Skip to content
Suburb profile ·Launceston LGA · TAS ·7212

Burns Creek TAS 7212

Burns Creek is in Launceston LGA, TAS, postcode 7212, with population 24.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
71,341
71K via Launceston LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
279
19 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,175
Median rent · wk

Household income

$85K household · yr+23.9% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$54K
Family
$108K
Household
$85K

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

Check the property

ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Population outlook

4,495 people · 20224,705 by 2032 (+4.7%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Dilston - Lilydale SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Burns Creek TAS — Property Data and Demographics

Burns Creek is a quiet locality in Tasmania within the Launceston local government area (postcode 7212). The area has roughly 24 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.3% year-on-year at the LGA level. TAS employment has moved -1.7% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. TAS also had 17 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are machinery operators & drivers, labourers. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,175.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -0.3% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.3% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth$1,175
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Launceston LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)71,341
5-year growth+0.1% CAGR
YoY change-0.3%
20012025
Development · Launceston LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)210
Houses210
YoY change+0%
Employment · Launceston LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.3%
YoY change-0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7212ATO
Negatively geared3.5%
38 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,283/yr
Landlords (rental income)127
Reported capital gains75
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population24
Median age48
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,625
Personal income · wk$1,041
Persons / bedroom1.2
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$933 → $1,625
Change+74.2%
vs TAS median+51.6 pp
gentrifyingvs TAS 2016–21
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Launceston LGAAIHW
Public1
Private3
Launceston General Hospitalpublic
Calvary - St Luke's Hospitalprivate
Calvary - St Vincent's Hospitalprivate
The Eye Hospitalprivate
Aged care · Launceston LGAGEN
Facilities11
Residential places851
Calvary Sandhill134 places
Peacehaven126 places
The Manor Nursing Home98 places
Regis Tasmania - Norwood95 places
Uniting AgeWell Aldersgate Village94 places
Fred French89 places
+5 more in Launceston LGA
Childcare · Launceston LGAACECQA
Services36
Approved places2,334
Exceeding NQS9
Scotch Oakburn College Early Learning Centre160 places
Discovery Early Learning Centre- Launceston130 places
GREEN LEAVES EARLY LEARNING LAUNCESTON124 places
Launceston Church Grammar School Early Learning Programme and OSHC122 places
Hope Discovery Outside School Hours Care110 places
Newstead Child Care Centre106 places
+30 more in Launceston LGA
Shortlist workspace

Save suburbs here while you browse. Once the shortlist has two or more names, hand it straight into compare.

Current status
Add Burns Creek if it deserves a shortlist slot.

No saved AU suburbs yet.

EMPTY SET

No saved suburbs yet. Start with one ranking or suburb page, then compare once you have two candidates.

Open rankings to save the first candidates.

Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Burns Creek is a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage

RENT POSTURE
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
ABS Data by Region · Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
Crime
State crime dataset · No linked local crime series
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Burns Creek is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Use nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings to find stronger comparables before turning this locality into a shortlist decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Burns Creek feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Tayene most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Retreat better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Wyena most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Burns Creek FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Burns Creek in?

    Burns Creek is in the Launceston Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7212. Council-level context for Launceston LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Burns Creek a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Burns Creek show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Burns Creek?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  4. How often is the Burns Creek data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.