Tommeginne Region

Node ID: MPHA1215

Postcode: 7320

Companies: 4  Households: 917

Suburb Coverage: ACTON (TAS) OCEAN VISTA (TAS) BROOKLYN (TAS) PARK GROVE (TAS) BURNIE (TAS) PARKLANDS (TAS) CAMDALE (TAS) ROMAINE (TAS) COOEE (TAS) ROUND HILL (TAS) DOWNLANDS (TAS) SHOREWELL PARK (TAS) EMU HEIGHTS (TAS) SOUTH BURNIE (TAS) HAVENVIEW (TAS) UPPER BURNIE (TAS) HILLCREST (TAS) WIVENHOE (TAS) MONTELLO (TAS)

Australian postcode 7320 is centred on Burnie and surrounding communities on Tasmania’s north-west coast, forming part of a larger regional urban corridor that includes Wivenhoe and nearby settlements; the wider Burnie local-government area had 19,918 people in the 2021 Census, with a median age of 40. Burnie provides the principal services for north-west Tasmania, including North West Regional Hospital, shopping, schools, healthcare and government services, while the surrounding area has a strong history of manufacturing, agriculture, forestry, port activity and regional services. The location offers a cool maritime climate, dramatic coastal scenery and relatively easy access to Tasmania’s mountains, forests and agricultural districts, although winters are cool and wet and the city is quite distant from Hobart. Housing was relatively affordable by Australian standards in 2021, with median weekly rent around $240 across the Burnie LGA. Overall, 7320 is a good example of a genuine regional service hub supporting a much wider, dispersed population in smaller north-west Tasmanian communities, and therefore fits particularly well with the type of regional connectivity and distributed-services model being examined for SENA.