South Bruny TAS 7150
154 addresses · 14 streets
Franklin Electorate › Kingborough LGA › South Bruny · 56 km from Hobart
Living Here
South Bruny is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 98 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $949 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged 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: South Bruny itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
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: 78.8% 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 | 78.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 91.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10.8% · Labour-force participation 44.6%
Population by age in South Bruny
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 28 |
| 65-74 | 16 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in South Bruny
| House | 38 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in South Bruny
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in South Bruny
| English | 43 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 32 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Polish | 10 |
| Other | 10 |
Housing tenure in South Bruny
| Owned | 28 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in South Bruny
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in South Bruny
| Car | 11 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in South Bruny
| Indonesia | 6 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Languages used at home in South Bruny
| Indonesian | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
36,346 bird observations recorded near South Bruny — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (2,011)
- New Holland Honeyeater (1,879)
- Green Rosella (1,866)
- Forest Raven (1,830)
- Eurasian Blackbird (1,659)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (1,647)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (1,524)
- Forty-spotted Pardalote (1,513)
- Tree Martin (1,406)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (1,356)
- Dusky Robin (1,346)
- Strong-billed Honeyeater (1,291)
- Tasmanian Thornbill (1,270)
Show all 30 birds recorded near South Bruny
- Grey Fantail (1,254)
- Yellow Wattlebird (1,188)
- Flame Robin (1,185)
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (1,155)
- Scarlet Robin (1,094)
- Silvereye (1,057)
- Masked Lapwing (964)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (938)
- Striated Pardalote (918)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (830)
- European Goldfinch (803)
- Brown Thornbill (798)
- Crescent Honeyeater (782)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (781)
- House Sparrow (711)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (646)
- Dusky Woodswallow (644)
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 South Bruny:
- Lunawanna (2.5 km)
- Adventure Bay (7.5 km)
- Alonnah (7.6 km)
- Simpsons Bay (11.2 km)
- Gordon (13.1 km)
- Huon Island (13.2 km)
- Verona Sands (13.8 km)
- Charlotte Cove (14.7 km)
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Streets
- Adams Road (4)
- Adventure Bay Road (3)
- Barnaby Drive (6)
- Blinkbonny Road (1)
- Bruny Island Main Road (28)
- Cloudy Bay Road (52)
- Coolangatta Road (1)
- Cuthberts Road (3)
- Lighthouse Road (33)
- Lobdales Road (1)
- Sharps Road (9)
- Simpsons Bay Road (2)
- Whalebone Way (2)
- Wooreddy Road (9)
