New Town (Tas.), TAS
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
New Town is an inner suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, lying about 4 km north of the city centre on the western side of the Derwent estuary beneath kunanyi / Mount Wellington. It is one of the oldest settled parts of the city, with Europeans establishing farms here within about a week of the founding of Hobart at Sullivans Cove in 1804. The suburb retains a notable collection of colonial heritage, including St John's Anglican Church, designed by the colonial architect John Lee Archer and completed in 1835, and Pitt Farm, sometimes described as one of the oldest farmhouses in Australia. Today New Town is a leafy, established residential area, served by a local shopping centre at New Town Plaza.
More advantaged than the national average
New Town (Tas.) is more socio-economically advantaged than about 68% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1019, 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 New Town (Tas.) 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 New Town (Tas.) 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
68/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (68/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
34/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $340 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 34% 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.
New Town (Tas.) at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 6,781
- Median age
- 38
- Median weekly household income
- $1,596
- SEIFA score
- 1019
- Local government area
- Hobart
- Coordinates
- -42.8564, 147.3053
Map of New Town (Tas.)
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Housing & property in New Town (Tas.)
What it costs to live in New Town (Tas.) and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $340
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,771
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 56%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 41%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the New Town (Tas.) demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
New Town (Tas.) demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile New Town (Tas.) 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 young adults (25–44) at 33% and 29% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 900 | 13% |
| Youth (15–24) | 759 | 11% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 2,227 | 33% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 1,646 | 24% |
| Seniors (65+) | 1,232 | 18% |
Share of the 6,764 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 822 | 30% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 708 | 26% |
| Rented | 1,110 | 41% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,831 | 68% |
| Townhouses & semis | 270 | 10% |
| Flats & apartments | 577 | 21% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 2,702 occupied private dwellings in New Town (Tas.).
- Average household size
- 2.3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,098
- Median weekly personal income
- $796
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 1,877 (29%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 1,456 (23%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 144 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 3,864 (68%)
- Labour-force participation
- 62.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.8%
- Employed full-time
- 1,841
- Employed part-time
- 1,454
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 New Town (Tas.)
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in New Town (Tas.) is January (average daytime high around 23.6°C) and the coolest is July (around 11.7°C). The area receives roughly 642 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23.6°C | 12.5°C | 51 mm |
| Feb | 22.5°C | 11.8°C | 42 mm |
| Mar | 20.8°C | 10.5°C | 53 mm |
| Apr | 17.6°C | 8.3°C | 36 mm |
| May | 14.2°C | 5.9°C | 55 mm |
| Jun | 12.1°C | 4.3°C | 55 mm |
| Jul | 11.7°C | 3.7°C | 42 mm |
| Aug | 12.6°C | 3.6°C | 56 mm |
| Sep | 14.9°C | 5.1°C | 50 mm |
| Oct | 17°C | 6.9°C | 77 mm |
| Nov | 19.1°C | 9°C | 62 mm |
| Dec | 21.4°C | 10.6°C | 63 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about New Town (Tas.)
Is New Town (Tas.) 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, New Town (Tas.) rates 57/100 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 New Town (Tas.)?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in New Town (Tas.) was $340, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,771. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is New Town (Tas.)?
New Town (Tas.) is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia, in the Hobart local government area.
What is the population of New Town (Tas.)?
At the 2021 Census, New Town (Tas.) had a population of about 6,781.
Is New Town (Tas.) an advantaged area?
New Town (Tas.) has an ABS SEIFA score of 1019, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 68 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 68% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in New Town (Tas.)?
New Town (Tas.) has average daytime highs of about 17.3°C and overnight lows of about 7.7°C, with roughly 642 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
How big is New Town (Tas.)?
New Town (Tas.) is one of the most populous suburbs in Tasmania — the 10th-largest by usual resident population at the 2021 Census (about 6,781 usual residents).
Does New Town (Tas.) have high household incomes?
New Town (Tas.) has one of the highest median weekly household incomes in Tasmania — the 25th-highest among suburbs with at least 1,000 residents at the 2021 Census ($1,596 per week).
Where New Town (Tas.) ranks
New Town (Tas.) appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
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