Burnie

20,420 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 611 km², 33 suburbs. Council website: burnie.tas.gov.au.

Council series run to July 2026.

Population

20,420

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.2% in a year

Density

33/km²

611 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$442k

Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)

Federal grants per resident

$190

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

2.6 per 1,000

Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)

Advantage decile

2 of 10

SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)

Suburbs

Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)

Trends

Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.

PopulationABS estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001–2025

Council-wide median sale pricesABS Data by Region: median transfer price across the whole council by financial year, 2018-19–2023-24. Not any one suburb's price.

Dwelling approvalsABS Building Approvals, monthly, 2021-07–2026-07

Federal Financial Assistance GrantsTotal grant by financial year, 2017-18–2025-26 (Dept of Infrastructure)

People and housing

Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).

Median age: 40
Median household income: $1,225/week
Median rent: $240/week
Median mortgage repayment: $1,129/month
Households renting: 31.9%
Average household: 2.3 people

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD): decile 2 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD): decile 2 of 10

Suburbs

33 suburbs where Burnie holds most residents, plus 1 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.

Suburb	Population	In this council	Flood / bushfire	IRSAD
Park Grove	2,613	All	3% / 35%	7
Shorewell Park	2,150	All	2% / 58%	1
Upper Burnie	1,891	All	<1% / 0%	1
Romaine	1,850	All	0% / 88%	3
Acton (Tas.)	1,377	All	2% / 0%	1
Montello	1,241	All	<1% / 0%	1
Hillcrest (Tas.)	1,088	All	2% / 0%	1
Parklands (Tas.)	865	All	6% / 0%	5
Havenview	735	All	<1% / 93%	1
Burnie	693	All	<1% / 0%	3
Ridgley	645	All	0% / 99%	2
Cooee	597	All	4% / 44%	2
Brooklyn (Tas.)	534	All	2% / 18%	1
Stowport	446	All	<1% / 100%	4
Mooreville	378	All	<1% / 100%	5
South Burnie	348	All	10% / 34%	1
Ocean Vista	322	All	0% / 79%	3
Natone	288	All	<1% / 100%	4
Downlands	237	All	<1% / 38%	3
Wivenhoe	235	All	12% / 56%	1
Emu Heights (Tas.)	182	All	15% / 83%	1
East Cam	158	All	<1% / 100%	6
West Ridgley	124	All	0% / 100%	2
West Mooreville	121	All	0% / 100%	5
Highclere	119	All	0% / 100%	2
Upper Natone	111	All	0% / 100%	4
Round Hill (Tas.)	100	All	0% / 95%	1
Upper Stowport	99	All	0% / 100%	4
East Ridgley	89	All	0% / 100%	3
Tewkesbury	81	All	0% / 100%	2
Camdale	79	All	0% / 66%	3
Hampshire	54	All	0% / 100%	2
Chasm Creek	53	All	0% / 86%	1
Oonah		6%	0% / 100%

Hazards

Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.

Flood planning land

Over 34 of 34 member suburbs

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Bushfire-prone land

43%

Over 34 of 34 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

Over 34 of 34 member suburbs

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Representation

Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).

Federal electorates

Braddon · Anne URQUHART (ALP)100%

State districts

Braddon100%

Neighbouring councils

Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.

Compare it with every Tasmania council on the council map or the Tasmania council list.

Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.