Wynyard, TAS
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Wynyard sits at the mouth of the Inglis River on Tasmania's north-west coast, about 17 kilometres west of Burnie and some 320 kilometres from Hobart. Its great landmark is Table Cape, a flat-topped volcanic plug that rises sharply from Bass Strait to around 170 metres, capped by a heritage-listed lighthouse and famous for the tulip fields that flower there each spring. Nearby Fossil Bluff yielded Wynyardia bassiana, one of Australia's oldest marsupial fossils, from rock about 25 million years old. The coast around Table Cape is Tommeginer country, and it is believed the clan built stone tidal fish traps at Freestone Cove. The town is thought to have been named after Major-General Edward Buckley Wynyard in the 1850s.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Wynyard is more socio-economically advantaged than about 10% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 890, 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.
Wynyard at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 6,296
- Median age
- 49
- Median weekly household income
- $1,042
- SEIFA score
- 890
- Coordinates
- -41.0223, 145.7145
Wynyard demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Wynyard 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 28%, 28% of homes are rented, and 11% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 1,072 | 17% |
| Youth (15–24) | 583 | 9% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 1,244 | 20% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 1,626 | 26% |
| Seniors (65+) | 1,781 | 28% |
Share of the 6,306 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 1,092 | 41% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 767 | 29% |
| Rented | 748 | 28% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 2,418 | 91% |
| Townhouses & semis | 234 | 9% |
| Flats & apartments | 10 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 2,668 occupied private dwellings in Wynyard.
- Median weekly rent
- $221
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,213
- Average household size
- 2.2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,490
- Median weekly personal income
- $596
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 630 (11%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 135 (2%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 618 (10%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 1,662 (33%)
- Labour-force participation
- 49.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.2%
- Employed full-time
- 1,343
- Employed part-time
- 936
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 Wynyard
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Wynyard is January (average daytime high around 17.5°C) and the coolest is August (around 8.4°C). The area receives roughly 1006 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17.5°C | 9.7°C | 66 mm |
| Feb | 16.6°C | 9.5°C | 57 mm |
| Mar | 15.2°C | 8.7°C | 74 mm |
| Apr | 12.9°C | 6.7°C | 64 mm |
| May | 10.3°C | 4.9°C | 106 mm |
| Jun | 8.8°C | 3.8°C | 110 mm |
| Jul | 8°C | 3.1°C | 130 mm |
| Aug | 8.4°C | 2.5°C | 94 mm |
| Sep | 9.8°C | 3.4°C | 82 mm |
| Oct | 11.6°C | 4.6°C | 98 mm |
| Nov | 13.4°C | 6.3°C | 60 mm |
| Dec | 15.4°C | 7.8°C | 65 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
Common questions about Wynyard
Where is Wynyard?
Wynyard is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia.
What is the population of Wynyard?
At the 2021 Census, Wynyard had a population of about 6,296.
Is Wynyard an advantaged area?
Wynyard has an ABS SEIFA score of 890, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 10 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 10% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Wynyard?
Wynyard has average daytime highs of about 12.3°C and overnight lows of about 5.9°C, with roughly 1,006 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
How big is Wynyard?
Wynyard is one of the most populous suburbs in Tasmania — the 15th-largest by usual resident population at the 2021 Census (about 6,296 usual residents).
Where Wynyard ranks
Wynyard appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
- Largest suburbs in Tasmania#15 of 25
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