Bonnet Hill suburb profile
Bonnet Hill is a small coastal headland suburb on Hobart's outskirts, located on the Channel Highway between Taroona and Kingston. It is characterised by quiet, tree-lined streets, pockets of native bush and cliffside reserves, with mostly low-density homes taking advantage of elevated views across the River Derwent. The suburb offers a laidback coastal lifestyle with scenic walking tracks and headland lookouts, and residents typically rely on nearby centres for shops and services while using the Channel Highway and local commuter services for access into greater Hobart. Housing is predominantly detached homes and cottages suited to people seeking calm and sea views.
Bonnet Hill property market performance
Like many smaller suburbs, Bonnet Hill sees relatively few property sales, so there isn't enough recent data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units. Over the last 3 months two houses were sold. Other common market measures such as median days on market and average rents are not available from recent data.
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Bonnet Hill demographics
Bonnet Hill is home to 515 people, with a median age of 46. The median total household income is $2,367 a week, roughly $123,100 a year.
Families make up the bulk of households. Couple families with children are the largest group at 53.1%, and together with couple families without children (34.7%) they account for 87.8% of families, or nearly nine in ten. One-parent families represent 12.2% of the family mix.
Homes in Bonnet Hill are overwhelmingly owner-occupied, with owner-occupiers accounting for 94.9% of dwellings: 53.9% owned outright and 41.0% owned with a mortgage. Renters make up 5.1% of households.
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