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TAS · Waratah-Wynyard Council

Sisters Beach, 7321

Est. population · Jun 2025

520

Growth (1 yr)

+0.2%

Growth (5 yr)

+3.6%

Median age

47

Median income

$1,287/wk

Employment rate

49.2%

University qualified

20.7%

Work from home

9.7%

Languages at home

Mostly English at home

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

33.7/100
Below average

289th in TAS

Verified 78% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Beach
  • Agricultural
  • Green suburb
  • Rural living
What Sisters Beach is known for: Beach, Agricultural, Green suburb, Rural living

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Suburb profile

Sisters Beach is a rural locality in Tasmania, in Waratah-Wynyard Council. It is close to the Rocky Cape and Cape National Park. Notable landmarks include Tinkers Lookout.

Local amenities is an exceptional strength, well above typical levels for rural localities. Rents sit a little below those in comparable places, with median rents 12% below the peer median. Recorded road crashes are a relative strength, with recorded road crashes 73% below the peer median, and university qualifications are more common than in comparable places, with university qualifications 75% above the peer median. The clearer weaknesses are more mapped flood cover and thinner mapped green cover within the suburb boundary.

Overall, Sisters Beach suits people prioritising local amenities and university qualifications.

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

Rural locality · compared with rural localities in Tasmania (329)

Strengths

  • Recorded road crashes are a relative strength
  • Local amenity access is stronger than in most comparable places
  • University qualifications are more common than in comparable places
  • Rents sit a little below those in comparable places

Weaknesses

  • A larger share of the suburb sits in mapped inundation than in comparable places
  • Green cover is a relative weakness

What stands out

  • Sisters Beach
  • Rocky Cape
  • Cape National Park
  • Tinkers Lookout

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • StudentsInsufficient data
  • Budget buyersInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Sisters Beach compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$360/wk

Population (ERP)

520

+0.2% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

52.0%

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

#91

among Country & regional · Mature

Pop. growth

45th

percentile in TAS

Rented dwellings

17%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

3/10

national SEIFA decile

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
33.7/100 — Below average
National rank
5870th in Australia
State rank
289th in TAS
Peer rank
#91 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
Cohort rank
#179 among Country & regional suburbs
Data confidence
78%

Data sources & freshness

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

Housing

All types (latest monthly release)
$360
Rental bonds lodged (latest monthly release)
2

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

520(June 2025)

+0.2% annual · +3.6% over 5 years · 45th percentile in TAS

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+0.2%
5-year growth
+3.6%
Change in 1 year
+1
Change in 5 years
+18
Growth rank in TAS
45th 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 (~500), extrapolated at +0.1% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
511
Median age
47
Median household income / week
$1,287
Dwelling vacancy
52%
Unoccupied private dwellings
204 of 392
Median monthly mortgage
$997
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$250
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
40.8% / 41.9% / 17.3%
Employment rate
49.2%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
9.7% / 0% / 77.2%
Walked or cycled to work
2.4%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
187 / 0 / 0

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

20.7% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Tasmania. 23% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified20.7% · 21.9% TAS
  • Diploma qualified7.4% · 7.9% TAS
  • Trade / vocational23% · 18.5% TAS
  • Year 12 or below48.9% · 51.8% TAS

Highest qualification field

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

  • Engineering and related technologies17%
  • Management and commerce17%
  • Education14.8%
  • Health13%
  • Society and culture11.2%
  • Architecture and building8.1%
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)
$53,068

51st percentile in TAS · -10% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$59,868

67th percentile in TAS · -8% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
12.0%

60th percentile in TAS · -13% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$73,006

47th percentile in TAS · +15% vs Australia

Residents with business income
9.0%

22nd percentile in TAS · -13% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 7321 — 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
2,818
Taxpayers reporting net rent
326
Median net rent
$1,455
Taxpayers reporting business income
264
Taxable income vs state median
0%
Salary / wages vs state median
+3%
Rental investment vs state median
+9%
Super vs state median
-3%
Business income vs state median
-18%

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

Seasonal & agricultural work

8.3% of employed residents work in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 3.6× the Australian share (2.3%) — compared with 5.2% across Tasmania.

