Chigwell, TAS 7011
Suburb within the Glenorchy local government area, part of the Greater Hobart Region in Tasmania.
Great for
- Pest-free
- Parks and recreation
- Neighbourly spirit
- Schools
- Public transport
Not great for
- Nightlife
- Parking
- Cost of living
Who lives here?
- Families With Kids
- Professionals
- Retirees
- Country Lovers
Reviews of Chigwell, TAS
"A wonderful location with views"
Wonderful sweeping views of Macquarie Harbour and close proximity to both Hobart and Mona
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Families with kids
"Amazing location"
Amazing suburb, incredible view. Great School location - public transport to city by bus.
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Families with kids
"Burnout capital"
You hear car and bikes burn out every day and night. Very disturbing. Just check the road condition there’s tyre mark around each and every corner of this suburb. Only good thing about this suburb is the public transport
"Fine in my Experience"
Have a place here up near the shops.
Views and Northernly aspect are great. Neighbours are really nice and say its very safe, have been there decades. Haven't had any problems at all. Are a few rev heads about but you get that everywhere. Great location if you don't need to go to the city too often, Glenorchy having most things you'd want as well as Moonah and New Town as you head towards the city. Very central to everything especially compared to the Eastern shore and outer suburbs.
Who lives here?
- Families with kids
"The Changing Face of a Suburb"
Since the sell off of the public housing stock Chigwell has improved dramatically. The area is now considered to be a mix between lower and middle class people. It is an now area where cheap housing allows families to afford a better lifestyle with fresh mountain air and bushy surrounds without having to give up the opportunities that city living gives.
It is a great place to live with a real community feel. It has all the basic ammenties needed with other shopping and entertainment needs only a few kilometres away.
Great for
- Community feel
- Family Friendly
- Great place for a Tree change
Not great for
- Public Transport
- Crime problems
Who lives here?
- Families with kids
- Retirees
- Country Lovers
Hi pikac, to elaborate on the crime problems in Chigwell, they mostly stem from poverty and drug use. "Chiggers" as they are called, will often try to steal your car or wallet by snapping a pair of scissors off in you and gutter stomping you to the back of the head ("the Chigwell dental plan"). Other than that, Chigwell (pronounced 'Chigwewl') is a pretty adequate place to live if you can put up with these sorts of things and don't rely on police to come save you. Thanks!
sounds interesting
Yes I'd be glad to. It is much the same. The ice/meth problems are probably more deeply rooted now than they were a few years ago, and having your car stolen and burnt out is a lot more common in bogan suburbs like Chigwell, Clarendon Vale and Gagebrook than other areas in Hobart. Gangs of kids and late teens with mullets on scooters or unregistered dirt bikes screaming up and down the neighbourhood at full noise at 10pm are common. As is the lovely past time of youths standing on road over pass bridges with big boulder rocks in their hands, waiting to drop them down onto cars doing 100kmh to smash through the windscreen is something that happens a lot out here. You live in Chiggers at your own risk, really. It hasn't improved, that's for sure.
Hello Wong, it is the same place. The entirety of Chigwell is this way. It is comparable to Compton in the USA- police will sometimes not go in there if you call for them.
You don't seem to understand. Midson Place is JUST AS DANGEROUS. IT IS THE SAME PLACE. IT IS NO BETTER.
Mattb42 trying to scare people.
If you are a normal family/ person you will have no problems. Tasmania and Chigwell are a great place to live - just don't be a trouble maker and it don't find you.
I think Chigwell is a great buy, close to the city, Mona, amazing views, I wish I had bought here earlier!
Again, another lowlife trying to stop people from buying/ moving there. Last thing these guys want is decent people moving to the area, driving up prices so that they have to go and get jobs + a life.
Ignore them, they are all talk losers.
Hi Mattb42, thanks for your info. So Midson place area is any better ?
Hi Mattb42, is Midson Place any better in Chigwell suburb?
Heath Parkinson you must have Parkinson's or be a bit off in the head. Chiggers is a stabby Centrelink place to live and you'll get robbed no matter where in Chigwell ("Chigwewl" as the locals pronounce it without adequate dental care) you live. It is sketchy AF. Anything north of Creek Road is hazardous to your health
I never wrote I just moved there, another egregous lie!
Having lived here for 5 years now, I think Chigwell is very underated and very good value.
Maybe instead of spreading lies and misinformation. You can put this wasted energy into getting a job and contributing positively to the neighbourhood.
Time to move these low lifes out out Chigwell, it is a great location! Beautiful views, super low prices and a soon to be booming suburb.
Given this is likely a neighborhood dispute at this point, it's pretty emblematic of how life in Chiggers goes. This Heath guy says he just moved here. I've lived here 27 years and know a lot more about this place than him. He has no idea but he will figure it out in a few years time. Caaaarnts faaaarked.
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Hello Charlie,
Could you please give some advice about crime problems there? we plan to have a house in Chigwell but we (I and my husband) are foreigner so we just want to be safe and careful. Thanks.