1,241 of Penguin's 1,655 homes are lived in by the people who own them: 75 in every 100, against 70 across Tasmania. Doorstep is the neighbourhood app made for them.Download freeQuestions
| Penguin | 75% | 1,241 | |
| Tasmania | 70% | 153,199 | |
| Australia | 66% | 6,114,780 |
ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, tenure of occupied private dwellings, Penguin (SAL). These are all homes in the suburb, not Doorstep members.
Owners still paying it off are often the newer faces in Penguin: the households asking who does good gutters, where the kids play weekend sport, and whether anyone has a ladder long enough for the second storey.
490 households in Penguin are a single person. A neighbour who'll take in a parcel, feed the cat or check in after a storm matters more than any app feature. Doorstep is just how you find them.
652 households in Penguin have paid the place off. Owning outright usually means years on the same street: the neighbours who know which trees drop branches in a storm, when the council clean-up comes round, and who to ask before you knock down a wall.
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 Penguin.
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 Penguin →
A free listing for trades, cafés and shops that serve Penguin, 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.
1,241 of Penguin's 1,655 occupied homes were owner-occupied at the 2021 Census (75%): 652 owned outright and 589 with a mortgage. Across Tasmania the figure is 70%.
Yes. Doorstep works in every Australian suburb: you join by typing your home suburb, and Penguin 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.