Editing Hobart (section)

==Urban structure==
[[File:Greater Hobart Panorama.jpg|thumb|1100px|Hobart area from [[Bellerive Beach, Tasmania|Bellerive Beach]]|center]]

===Parks and nature reserves===
[[File:Strickland Falls Shadows Lifted.jpg|thumb|Strickland Falls on the upper [[Hobart Rivulet]]]]
[[File:Cenotaph and War Memorial, Hobart, Tasmania.jpg|thumb|The [[Hobart Cenotaph]], located within [[Queens Domain]]]]
Hobart has a diverse array of natural areas, parks and gardens. It is most notably defined by its large areas of [[the bush|native bushland]] owing to its location. The most prominent of these is [[Wellington Park]] which encompasses the plateau of [[kunanyi|kunanyi / Mt Wellington]] itself as well as much of the surrounding alpine woodland and dense forests. This is taken advantage of with a large number of trails for walking, hiking and mountain biking activities all across the Hobart metropolitan area, some of which follow watercourses like the [[Hobart Rivulet|Hobart Linear Park]] ([[Cascade Brewery|Cascade Gardens]]), [[Hutchins School|Lambert Park]], [[New Town Rivulet]] ([[Lady Franklin Gallery|Ancanthe Park]]) and [[Tolosa Park]], or ridgelines to viewing points in places like the [[Mount Nelson, Tasmania#Truganini Conservation Area|Truganini Conservation Area]] and Bicentennial Park.<ref>{{cite web |title=Explore the Greater Hobart area |url=https://www.greaterhobarttrails.com.au/ |website=Greater Hobart Trails |access-date=24 June 2024}}</ref> The former Fern Tree Bower of ''[[Dicksonia antarctica]]'' can be visited on the Pipeline Track.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pipeline Track |url=https://www.hobartcity.com.au/Community/Parks-sportsgrounds-and-reserves/Tracks-and-trails/Riding/Pipeline-Track |website=City of Hobart |access-date=24 June 2024}}</ref>

The city also has many urban bushland areas, most prominent of which is the centrally-located [[Queens Domain]] which contains the [[Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens]] established in 1818 (which, though ringed by [[Limited-access road|expressways]], remain a highly popular destination with a variety of attractions), the [[Hobart Cenotaph]] (accessed via the Bridge of Remembrance<ref>{{cite web |title=BRIDGE OF REMEMBRANCE|url=https://www.architecture.com.au/awards/bridge-of-remembrance-peoples-choice-2020-tasmanian-architecture-awards |website=Australian Institute of Architects |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref> and [[Hobart Regatta]] grounds which link to the [[South Line, Tasmania|Intercity Cycleway]]), the [[Railway Roundabout, Hobart|University Rose Gardens]], a number of sporting facilities (like the [[Domain Athletic Centre]] and [[Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre]]), and formerly the [[Hobart Zoo]] (a role now taken up by [[Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary]] in [[Brighton, Tasmania|Brighton]]). Areas along the eastern shore also provide recreation, including many coastal walks to areas like [[Bellerive Beach, Tasmania|Kangaroo Bluff]] (one of many former [[Hobart coastal defences]] which are now parks) and the Kangaroo Bay Parkland<ref>{{cite web |title=Kangaroo Bay Parkland |url=https://playstreet.com.au/projects-all/kangaroo-bay-parklands/ |website=PLAYSTREET |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref> (near [[Charles Hand]] Park and the [[Rosny Park]]lands) in [[Bellerive, Tasmania|Bellerive]], Anzac Park and Simmons Park in [[Lindisfarne, Tasmania|Lindisfarne]], Wentworth park at [[Howrah Beach]], as well as hills within the urban area such as [[Rose Bay, Tasmania|Gordons Hill]], [[Geilston Bay, Tasmania|Natone Hill]], [[Tranmere, Tasmania|Rokeby Hills]], [[Mornington, Tasmania|Waverly Flora Park]] and the panoramic lookout at [[Rosny, Tasmania|Rosny Hill]].

