1,191 of Somerset's 1,709 homes are lived in by the people who own them: 70 in every 100, against 70 across Tasmania. Doorstep is the neighbourhood app made for them.Download freeQuestions
| Somerset | 70% | 1,191 | |
| Tasmania | 70% | 153,199 | |
| Australia | 66% | 6,114,780 |
ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, tenure of occupied private dwellings, Somerset (SAL). These are all homes in the suburb, not Doorstep members.
682 households in Somerset 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.
Couples, parents, kids and grandparents: in Somerset, 65 in every 100 households are families. School runs and hand-me-downs for some, grandkids visiting for others, and the most useful neighbour is often the one who's been through it a year ahead of you.
70 in every 100 homes in Somerset are lived in by their owners, close to the 70 across Tasmania.
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 Somerset.
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 Somerset →
A free listing for trades, cafés and shops that serve Somerset, 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.
1,191 of Somerset's 1,709 occupied homes were owner-occupied at the 2021 Census (70%): 682 owned outright and 509 with a mortgage. Across Tasmania the figure is 70%.
Yes. Doorstep works in every Australian suburb: you join by typing your home suburb, and Somerset 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.