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TAS · Kingborough Council

Blackmans Bay, 7052

Est. population · Jun 2025

7,906

Growth (1 yr)

0.0%

Growth (5 yr)

+1.4%

Median age

42

Median income

$1,806/wk

Employment rate

60.8%

University qualified

34.8%

Work from home

10.6%

Languages at home

11.1%non-English

Most common: Mandarin, Afrikaans, Spanish

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

60.4/100
Good

Top 2% of Tasmania's suburbs

Verified 96% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Beach
  • Walkable
  • High desirability
What Blackmans Bay is known for: Beach, Walkable, High desirability

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Suburb profile

Blackmans Bay is a middle-ring metropolitan suburb of Hobart, in Kingborough Council, with mainly mixed commercial and residential development. It is close to the Kingston-Blackmans Bay.

Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places. Rents sit a little below those in comparable places. University qualifications are more common than in comparable places, with university qualifications 42% above the peer median, and mapped flood cover is an exceptional strength, with mapped flood cover 100% below the peer median. The clearer weaknesses are weaker population growth and relatively limited childcare access, with population growth 74% below the peer median.

Overall, Blackmans Bay suits people prioritising daily services and university qualifications over population growth.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Middle-ring metropolitan suburb · compared with middle-ring metropolitan suburbs in Tasmania (41)

Strengths

  • Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places
  • University qualifications are more common than in comparable places
  • Mapped flood cover is a relative strength
  • Rents sit a little below those in comparable places

Weaknesses

  • Population growth is a relative weakness
  • Childcare access is a relative weakness

What stands out

  • Blackmans Bay Beach
  • Kingston-Blackmans Bay

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • Students
  • Budget buyers

Housing, growth and risk

How Blackmans Bay compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$495/wk

Population (ERP)

7,906

0.0% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

5.3%

Census unoccupied dwellings

Livability profile

Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Desirability

#3

among Metro Hobart · Established

Pop. growth

13th

percentile in TAS

Rented dwellings

22%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

8/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

71st

percentile among schools with ICSEA

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Desirability

Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
60.4/100 — Good
State standing
Top 2% of Tasmania's suburbs
National rank
483rd in Australia
State rank
5th in TAS
Peer rank
#3 among Metro Hobart · Established suburbs
Cohort rank
#4 among Metro Hobart suburbs
Data confidence
96%

Data sources & freshness

  • Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated

Housing

All types (latest monthly release)
$495
Rental bonds lodged (latest monthly release)
34

Median weekly rent from Tasmanian rental data where available.

Contributes to desirability score · Housing (10%) · Future Growth (6%)

Household crowding and healthy vacancy — not cheapness Modest price change as a healthy-growth band

Data sources & freshness

Population

Estimated resident population

7,906(June 2025)

0.0% annual · +1.4% over 5 years · 13th percentile in TAS

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
0.0%
5-year growth
+1.4%
Change in 1 year
0
Change in 5 years
+107
Growth rank in TAS
13th percentile

ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.

Methodology

Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.

The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~8,300), extrapolated at +0.9% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
7,688
Median age
42
Median household income / week
$1,806
Dwelling vacancy
5.3%
Unoccupied private dwellings
163 of 3,074
Median monthly mortgage
$1,655
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$400
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
42.5% / 35.6% / 21.9%
Employment rate
60.8%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
10.6% / 4.3% / 68.8%
Walked or cycled to work
1.5%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
2,702 / 120 / 85 (+ 3 other)

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

34.8% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Tasmania. 15.4% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified34.8% · 21.9% TAS
  • Diploma qualified10% · 7.9% TAS
  • Trade / vocational15.4% · 18.5% TAS
  • Year 12 or below39.7% · 51.8% TAS

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Management and commerce21.2%
  • Society and culture14.9%
  • Health13.3%
  • Engineering and related technologies12.2%
  • Education11.3%
  • Natural and physical sciences6.5%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$59,219

87th percentile in TAS · +1% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$66,185

91st percentile in TAS · +2% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
14.0%

81st percentile in TAS · +1% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$116,176

90th percentile in TAS · +83% vs Australia

Residents with business income
10.0%

46th percentile in TAS · -4% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 7052 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
4,847
Taxpayers reporting net rent
676
Median net rent
$688
Taxpayers reporting business income
490
Taxable income vs state median
+12%
Salary / wages vs state median
+14%
Rental investment vs state median
+27%
Super vs state median
+54%
Business income vs state median
-9%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in TAS, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Community & culture

11.1% speak a language other than English at home; 21.5% born overseas

Language at home
6,667 English only · 829 other
Non-English at home
11.1%
Born overseas
1,616 (21.5%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
272 (3.5%)
Australian citizens
6,882
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
27

Top languages other than English

Share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census).

  • Mandarin75 · 21.7%
  • Afrikaans33 · 9.5%
  • Spanish25 · 7.2%
  • Korean21 · 6.1%
  • Nepali20 · 5.8%
  • Cantonese17 · 4.9%
  • German16 · 4.6%
  • Italian15 · 4.3%

Religion

49.8%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 49.8%, while Christianity accounts for 42.3%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion49.8%49.6%
Christianity42.3%38.4%
Other / not stated8%12.1%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Anglican15.1%14.4%
Catholic14.1%12.7%
Christian (not further defined)3.5%2.5%
Uniting Church2.6%2.6%
Pentecostal2.2%0.9%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Figures are for the Kingston Police Division, not this suburb alone.

Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2024–25)
1,405
Against the person
246
Against property
1,110
Rate per 1,000 residents (area)
22.8
State crime-rate percentile
25th (higher = more crime)
Decrease (daily rate)
-16.5%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
586
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
74.12

Most common offence types

  • Offences Against Property
  • Offences Against The Person
  • Total Offences

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

Schools within 2 km
2
Median school ICSEA (2 schools)
1,058.5
Median ICSEA percentile
71th
School list
  • Illawarra Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1082 · 79th percentile · LBOTE 10% · 391 students · Top SEA quarter 38% · 0.2 km awayView on My School →
  • Blackmans Bay Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1035 · 62th percentile · LBOTE 8% · 257 students · Top SEA quarter 27% · 1.2 km awayView on My School →

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

Childcare

1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap

  • Ocean View Child Care CentreRoslyn Avenuechildcare

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Childcare centres per 1,000 residents

Data sources & freshness

  • Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated

Public transport

48 public transport stops in this suburb

  • No.1 Garnett St
  • No.180 Roslyn Ave
  • No.30 Woodlands Dr
  • No.37 Garnett St
  • No.46 Illawarra Rd

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

157 mapped amenities

4 restaurants · 1 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 1 bakeries · 1 places of worship · 2 playgrounds · 2 dog parks · 1 sports centres

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Highly walkable for shops and everyday services
  • Great for outdoor family life — 9 parks mapped in suburb, 2 playgrounds nearby
  • Well connected by public transport — 48 public transport stops
  • Strong local sport and recreation — 32 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
Walkability proxy
80/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0.65
Parks per 1,000 residents
1.17
Food & drink(5)
  • Banjo's Bakery CafeBakery
  • Bombay on the BeachRestaurant
  • Fish BarRestaurant
  • Jack Loves RedRestaurant
  • The Beach HouseRestaurant

    14 Ocean Esplanade, Blackmans Bay

Shopping(5)
  • CellarbrationsBottle shop
  • Convenience store
  • Reddy ExpressConvenience store

    176 Roslyn Avenue, Blackmans Bay

  • Hill Street Grocer Blackmans BaySupermarket
Everyday services(2)
  • ShellPetrol station
  • Australia PostPost office
Community(4)
  • Ocean View Child Care CentreChildcare

    177A Roslyn Avenue, Blackmans Bay

  • Blackmans Bay HallCommunity centre
  • Blackmans Bay Primary SchoolSchool
  • Illawarra Primary SchoolSchool

    6 Tinderbox Road, Blackmans Bay

Health & services(1)
  • Terry white chemistPharmacy
Sport & outdoors(48)
  • BBQ
  • Blackmans Bay BeachBeach
  • Algona RoadCycling route
  • Flowerpoint Point ReserveDog park
  • Suncoast Dog ParkDog park
  • Fossil Cove Conservation AreaNature reserve
  • Melaleuka ReserveNature reserve
  • Nature reserve
  • Slevin ReserveNature reserve
  • Burwood ParkPark
  • Park (7)
  • Playground (2)
  • Public toilets
  • Sports centre
  • Sports field
  • Swimming pool (26)
Entertainment(2)
  • Viewpoint (2)
Transport(38)

38 bus stops

Other(18)
  • Bench (8)
  • Bicycle Parking (3)
  • Boat
  • Bus Station
  • Bayview Tyre and AutoCar repair

    2 Opal Drive, Blackmans Bay

  • Blackmans Bay MotorsCar repair

    9 Opal Drive, Blackmans Bay

  • Garden
  • Kingborough CounilParking
  • Parking (20)
  • Picnic Table (4)
  • Salvation ArmyPlace of worship
  • Australia PostPost Box
  • Shelter (3)
  • Shower
  • Hawthorn Village Residential CareSocial Facility
  • TelstraTelephone
  • Toy Library
  • Waste Basket (3)

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Parks & reserves

5 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Burwood ParkPark
  • Melaleuka ReserveNature reserve
  • Mirramar Park ReservePark
  • Park or reserveNature reserve
  • Slevin ReserveNature reserve

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
3.8%
Woodland / forest cover
3%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
16
Parks (OSM)
9
Typical summer maximum
19°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Places of worship

1 places of worship within ~1.5 km

  • Salvation Army

From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.

Data sources & freshness

Health access

Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
1
Nearest hospital
Calvary Healthcare Tasmania - St John's Campus (12.5 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
Emergency department in suburb
Not in suburb
GP clinics in suburb
0
Aged-care services
1
Residential aged-care places
52

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

  • Terry white chemistPharmacy
Aged-care services
  • Hawthorn VillageBLACKMANS BAYResidential

Australian Government–subsidised services from the AIHW GEN list (30 June 2025), assigned to this suburb by location.

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
180
Participants per 1,000 residents
22.8

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
19° / 9°
Rainfall
221 mm · ~28 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
16° / 7°
Rainfall
221 mm · ~28 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
10° / 3°
Rainfall
289 mm · ~36 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
15° / 6°
Rainfall
285 mm · ~36 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via LIST bushfire impact area mapping. Flood cover uses Tasmanian Planning Scheme flood-prone area overlays against the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Franklin
Member of Parliament
Julie COLLINS (Australian Labor Party)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
83,693
Turnout (2025)
94.2%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+5.7 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 30.6%Labor 69.4%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 5.1 km away).

Coalition 27.4%Labor 72.6%

3.2 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +7.1 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • Blackmans Bay SouthLabor 72.6% · Coalition 27.4% TPP (2025)0.1 km away
  • Blackmans BayLabor 77.5% · Coalition 22.5% TPP (2025)1.3 km away
  • Kingston WestLabor 68.3% · Coalition 31.7% TPP (2025)2.0 km away
  • HowdenLabor 69.5% · Coalition 30.5% TPP (2025)2.7 km away
  • Kingston Beach (Franklin)Labor 71.5% · Coalition 28.5% TPP (2025)3.0 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
8/10
IRSD decile (2021)
8/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

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