Religion

No Religion 60 (60.6%)
Christianity 32 (32.3%)

Age Distribution

0-4 6 (6.1%)
5-14 11 (11.1%)
15-19 12 (12.1%)
20-24 8 (8.1%)
25-34 19 (19.2%)
35-44 12 (12.1%)
45-54 19 (19.2%)
55-64 14 (14.1%)
65-74 10 (10.1%)

Family & Household Composition

Lone Person 12 (44.4%)
Couple Families 11 (40.7%)
One Parent Families 4 (14.8%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 37 (74.0%)
Car (passenger) 7 (14.0%)
Worked from Home 6 (12.0%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 18 (18.2%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8 (8.1%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 3 (8.6%)
1 car 10 (28.6%)
2 cars 5 (14.3%)
3 cars 5 (14.3%)
4+ cars 11 (31.4%)

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 Upper Stowport's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 93%
  • Environmental 7%

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 Upper Stowport · 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, 22.7 km

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

Elevation
298 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
10.6 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 Upper Stowport

Is Upper Stowport a safe place to live?

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

What natural hazards affect Upper Stowport?

Upper Stowport has a low recorded bushfire history (17/100, 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 Upper Stowport?

Upper Stowport, TAS had a population of 99 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Upper Stowport, TAS?

The postcode for Upper Stowport, TAS is 7321.

How far is Upper Stowport from Hobart?

Upper Stowport is 332 km from Hobart CBD by road, about 232 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Upper Stowport?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Upper Stowport was $94,224 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 Upper Stowport?

There are too few current rental listings in Upper Stowport for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $200, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Upper Stowport?

The median age of residents in Upper Stowport was 34 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Upper Stowport at risk of bushfire?

Upper Stowport has a low recorded bushfire history (17/100). 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 Upper Stowport walkable?

Upper Stowport 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 Upper Stowport?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Upper Stowport, Wynyard Airport (22.7 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 Upper Stowport?

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 Upper Stowport belong to?

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

How much are council rates in Upper Stowport?

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 Upper Stowport?

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 Upper Stowport in?

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

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