Kingston Beach, TAS
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Kingston Beach is a relaxed seaside suburb on the southern edge of greater Hobart, set where Browns Rivulet meets the River Derwent just south-east of the town of Kingston. In the local government area of Kingborough, it began life in the 1850s under the name Browns River Beach and became a favourite spot for swimming and seaside photography through the twentieth century. Its sheltered beach is patrolled by a surf life saving club through the summer months and is backed by a sailing club, playgrounds, a dog beach and a small shopping strip. To the south, the dramatic Alum Cliffs run along the shoreline towards Taroona. Long looked after by a local progress and regatta association, Kingston Beach was formally gazetted as a locality in 1960.
More advantaged than the national average
Kingston Beach is more socio-economically advantaged than about 79% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1041, 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 Kingston 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 Kingston 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
79/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (79/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
23/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $380 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 23% 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.
Kingston Beach at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 2,305
- Median age
- 47
- Median weekly household income
- $1,526
- SEIFA score
- 1041
- Local government area
- Kingborough
- Coordinates
- -42.9854, 147.3211
Map of Kingston Beach
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Housing & property in Kingston Beach
What it costs to live in Kingston Beach and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $380
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,577
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 72%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 25%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Kingston 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.
Kingston Beach demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Kingston 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 seniors (65+) at 27% and 25% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 305 | 13% |
| Youth (15–24) | 260 | 11% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 532 | 23% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 569 | 25% |
| Seniors (65+) | 625 | 27% |
Share of the 2,291 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 429 | 45% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 259 | 27% |
| Rented | 235 | 25% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 788 | 83% |
| Townhouses & semis | 75 | 8% |
| Flats & apartments | 92 | 10% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 955 occupied private dwellings in Kingston Beach.
- Average household size
- 2.3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,990
- Median weekly personal income
- $826
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 560 (25%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 215 (10%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 74 (3%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 1,251 (65%)
- Labour-force participation
- 59%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6%
- Employed full-time
- 585
- Employed part-time
- 478
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.
Weather and climate in Kingston Beach
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Kingston Beach is January (average daytime high around 21°C) and the coolest is July (around 11.6°C). The area receives roughly 823 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21°C | 12.8°C | 64 mm |
| Feb | 20.2°C | 12.4°C | 55 mm |
| Mar | 18.9°C | 11.6°C | 74 mm |
| Apr | 16.6°C | 9.9°C | 44 mm |
| May | 13.8°C | 7.8°C | 68 mm |
| Jun | 12.1°C | 6.7°C | 76 mm |
| Jul | 11.6°C | 5.9°C | 52 mm |
| Aug | 12.1°C | 5.6°C | 68 mm |
| Sep | 14°C | 6.8°C | 60 mm |
| Oct | 15.6°C | 8°C | 99 mm |
| Nov | 17.2°C | 9.6°C | 81 mm |
| Dec | 19.1°C | 11°C | 82 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Kingston Beach
Is Kingston 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, Kingston Beach rates 60/100 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 Kingston Beach?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Kingston Beach was $380, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,577. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Kingston Beach?
Kingston Beach is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia, in the Kingborough local government area.
What is the population of Kingston Beach?
At the 2021 Census, Kingston Beach had a population of about 2,305.
Is Kingston Beach an advantaged area?
Kingston Beach has an ABS SEIFA score of 1041, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 79 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 79% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Kingston Beach?
Kingston Beach has average daytime highs of about 16°C and overnight lows of about 9°C, with roughly 823 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
Where Kingston Beach ranks
Kingston Beach appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
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