Agriculture, forestry & fishing
8.3%

48th percentile in TAS · +261% vs Australia

Resident workers (2021)
17
WHM specified work
Subclass 417 / 462

Postcode 7321

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile tables G54 (industry of employment) and G56 (industry by occupation), Statistical Area Level (suburb), place of usual residence. Figures are residents’ main job in the week before Census night — not jobs located in the suburb. Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the 1-digit ANZSIC division; grape growing and other 3- and 4-digit industries are not in this datapack. The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Plant and animal cultivation in postcode 7321 (Regional Australia) may count as specified work for Working Holiday Maker visas (subclasses 417 and 462). This is a postcode rule from the Home Affairs instruments — not evidence that seasonal jobs exist here, and not a count of WHM residents. Home Affairs specified work · LIN 22/012 · LIN 22/013. Compilation used: 5 April 2025.

Region employment estimates (SA4, not this suburb)

Jobs and Skills Australia NERO modelled estimates for West and North West (SA4 604), 2026-08. These figures describe the broader region, not this suburb, and occupations are not added together.

  • Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 12131,176
  • Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8415357
  • Agricultural, Forestry and Horticultural Plant Operators ANZSCO 7211284
  • Crop Farm Workers ANZSCO 8412254
  • Crop Farmers ANZSCO 1212211
  • Forestry and Logging Workers ANZSCO 8413130
  • Other Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers ANZSCO 841977
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 121465
  • Aquaculture Workers ANZSCO 841132
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 841625

West and North West is a Statistical Area Level 4. Fruit, nut and vegetable workers are not published separately in NERO (they sit under ANZSCO 8412). Jobs and Skills Australia warns not to sum occupations or geographies. NERO data. Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, Jobs and Skills Australia, Commonwealth of Australia. CC BY 4.0.

Census employed residents counted in G54: 206 · AFF share +60% vs the state.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — industry of employment (G54/G56), place of usual residence — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated · Resident main job in the week before Census night, not jobs located in the suburb

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

  • WHM specified work areas (LIN 22/012 and LIN 22/013) — Department of Home Affairs · 2025-04-05 · Updated · Postcode eligibility for plant and animal cultivation; not a count of WHM residents
  • Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), SA4 × ANZSCO 4-digit — Jobs and Skills Australia · 2026-08 · Updated · Monthly modelled SA4 estimates; not suburb-level. CC BY 4.0

Community & culture

13.9% born overseas

Language at home
441 English only · 0 other
Non-English at home
0%
Born overseas
62 (13.9%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
36 (7%)
Australian citizens
432

Religion

59.5%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 59.5%, while Christianity accounts for 23.5%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion59.5%49.6%
Christianity23.5%38.4%
Other / not stated17%12.1%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic9.4%12.7%
Anglican7.6%14.4%
Uniting Church4.5%2.6%

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 Burnie Police Division, not this suburb alone.

Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2024–25)
2,211
Against the person
628
Against property
1,473
Rate per 1,000 residents (area)
50
State crime-rate percentile
58.3th (higher = more crime)
Decrease (daily rate)
-14.2%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
33
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
63.46

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

Amenities

6 mapped amenities

1 beaches

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
Walkability proxy
0/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
0
Sport & outdoors(4)
  • Sisters BeachBeach
  • Honeysuckle Avenue Conservation CovenantNature reserve
  • Sisters BeachPicnic area
  • Public toilets
Other(2)
  • Sisters Beach Fire StationFire station

    34 Honeysuckle Avenue, Sisters Beach

  • Parking

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

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
0.3%
Woodland / forest cover
0.3%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
4
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
21°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

Health access

Nearest hospital
North West Private Hospital (29.3 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

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

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
10
Participants per 1,000 residents
19.2

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
21° / 12°
Rainfall
171 mm · ~21 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
18° / 10°
Rainfall
238 mm · ~30 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
13° / 5°
Rainfall
360 mm · ~45 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
16° / 8°
Rainfall
262 mm · ~33 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
Overlay applies
Flood / inundation overlay
1.7% of 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
Braddon
Member of Parliament
Anne URQUHART (Australian Labor Party)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
84,244
Turnout (2025)
93.0%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+15.2 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 42.8%Labor 57.2%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 16.7 km away).

Coalition 39.9%Labor 60.1%

2.9 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +5.8 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • Sisters BeachLabor 62.0% · Coalition 38.0% TPP (2025)1.1 km away
  • Sisters CreekLabor 45.7% · Coalition 54.3% TPP (2025)4.5 km away
  • Boat HarbourLabor 51.6% · Coalition 48.4% TPP (2025)5.5 km away
  • MoorleahLabor 51.7% · Coalition 48.3% TPP (2025)7.1 km away
  • Rocky CapeLabor 44.3% · Coalition 55.7% TPP (2025)7.7 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)
3/10
IRSD decile (2021)
4/10

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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