In the city, many urban parks and gardens have sprung up over the years, like [[St David's Park]], [[Franklin Square (Hobart)|Franklin Square]], the Parliament or [[Salamanca Place|Salamanca]] Gardens, Boat Park ([[Battery Point, Tasmania|Princes Park]]),<ref>{{cite web |title=Princes Park |url=https://www.hobartcity.com.au/Community/Parks-sportsgrounds-and-reserves/Find-a-park-or-reserve/Princes-Park |website=City of Hobart |access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref> [[Dynnyrne, Tasmania|Fitzroy Gardens]] and [[Holy Trinity Church, North Hobart|St Andrews Park]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Hobart: Parks and Gardens |url=http://www.ourtasmania.com.au/hobart//hobart-parks.html |website=Our Tasmania |access-date=24 June 2024}}</ref> along with newer pocket parks like the Garden of Memories on [[Elizabeth Street, Hobart|Elizabeth Street]]. Inner suburban parks like Wellesley Park in [[South Hobart, Tasmania|South Hobart]], the Train Park (Caldew Park)<ref>{{cite web |title=Caldew 'Train' Park |url=https://www.mamamag.com.au/2022/10/10/calder-train-park-west-hobart/ |website=MAMAMAG |date=9 October 2022 |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref> in [[West Hobart, Tasmania|West Hobart]], and the [[Elizabeth College (Hobart)|Cultural Skatepark]] and Soundy Park in [[North Hobart, Tasmania|North Hobart]] are also popular. Parks continue to extend along the complex coastline of the estuary, from the birdwatching area of [[Granton, Tasmania|Goulds Lagoon]], [[Old Beach, Tasmania|Old Beach]]'s "[[Fairy door|little doors]]", the [[Claremont, Tasmania|Claremont]] Cenotaph by Windermere Beach, [[Moorilla Estate]] winery, [[Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park]] (GASP) with the [[Montrose, Tasmania|Montrose]] Boardwalk, [[Derwent Park, Tasmania|Giblins Reserve]] and [[Cornelian Bay Cemetery|Cornelian Bay]] to the north, and the Battery Point Sculpture Trail, [[Errol Flynn]] Reserve, [[Long Beach, Tasmania|Long Beach Reserve]] by [[Nutgrove Beach]] and the Alexandra Battery, and [[Kingston Beach, Tasmania|Kingston]] Park to the south.
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===Architecture===
{{See also | Architecture of Australia}}
[[File:Waterfront warehouses Hobart.jpg|thumb|The Hunter Street Precinct is known for its Georgian era waterfront warehouses, since converted into restaurants, bars and galleries.]]
Hobart's architecture is stylistically eclectic and reflects various periods of Australian history. The city is known for its well-preserved [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] and [[Victorian architecture|Victorian-era]] buildings, giving specific areas an "[[old world]]" feel.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Content-Area Vocabulary Strategies for Language Arts |year=2002 |publisher=Walch Publishing |page=39 |isbn=0-82514337-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://architecthobart.com.au/ |title=History Section |date=2017 |website=Hobart Architect Blog |access-date=21 October 2020 |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023035331/https://architecthobart.com.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> For locals, this became a source of discomfiture about the city's convict past, but is now a draw card for tourists.<ref>Clark, J. "This Southern Outpost, Hobart 1846–1914" pp. 1</ref>

[[File:Cascades Female Factory-Yard 4.jpg|thumb|A yard and cottages within the [[Cascades Female Factory]], one of eleven UNESCO [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage]]-listed [[Australian Convict Sites]]]]
The city centre contains many of the city's oldest buildings, including the [[Hope and Anchor Tavern]] (1807) and [[Ingle Hall]] (1811–14). The [[Cascade Brewery]] (1824), Australia's longest operating brewery, was built using convict labour, as was the [[Cascades Female Factory]] (1828), now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other notable early buildings include: [[c:File:Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 26644747109.jpg|Hadley's Orient Hotel]] (1834), Australia's oldest continuously operating hotel; the [[Theatre Royal, Hobart|Theatre Royal]] (1837), Australia's oldest continually operating theatre; the [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek revival]] [[Lady Franklin Gallery]] (1843), Australia's first private museum; and the [[Hobart Synagogue]] (1845), which is Australia's [[Oldest synagogues in the world|oldest synagogue]] and a rare example of an [[Egyptian revival]] synagogue. [[Salamanca Place]] contains many Georgian era buildings, as well as [[Kelly's Steps]], which were built in 1839 to provide a short-cut to [[Battery Point]], a largely residential suburb known for its weatherboard cottages and multi-storey terraces.

