The Gardens TAS 7216
46 addresses · 2 streets
Lyons Electorate › Break O'Day LGA › The Gardens · 206 km from Hobart
Living Here
The Gardens is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 16 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $2,249 a week, with median rent near $50 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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 St Helens - Scamander statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: The Gardens itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 beach
Getting around. Airport: St Helens Airport, 18.3 km south.
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: 74.5% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 74.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 88.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in The Gardens
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in The Gardens
| House | 3 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in The Gardens
| English | 8 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 7 |
| Irish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in The Gardens
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in The Gardens
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in The Gardens
| Car | 6 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,039 bird observations recorded near The Gardens — most often seen:
- Silver Gull (176)
- Pacific Gull (136)
- White-fronted Chat (124)
- Superb Fairy-wren (114)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (106)
- Crested Tern (101)
- Black-faced Cormorant (91)
- Welcome Swallow (85)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (76)
- Hooded Plover (74)
- Australasian Gannet (60)
- Australian Pelican (58)
- Eurasian Blackbird (58)
Show all 30 birds recorded near The Gardens
- Common Starling (53)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (53)
- Black Swan (52)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (52)
- Little Pied Cormorant (50)
- White-faced Heron (50)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (49)
- Grey Fantail (48)
- Tasmanian Native-hen (47)
- Forest Raven (43)
- House Sparrow (43)
- Giinbaywarraymal (42)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (40)
- Kelp Gull (40)
- Silvereye (40)
- East Coast Pacific Gull (39)
- European Goldfinch (39)
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 The Gardens:
- Binalong Bay (9 km)
- Ansons Bay (14.6 km)
- Akaroa (15.2 km)
- St Helens (17 km)
- Stieglitz (17.1 km)
- Goshen (18.1 km)
- Goulds Country (20.1 km)
- Eddystone (21.5 km)
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Streets
- Gardens Road (41)
- Honeymoon Point Road (5)
