Barnes Bay TAS 7150
43 addresses · 4 streets
Franklin Electorate › Kingborough LGA › Barnes Bay · 27 km from Hobart
Living Here
Barnes Bay is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 28 people, with a median age of 66. The typical household earns around $1,062 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bruny Island - Kettering statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Barnes Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 30% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020
Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 30.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 46.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10% · Labour-force participation 34.5%
Population by age in Barnes Bay
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 6 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Barnes Bay
| House | 8 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Barnes Bay
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Barnes Bay
| English | 19 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 8 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| German | 3 |
| Irish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Barnes Bay
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Barnes Bay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Barnes Bay
| Car | 6 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Barnes Bay
| England | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
17,181 bird observations recorded near Barnes Bay — most often seen:
- Black-headed Honeyeater (1,261)
- Forest Raven (1,034)
- Forty-spotted Pardalote (998)
- Superb Fairy-wren (948)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (893)
- Green Rosella (861)
- Yellow Wattlebird (839)
- New Holland Honeyeater (777)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (761)
- Tree Martin (644)
- Grey Fantail (636)
- Striated Pardalote (559)
- White-faced Heron (491)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Barnes Bay
- Dusky Robin (484)
- Brown Thornbill (474)
- Laughing Kookaburra (474)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (469)
- Dusky Woodswallow (426)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (419)
- Spotted Pardalote (380)
- Blue-winged Parrot (379)
- Common Starling (377)
- Swift Parrot (360)
- Silvereye (354)
- Australian Magpie (341)
- Grey Butcherbird (328)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (312)
- Masked Lapwing (302)
- Yellow-tipped Pardalote (301)
- Pallid Cuckoo (299)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Barnes Bay:
- North Bruny (1.6 km)
- Killora (4.3 km)
- Dennes Point (5.3 km)
- Apollo Bay (7.4 km)
- Coningham (8.5 km)
- Tinderbox (9.4 km)
- Lower Snug (9.6 km)
- Kettering (9.9 km)
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Streets
- Barnes Bay Road (1)
- Church Road (26)
- Dennes Road (6)
- Missionary Road (10)