Government architect [[John Lee Archer]] designed the [[Regency architecture|Regency]]-style [[Parliament House, Hobart|Customs House]] (1840), facing [[Sullivans Cove]] and now used as Parliament House. He also designed the [[Gothic revival]] Engineers Building (1847) later used as the [[Tasmanian Main Line Company]] headquarters. Nearby are more buildings in the same style, Australia's [[Christ College (University of Tasmania)|oldest tertiary institution]] was based in the former Hobart High School from 1848 (Domain House, now owned by UTAS),<ref>{{cite web |title=Domain House |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/infrastructure-services-development/building-works/projects/domain-house |website=UTAS |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref> and the [[Government House, Hobart|Government House]] building was built in 1857 and is the [[Old Government House, Hobart|third iteration]]. [[Henry Hunter (architect)|Henry Hunter]] was an architect known for churches such as [[St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart|St Mary's Cathedral]] (1898), but he also designed [[Hobart Town Hall]] (1866), located on the site of the old Government House.

The [[TMAG]] building, built in 1902 as a new [[Second Empire style]] Customs House, is situated on [[Constitution Dock]] and incorporates the Bond (1824) and [[c:File:Commissariat Store Hobart 20171119-025.jpg|Commisariat Store buildings]] (1810), the latter of which contributed to Hobart's early street layout when the [[Hobart Rivulet]] passed beside it. Away from the mouth of the rivulet was Hunter Island and after 1820 was also used for extensive warehousing.

Hobart is home to many historic churches. The Scots Church (formerly known as St Andrew's) was built in [[Bathurst Street, Hobart|Bathurst Street]] from 1834 to 1836, and a small sandstone building within the churchyard was used as the city's first Presbyterian Church. [[St John's Anglican Church, New Town|St John's]] in [[St Johns Park, Tasmania|New Town]], featuring a clocktower and turrets, sat in the middle of the Queens Orphanage complex (now near the [[Hobart City High School]]) from 1835.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grant |first1=Duncan |title=No. 864 - New Town - St John's Anglican Church and the 'Queen's Orphan School' |url=https://www.churchesoftasmania.com/2021/01/no-864-new-town-st-johns-anglican.html |website=Churches of Tasmania |date=25 January 2021 |access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref> The Greek revival [[St George's Anglican Church, Battery Point|St George's Anglican Church]] in Battery Point was completed in 1838, and a classical tower designed by [[James Blackburn (architect)|James Blackburn]] (who also designed the [[Holy Trinity Church, Hobart|Holy Trinity Church]]) was added in 1847. St Joseph's was built in 1840 and the [[Davey Street Congregational Church]] in 1857. [[St David's Cathedral, Hobart|St David's Cathedral]], Hobart's first, was consecrated in 1874. The grand [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne style]] [[Mount Saint Canice]] (1893) sits above Sandy Bay.

[[File:National Mutual Life Building Hobart.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The neo-gothic National Mutual Life Building (1906) next to the brutalist RBA Building (1977)]]
The [[Edwardian Baroque]] [[General Post Office, Hobart|GPO]] was built in 1905, and the [[Hobart City Hall]] was built in 1915 in a [[Federation architecture|Federation warehouse style]] on the former city marketplace.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ritchie |first1=Geoff |title=City Hall, Hobart |url=http://ontheconvicttrail.blogspot.com/2013/04/city-hall-hobart.html |website=On the Convict Trail |date=7 April 2013 |access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref> The [[North Hobart Post Office]] (1913) of a [[John Smith Murdoch]] design is in a colourful [[Edwardian architecture|Edwardian style]]. Hobart is also home to a number of [[List of Art Deco buildings in Tasmania|Art Deco]] landmarks, including the [[T & G Mutual Life Assurance Society|T&G]] building (1938) on [[Murray Street, Hobart|Murray Street]], the Old [[The Mercury (Hobart)|Mercury]] Building on [[Macquarie Street, Hobart|Macquarie Street]] (1938), the former [[Hydro Tasmania]] (1938) and the [[Colonial Mutual|Colonial Mutual Life]] buildings (1936) on [[Elizabeth Street, Hobart|Elizabeth Street]]. The 1939 [[Streamline Moderne]] Riviera Hotel is joined by what remains the tallest building in Tasmania, the [[Wrest Point Casino]] (1973) designed by [[Roy Grounds]] in [[Moderne architecture|Moderne]]. Several of the [[List of tallest buildings in Hobart|tallest buildings in Hobart]] were built in this era, such as the [[International Style]] [[MLC Limited|MLC]] building (1958–77), the Empress Towers (1967), the [[Brutalist]] [[NAB House]] (1968) and former [[Reserve Bank of Australia|Reserve Bank]] Building (1977), and the brown-coloured [[Modern architecture#Asia and Australia|Modernist]] Marine Board Building (1972) and Jaffa Building (1978). [[Esmond Dorney|Dorney House]] (1978) at the former [[Mount Nelson, Tasmania|Fort Nelson]] is an example of residential modernism.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dorney House |url=https://www.hobartcity.com.au/City-services/Venues-banners-and-signage/Halls-and-venues/Dorney-House |website=City of Hobart |access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref>

