Bridgewater TAS 7030

Living Here

Bridgewater is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 4,592 people, with a median age of 31. The typical household earns around $944 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 43% of households own their home and 56% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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 Bridgewater - Gagebrook statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bridgewater itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 11 schools

  • JRLF - Senior School
  • St Pauls Catholic School
  • JRLF - East Derwent Primary School
  • Northern Christian School
  • JRLF - Herdsmans Cove Primary School
  • JRLF - Gagebrook Primary School
  • Brighton High School
  • St Virgil's College
  • Brighton Primary School
  • Jordan River Learning Federation School Farm

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• 1 café or restaurant

  • The York Hotel 12 Mile Steakhouse
• 3 supermarkets

  • Woolworths
  • Coles
  • IGA
• 6 parks

  • Bridgewater Parkland
  • Broadview Park
  • Tonks
  • Neilson Esplanade Park
  • Granton Reserve
  • Cris Fitzpatrick Community Park
• 2 Catholic churches

  • St Pauls Catholic Church
  • St Monicas Catholic Church
• 1 medical clinic

  • Greenpoint Medical Services
• 1 hospital

  • Alcohol and Drug Services
• 1 vet

  • Claremont Veterinary Surgery
• 1 library

  • Bridgewater Library
• 3 service stations

  • United
  • United Petroleum Gagebrook
  • United
• 2 golf clubs

  • Tea Tree Golf Course
  • Claremont Golf Course
• 1 playground

  • Bridgewater Foreshore Playground
• 1 dog park

  • Old Beach Dog Park
• 1 hardware store

  • Claremont Chainsaw & Mower Sales & Service
• 1 mechanic

  • Drive Auto-Electrics
• 1 electrician

  • SOA Electrical Claremont

Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 23.8 km south-east.

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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: 12% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 11.7% · Labour-force participation 45.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

44,952 bird observations recorded near Bridgewater — most often seen:

• Chestnut Teal (2,410)
• Eurasian Coot (2,277)
• Black Swan (2,267)
• Tasmanian Native-hen (2,261)
• Pacific Black Duck (2,037)
• Australasian Purple Swamphen (1,973)
• Australasian Shoveler (1,968)
• Noisy Miner (1,859)
• Silver Gull (1,849)
• Kelp Gull (1,778)
• Common Starling (1,716)
• Grey Teal (1,625)
• Masked Lapwing (1,508)

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 Bridgewater:

• Herdsmans Cove (2.2 km)
• Gagebrook (2.4 km)
• Granton (2.7 km)
• Honeywood (3.9 km)
• Austins Ferry (4 km)
• Old Beach (4.3 km)
• Brighton (4.5 km)
• Claremont (5.8 km)

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