Median price trend for houses
Based on 2 sales in the preceding 12 months
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TAS 7054 · Kingborough
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
ABS 2021
Barretta, Tasmania
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Barretta TAS
Based on 2 sales in the preceding 12 months
Based on 3 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
Up 5.0% over 12 months
The median house rent has increased 5.0% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Barretta is 13,522 offences per 100,000 residents — 28% above the Greater Hobart benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Barretta.
Overall crime rate
13,522
offences per 100,000 residents
28% aboveGreater Hobart
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Barretta TAS 7054 is in Tasmania, within Greater Hobart.
63 people call Barretta home, with an average of 1.7 people per household and a median household income of $1,050 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
17.6% of workers in Barretta worked from home on Census day — about twice the rate across Greater Hobart.
6.3% of Barretta residents were born in New Zealand, about twice the rate across Greater Hobart.
54.0% of people in Barretta described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Barretta TAS 7054.
9.5% of Barretta's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.
12 family households lived in Barretta; 0.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.
0.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Barretta had 63 residents at the 2021 Census.
34.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
58.7% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Greater Hobart rate.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 58.3% of occupied private dwellings in Barretta.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
82.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Hobart rate.
0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.
17.4% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Barretta had 1.7 people.
One-person households made up 47.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.
Two-person households represented 44.1%, while 8.8% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
17.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Greater Hobart rate.
50.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.
0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.
One-car households formed 44.8% of the total.
58.6% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
35.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 64.5% reported a different address.
23.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
90.5% of residents used only English at home.
7.9% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
23.8% of Barretta's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.2% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
4.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.7%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 46.0% of ancestry responses in Barretta.
Australian ancestry made up 41.3% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
23.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.
Managers accounted for 11.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.
Health care and social assistance employed 17.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 56.7%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.
34.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.5% worked part time.
Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
42.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.
7.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
7.9% reported asthma, 12.7% arthritis and 17.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
17.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 17.4% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.1%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $1,050 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $155 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 17.6% in Barretta, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.
Outright ownership was 82.6% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is about twice the Greater Hobart rate.
Renting accounted for 17.4% in Barretta, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
There is not yet enough consistent market data for a dependable house median. The nearby suburb links make it easier to compare the wider market while local observations build.
The Census counted 12 local families, and 9.5% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
The free data does not have a dependable bedroom breakdown for this suburb. Compare the current house and unit medians above, then use live listings to see what a $1.5m budget buys today.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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