The postmodern [[Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart|Hotel Grand Chancellor]] was built in 1987 in what was the Wapping neighbourhood, which now features many examples of [[contemporary architecture]], such as the 2001 Federation Concert Hall and [[The Hedberg]], designed in 2013 around [[Conceptual architecture|Conceptualism]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hedberg |url=https://www.liminalstudio.com.au/creative-industries-performing-arts/ |website=Liminal Studio |access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref> The distinctive shapes of the 2020 K-Block redevelopment of the [[Royal Hobart Hospital]] was based on the street grid and convict-made [[Rajah Quilt]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Stage 1 K-Block |url=https://www.rhhredevelopment.tas.gov.au/about_k-block |website=RHH Redevelopment |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> Nearby is the [[Menzies Institute for Medical Research|Menzies Institute]] and [[College of Health and Medicine (University of Tasmania)|UTAS]] Medical Science Precinct, which features two 2009 examples of [[experimental architecture|avant-garde]] styles inspired by land-water interplay.<ref>{{cite web |title=Menzies Research Institute and Medical Science |url=https://www.lyonsarch.com.au/project/menzies-research-institute-and-medical-science/ |website=Lyons |access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref> On Castray Esplanade, the Salamanca Wharf Hotel was built in 2013 and combines Antarctic colours with the surrounding former-ordnance warehouses.<ref>{{cite news |title=SALAMANCA WHARF HOTEL OPENS IN HOBART |url=https://tasmaniantimes.com/2013/01/salamanca-wharf-hotel-opens-in-hobart/ |access-date=27 June 2024 |agency=Tasmanian Times |date=21 January 2013}}</ref> The [[Myer]] Centre [[Icon Complex]] was completed in 2020 as a replacement for the 1908 [[Liverpool Street, Hobart|Liverpool Street]] building which burnt down in 2007, while retaining the façade on Murray Street. Projects designed by local architects include the [[Mövenpick Hotel]], built in 2021 by Jaws.<ref>{{cite web |title=Movenpick Hotel |url=https://www.jawsarchitects.com/architecture/movenpick-hotel/ |website=Jaws Architects |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref>

===Housing===
[[File:2021 Warrane nipaluna.jpg|thumb|Post-war housing is common throughout the city]]
Hobart as a city has delivered its housing by various means and forms. For its early history, housing was small-scale but clustered in very small areas (the highest concentration and diversity of Hobart's heritage remains around the constantly-evolving city centre).<ref name="Sprent">{{cite journal |last1=Solomon |first1=RJ |title=SPRENT'S HOBART, circa 1845 |journal=Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |date=1967 |volume=101 |issue=5 |pages=20 |url=https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14255/1/1967_Solomon_Sprents'_Hobart.pdf |access-date=4 July 2024}}</ref> With the development of streets and [[Transport in Hobart|public transport]], such as a [[Rail transport in Tasmania|railway]] in 1876 and Australia's first [[Trams in Hobart|fully-electric tram network]] in 1893, further [[Transit metropolis|growth of the urban area]] was enabled. [[Streetcar suburb|Inner suburbs]] from this era typically have orderly streets (around planned subdivisions of former agriculture grants, often  inspired by the [[City Beautiful movement]]) with shopfronts (the [[Hill Street Grocer]] franchise derives from the commercial legacy of a former tramway) and narrow lanes lined with timber and brick cottages, [[townhouses]] and small apartment buildings.

