Boyer TAS 7140
29 addresses · 2 streets
Lyons Electorate › Derwent Valley LGA › Boyer · 23 km from Hobart
Living Here
Boyer is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 58 people, with a median age of 30. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $290 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 Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the New Norfolk statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Boyer itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
1 medical clinic
1 optometrist
1 hospital
1 childcare centre
1 library
1 post office
1 golf club
1 dog park
2 bakeries
1 hardware store
2 hairdressers
Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 34.1 km east.
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: 53.8% 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 | 53.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 83.6% |
Demographics
Population by age in Boyer
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Boyer
| House | 16 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Boyer
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Boyer
| Australian | 36 |
|---|---|
| English | 23 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| German | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Housing tenure in Boyer
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Boyer
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Boyer
| Car | 30 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Boyer
| Afghanistan | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,193 bird observations recorded near Boyer — most often seen:
- Eurasian Blackbird (423)
- Forest Raven (367)
- Common Starling (360)
- House Sparrow (349)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (346)
- European Goldfinch (324)
- Superb Fairy-wren (298)
- Masked Lapwing (285)
- New Holland Honeyeater (244)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (244)
- Pacific Black Duck (209)
- Green Rosella (207)
- Silvereye (194)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Boyer
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (174)
- Black Swan (164)
- Brown Thornbill (160)
- Yellow Wattlebird (159)
- Chestnut Teal (143)
- Little Pied Cormorant (143)
- Australian Wood Duck (140)
- Little Wattlebird (140)
- Welcome Swallow (138)
- Eurasian Coot (132)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (132)
- Swamp Harrier (125)
- Grey Fantail (123)
- Common Mallard (121)
- Grey Butcherbird (120)
- Little Black Cormorant (118)
- Great Cormorant (111)
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 Boyer:
- Sorell Creek (1.3 km)
- Malbina (2.5 km)
- New Norfolk (3 km)
- Magra (3.9 km)
- Lawitta (4.9 km)
- Molesworth (5.3 km)
- Dromedary (7 km)
- Lachlan (8.2 km)
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Streets
- Boyer Road (20)
- Cockerills Road (9)