Boat Harbour Beach, TAS
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Boat Harbour Beach is a small seaside township on the north-west coast of Tasmania, about 15 kilometres from Wynyard, where a sheltered bay opens onto Bass Strait. It was originally known as Jacobs' Boat Harbour, after Captain John Jacobs, a master of small coastal vessels; the post office opened under the shorter name in 1878. Tucked beneath the green hills of the coast, the small settlement is strung along its beach and has long served as a quiet holiday spot for people from the surrounding district and nearby Wynyard. It lies among the bays and headlands of this stretch of the north-west coast, between Wynyard to the east and the bushland of Rocky Cape to the west.
Around the national middle
Boat Harbour Beach is more socio-economically advantaged than about 48% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 984, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Boat Harbour Beach a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Boat Harbour Beach from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
48/100Around the national middle
Around the national middle — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (48/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
63/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $250 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 63% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Boat Harbour Beach at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 89
- Median age
- 58
- Median weekly household income
- $1,562
- SEIFA score
- 984
- Local government area
- Waratah-Wynyard
- Coordinates
- -40.9287, 145.6152
Map of Boat Harbour Beach
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Housing & property in Boat Harbour Beach
What it costs to live in Boat Harbour Beach and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $250
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $2,200
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 61%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 38%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Boat Harbour Beach demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Boat Harbour Beach demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Boat Harbour Beach using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 32% and 26% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 14 | 17% |
| Youth (15–24) | 0 | 0% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 17 | 20% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 27 | 32% |
| Seniors (65+) | 26 | 31% |
Share of the 84 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 18 | 46% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 6 | 15% |
| Rented | 15 | 38% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 44 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 44 occupied private dwellings in Boat Harbour Beach.
- Average household size
- 1.9 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,124
- Median weekly personal income
- $850
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 20 (26%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 3 (4%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 8 (9%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 38 (52%)
- Labour-force participation
- 58.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.3%
- Employed full-time
- 27
- Employed part-time
- 14
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Boat Harbour Beach
Is Boat Harbour Beach a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Boat Harbour Beach rates 53/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Boat Harbour Beach?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Boat Harbour Beach was $250, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,200. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Boat Harbour Beach?
Boat Harbour Beach is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia, in the Waratah-Wynyard local government area.
What is the population of Boat Harbour Beach?
At the 2021 Census, Boat Harbour Beach had a population of about 89.
Is Boat Harbour Beach an advantaged area?
Boat Harbour Beach has an ABS SEIFA score of 984, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 48 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 48% of Australian suburbs.
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