[[Public housing in Australia|Social housing]] was usually organised by private societies and entities as outreach to those in need until crises brought greater attention from government authorities, such as the Homes Act (1919) and Housing Agreement (1945). The Housing Department focused mainly on mixing these with broad-acre suburban estates, which were sometimes expensive to service with adequate infrastructure.<ref>{{cite web |title=Housing (Public) |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Housing%20Public.htm |website=the companion to Tasmanian History |publisher=UTAS |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> Architects such as [[Margaret Findlay]] were employed by the public works department. [[Bungalows]] were mass-produced in [[weatherboard]] and then [[fibro]] materials.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shelter |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/tasmanian-companion/biogs/E000906b.htm |website=Companion to Tasmanian History |publisher=UTAS |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> The 1944 [[Town and Country Planning Act (Australia) 1944|Town and Country Planning Act]] was the instrument to transfer control of urban housing to municipalities, which automatically resulted in tightly restricted homebuilding in existing urban areas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Town Planning |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/Town%20planning.htm |website=the companion to Tasmanian History |publisher=UTAS |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> The advent of the [[automotive city]] and the 1965 [[Hobart Area Transportation Study]] (which ultimately resulted in [[Planned obsolescence|cuts to]] public transport<ref name="mckellinstitute.org.au">{{cite news |title=Rockliffe & White must commit to end Tasmania's era of public transport neglect: McKell Institute |url=https://mckellinstitute.org.au/rockliffe-white-must-commit-to-end-tasmanias-era-of-public-transport-neglect-mckell-institute/ |website=The McKell Institute |access-date=22 June 2024 |date=27 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="tasmaniantimes.com">{{cite news |last1=Sharp |first1=Mathew |title=Public Transport Patronage in Greater Hobart |url=https://tasmaniantimes.com/2024/03/public-transport-patronage-in-greater-hobart/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |agency=Tasmanian Times |date=12 March 2024}}</ref> and parts of the inner city being converted into [[Societal impacts of cars|parking]]) further made Hobart a [[Urban sprawl|sprawling]] city. [[Zoning]] now applies and specific area plans can also be prepared (with the land use near Hobart's [[Transit-oriented development|northern suburbs transit corridor]] under particular focus),<ref>{{cite web |title=Activating the Northern Suburbs Transit Corridor |url=https://www.hobartcitydeal.com.au/activating_the_northern_suburbs_transit_corridor |website=Hobart City Deal |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> though planning reform and new provisions schedules are being prepared.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tasmanian Planning Scheme |url=https://www.hobartcity.com.au/Development/Planning-schemes/Tasmanian-Planning-Scheme |website=City of Hobart |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> While community and social housing projects do occur in expensive areas (such as 25 apartments on [[Goulburn Street, Hobart|Goulburn Street]] in 2021),<ref>{{cite web |title=GOULBURN STREET HOUSING |url=https://www.cumulus.studio/goulburn-street-housing |website=Cumulus Studio |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> it is still difficult to achieve approval.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holmes |first1=Adam |title=Social housing proposal receives 31 objections as neighbours say it does not fit in the area |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-04/social-housing-proposal-receives-31-objections/102052686 |access-date=22 June 2024 |agency=ABC News |date=4 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rojahn |first1=Madeleine |title=Hobart mayor Anna Reynolds slams council's decision to reject St Vincent de Paul's apartment building for vulnerable women |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-10/womens-social-housing-in-hobart-rejected/103829612 |access-date=22 June 2024 |agency=ABC News |date=10 May 2024}}</ref>

