Stowport TAS 7321

Living Here

Stowport is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 446 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,509 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Burnie - Ulverstone Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Stowport itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 4 schools

  • Havenview Primary School
  • Parklands High School
  • Romaine Park Primary School
  • Leighland Christian School
• 1 Catholic church

  • Saint Mary's Star of the Sea
• 2 hospitals

  • North West Regional Hospital
  • North West Private Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Burnie Veterinary Centre
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 mechanic

  • Nigel Munday Automotive
• 1 electrician

  • Groenewege Electrical
• 1 plumber

  • Burnie Plumbing Supplies
• 3 places to stay

  • Top of the Town Hotel/Motel
  • Menai Hotel
  • Glen Osborne House

Getting around. Bus interchange: Burnie City Interchange, 6.7 km north · Airport: Burnie Wynyard Airport, 20.6 km north-west.

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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: 41.5% 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 2.8% · Labour-force participation 68.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

25,653 bird observations recorded near Stowport — most often seen:

• Eurasian Blackbird (1,748)
• Tasmanian Native-hen (1,386)
• House Sparrow (1,374)
• Common Starling (1,297)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,240)
• Yellow-throated Honeyeater (1,179)
• European Goldfinch (1,105)
• Pacific Black Duck (1,029)
• Southern Masked Lapwing (992)
• Grey Fantail (891)
• Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (882)
• Southern Forest Raven (862)
• Forest Raven (826)

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 Stowport:

• Havenview (3.3 km)
• Romaine (3.7 km)
• Emu Heights (3.7 km)
• Cuprona (4.3 km)
• Downlands (4.3 km)
• Wivenhoe (4.4 km)
• Brooklyn (4.5 km)
• Round Hill (4.5 km)

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