Romaine TAS 7320
902 addresses · 32 streets
Braddon Electorate › Burnie LGA › Romaine · 232 km from Hobart
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Living Here
Romaine is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 1,850 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,449 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Romaine - Havenview statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Romaine itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
6 cafés & restaurants
2 supermarkets
2 beaches
2 Catholic churches
2 pharmacies
2 doctors & medical clinics
1 physiotherapist
4 optometrists
1 vet
1 childcare centre
2 libraries
2 post offices
3 service stations
1 golf club
1 dog park
1 bakery
2 butchers
2 hardware stores
1 electrician
1 plumber
Getting around. Bus interchange: Burnie City Interchange, 3.7 km north · Airport: Burnie Wynyard Airport, 16.9 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: 20.8% 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 | 20.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 29.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.1% · Labour-force participation 63.2%
Population by age in Romaine
| 0-4 | 101 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 243 |
| 15-19 | 124 |
| 20-24 | 91 |
| 25-34 | 241 |
| 35-44 | 217 |
| 45-54 | 262 |
| 55-64 | 243 |
| 65-74 | 188 |
| 75-84 | 113 |
| 85+ | 27 |
Dwelling types in Romaine
| House | 665 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 55 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Romaine
| <$650 | 112 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 242 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 222 |
| $3,000+ | 95 |
Top ancestries in Romaine
| Australian | 868 |
|---|---|
| English | 812 |
| Irish | 184 |
| Scottish | 181 |
| Aboriginal | 137 |
| Other | 106 |
Housing tenure in Romaine
| Owned | 257 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 270 |
| Rented | 163 |
| Other | 12 |
Cars per household in Romaine
| 0 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 231 |
| 2 | 282 |
| 3 | 102 |
| 4+ | 72 |
Commute to work in Romaine
| Car | 697 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 37 |
Top countries of birth in Romaine
| England | 39 |
|---|---|
| India | 14 |
| South Africa | 14 |
| New Zealand | 12 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 |
| Egypt | 7 |
Languages used at home in Romaine
| Arabic | 11 |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 10 |
| Sinhalese | 8 |
| Tagalog | 5 |
| German | 3 |
| Punjabi | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
30,090 bird observations recorded near Romaine — most often seen:
- Eurasian Blackbird (2,245)
- Common Starling (1,981)
- Silver Gull (1,621)
- House Sparrow (1,616)
- Little Wattlebird (1,613)
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,528)
- Masked Lapwing (1,388)
- European Goldfinch (1,346)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (1,301)
- Forest Raven (1,244)
- Grey Fantail (1,243)
- Brown Thornbill (1,052)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (905)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Romaine
- New Holland Honeyeater (902)
- Pacific Black Duck (848)
- Welcome Swallow (803)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (766)
- Silvereye (751)
- Eastern Spinebill (721)
- Galah (631)
- Green Rosella (621)
- Yellow Wattlebird (613)
- Laughing Kookaburra (601)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (571)
- Australian Magpie (557)
- Australian Wood Duck (541)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (538)
- White-faced Heron (528)
- Southern Forest Raven (509)
- Grey Butcherbird (506)
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 Romaine:
- Downlands (0.7 km)
- Havenview (1.1 km)
- Upper Burnie (1.4 km)
- Brooklyn (1.5 km)
- Acton (1.8 km)
- Emu Heights (1.9 km)
- Shorewell Park (2.1 km)
- Hillcrest (2.4 km)
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Streets
- Acacia Drive (49)
- Amanda Court (17)
- Atkins Drive (44)
- Banksia Court (16)
- Bellavista Road (16)
- Blackwood Parade (67)
- Breffny Road (12)
- Cascade Road (47)
- Cedar Place (15)
- Cypress Court (5)
- Dowling Drive (38)
- Ellis Road (13)
- Ewington Way (14)
- Executive Close (15)
- Illoura Road (11)
- Josie Crescent (33)
- Kingsley Avenue (51)
- Manuka Drive (98)
- Mercedes Place (34)
- Mount Street (6)
- Old Surrey Road (1)
- Pattison Court (16)
- Quamby Place (8)
- Ridgley Highway (25)
- Rose Street (9)
- Roslyn Avenue (65)
- Ruhamah Court (3)
- Sassafras Crescent (34)
- Sebastian Court (49)
- Simon Court (15)
- Singline Avenue (54)
- Wirilda Drive (22)
