East Cam TAS 7321
82 addresses · 6 streets
Braddon Electorate › Burnie LGA › East Cam · 236 km from Hobart
Living Here
East Cam is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 158 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,562 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Parklands - Camdale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: East Cam itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
2 beaches
2 Catholic churches
2 doctors & medical clinics
1 physiotherapist
4 optometrists
1 childcare centre
2 libraries
2 post offices
5 service stations
2 golf clubs
1 dog park
2 butchers
3 hardware stores
2 hairdressers
1 electrician
1 plumber
Getting around. Bus interchange: Burnie City Interchange, 4.1 km east · Airport: Burnie Wynyard Airport, 12.6 km north-west.
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: 40.1% 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 | 40.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 50.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 60.8%
Population by age in East Cam
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 29 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 30 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in East Cam
| House | 51 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in East Cam
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 15 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in East Cam
| Australian | 92 |
|---|---|
| English | 61 |
| Scottish | 12 |
| Aboriginal | 9 |
| Irish | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
Housing tenure in East Cam
| Owned | 27 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 23 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in East Cam
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 22 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in East Cam
| Car | 50 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
21,858 bird observations recorded near East Cam — most often seen:
- Common Starling (1,666)
- Eurasian Blackbird (1,576)
- Silver Gull (1,555)
- Masked Lapwing (1,497)
- Little Wattlebird (1,240)
- House Sparrow (1,114)
- European Goldfinch (991)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (854)
- Forest Raven (724)
- Superb Fairy-wren (679)
- Galah (675)
- Grey Fantail (624)
- Brown Thornbill (617)
Show all 30 birds recorded near East Cam
- Pacific Black Duck (612)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (594)
- Yellow Wattlebird (588)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (572)
- Australian Magpie (542)
- Welcome Swallow (513)
- Grey Butcherbird (503)
- Australian Wood Duck (490)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (484)
- White-faced Heron (481)
- Pacific Gull (438)
- European Greenfinch (394)
- New Holland Honeyeater (378)
- Eastern Spinebill (374)
- Silvereye (372)
- Laughing Kookaburra (357)
- Tasmanian Little Wattlebird (354)
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 East Cam:
- Ocean Vista (2.2 km)
- Shorewell Park (2.3 km)
- Park Grove (2.3 km)
- Cooee (2.4 km)
- Camdale (2.4 km)
- Acton (3 km)
- Hillcrest (3.2 km)
- Montello (3.2 km)
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Streets
- East Cam Road (15)
- Emmett Street (3)
- Laird Road (4)
- Mawson Road (8)
- Scarfe Street (1)
- West Mooreville Road (51)