As of 2024, Hobart is the least dense Australian capital<ref>{{cite news |last1=Burgess |first1=Georgie |title=Hobart's low apartment rate hurting housing affordability and urban livability, experts say |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-12/hobart-cityscape-to-include-more-apartments-medium-density/103960282 |access-date=22 June 2024 |agency=ABC News |date=12 June 2024}}</ref> with the highest costs per capita (alongside [[Sydney#Housing|Sydney]]) for housing<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ziffer |first1=Daniel |title=Potential Airbnb ban, 'no deposit' home loans and rent subsidies: Radical policies show how housing might swing elections |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-20/airbnb-ban-no-deposit-home-loans-landlord-subsidies-tas-election/103584528 |access-date=22 June 2024 |agency=ABC News |date=20 March 2024}}</ref> and [[car dependent|car-ownership]] (19.7% cost-to-income in 2024).<ref>{{cite web |title=TRANSPORT AFFORDABILITY INDEX MARCH QUARTER 2024 |url=https://www.aaa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AAA_Affordability-Index-Q1-2024-WEB.pdf |website=Australian Automobile Association |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> This is credited with contributing to the broader Tasmanian demographic crisis and emigration.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blackwood |first1=Fiona |title=Politicians must reckon with Tasmania's slowing economy and shrinking population, experts say |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-28/tasmanian-state-election-economy-population-decline/103511658 |access-date=29 June 2024 |agency=ABC News |date=28 February 2024}}</ref> The median house price of inner Hobart was A$1,026,500 in 2021,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ainsworth |first1=Kate |title=Hobart becomes Tasmania's first million-dollar median house price city |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-28/hobart-becomes-tasmanias-first-million-dollar-city/100573224 |access-date=22 June 2024 |agency=ABC News |date=28 October 2021}}</ref> which would be 12.8x the region's median household income per year. Of the 76,686 total dwellings in urban Greater Hobart in [[Australia census|2021]], only 10% were a flat or apartment and 7.2% semi-detached or terrace.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hobart 2021 Census All persons QuickStats |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL603001 |website=ABS |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> Greater Hobart builds on average 700 new dwellings per year,<ref>{{cite web |title=30 Year Greater Hobart Plan |url=https://www.greaterhobart.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/345719/Greater_Hobart_Plan_-_Strategy_for_Growth_and_Change_Aug_2022.pdf |website=Greater Hobart Committee |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> which equates to between 3–3.5 per 1000 people (lower than the 6–9 of other states),<ref>{{cite web |title=Building more homes where people want to live |url=https://www.productivity.nsw.gov.au/building-more-homes-where-people-want-to-live |website=NSW Productivity Commission |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> mostly concentrated in outer suburbs like [[Bridgewater, Tasmania|Bridgewater]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Small Area Dwelling Completions |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/small-area-dwelling-completions |website=ABS |date=14 October 2020 |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> (which has the lowest life expectancy in Hobart at 67)<ref>{{cite news |title=Suburbs with Highest and Lowest Life Expectancy Revealed |url=https://tasmaniantimes.com/2021/03/suburbs-with-highest-and-lowest-life-expectancy-revealed/ |access-date=29 June 2024 |agency=Tasmanian Times |date=1 March 2021}}</ref> which studies show can cost 8x more than infill,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lindell |first1=Jasper |title=Urban infill offers significantly cheaper way to create new dwellings: study |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7909113/urban-infill-offers-significantly-cheaper-way-to-create-new-dwellings/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |agency=The Canberra Times |date=20 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McGowan |first1=Michael |title=Sydney sprawl costs economy $75,000 more per new home: report |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/sydney-sprawl-costs-economy-75-000-more-per-new-home-report-20230825-p5dzia.html |access-date=22 June 2024 |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=28 August 2023}}</ref> meaning they require more infrastructure per dwelling to service<ref>{{cite news |title=Greater Hobart's 'most affordable' suburb is Primrose Sands, but many on the southern beaches are doing it tough |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-23/hobart-most-affordable-suburb-primrose-sands/101880452 |access-date=29 June 2024 |agency=ABC News |date=23 January 2023}}</ref> than areas closer to existing services (which are more often under-capacity<ref>{{cite news |last1=Caroll |first1=Lucy |title=Revealed: Sydney's most overcrowded primary and high schools |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/revealed-sydney-s-most-overcrowded-primary-and-high-schools-20240501-p5fo8k.html |access-date=29 June 2024 |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=7 May 2024}}</ref>). Rental vacancies have generally been on decline since about 2013 with the rate consistenly under 3% and listings 50.5% lower in southern Tasmania over 11 years. Renting is also typically [[eviction#No-fault evictions|less protected]] than other states.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rental Affordability Snapshot Tasmania 2024 |url=https://www.anglicare-tas.org.au/research/rental-affordability-snapshot-tasmania-2024/ |website=Anglicare TAS |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref>

Tenant-oriented housing models may become more common, with a few examples in Hobart such as 2020's all-electric ''The Commons Hobart'' where expensive [[parking mandates]] were waivered to enable an affordable [[green lifestyle]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Zero emissions |url=http://www.commonshobart.com.au/zero-emissions.html |website=The Commons |access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref>