1,530 of New Town's 2,697 homes are lived in by the people who own them: 57 in every 100, against 70 across Tasmania. Doorstep is the neighbourhood app made for them.Download freeQuestions
| New Town | 57% | 1,530 | |
| Tasmania | 70% | 153,199 | |
| Australia | 66% | 6,114,780 |
ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, tenure of occupied private dwellings, New Town (SAL). These are all homes in the suburb, not Doorstep members.
57 in every 100 homes in New Town are owner-occupied, below 70 across Tasmania, so the owners on your street are harder to pick out. Doorstep is made for exactly them.
1,367 of New Town's owner-occupied homes are separate houses, with the gardens, fences, gutters and driveways that come with them. That's the stuff neighbours lend each other tools for, and swap tradie names about.
Median age 38. New Town is a mix: young families, people mid-renovation and long-time owners, often on the same street.
Give away what you don't need, borrow what you need once, and ask the street a question. Posts come from people who live around New Town.
A national gallery of kitchens, gardens and makeovers people are proud of. Show off yours, or steal ideas for the next one.
Ask who your neighbours would call, and find local businesses rated only by people who live nearby. Businesses in New Town →
A free listing for trades, cafés and shops that serve New Town, shown to the members who live nearby.
Doorstep Dating is a separate side of the app for meeting other homeowners. It's off until you switch it on.
1,530 of New Town's 2,697 occupied homes were owner-occupied at the 2021 Census (57%): 822 owned outright and 708 with a mortgage. Across Tasmania the figure is 70%.
Yes. Doorstep works in every Australian suburb: you join by typing your home suburb, and New Town is one of them. Some streets are quieter than others while the area fills up.
No. Doorstep only stores the name of your suburb. There's no GPS involved, and nobody sees your street or address.
Free on the App Store. Type your suburb when you join; nobody ever sees your address.