Rose Bay suburb is north facing which also means the property in the area get the most direct sunlight through the day, especially in winter when the sun is at its lowest.

Rose Bay's eastern edge borders to Gordons Hill Nature Recreation Area, managed by Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service.

It offers locals a 2.6 km circuit suitable for walking, running or mountain biking with views back towards the city centre across the Derwent River.

Hugging the shores of the River Derwent, the trail offers a diverse range of scenery, from picturesque bays filled with moored yachts to she-oak forest and parkland.

Visible across the water is Hobart City, Queens Domain, the home of the Governor, and its neighbouring suburb Cornelian Bay with its iconic boat houses.

[11] Of people aged 15 or older in Rose Bay, the most common education level achieved is a bachelor's degree or higher, 30.3%.

[11] At the 2016 Census, the most commonly nominated ancestries were:[11] Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the Rose Bay population.

[11] Rose Bay is a tightly held pocket in Hobart with "barely more than a dozen transactions a year, one a month, if you are lucky" according to Harcourt Signature Rosny Park sales consultant Scotch Leitch.

Virtually all the properties in Rose Bay have some feel and connection to the river so people have that opportunity to get close to the water front without much traffic".

Likewise, Rose Bay is the first stop once the bus leaves the city centre making the suburb a convenient location for public transport with the commute usually averaging about 10 minutes.

[11] In October 2020, the Tasmanian State Government announced that the Tasman Bridge is set to undergo its first major upgrade since it was repaired following the Lake Illawara disaster in 1975.

Residents of Rose Bay and the wider Eastern Shore community will as a result, see a significant widening of the bike and pedestrian path across the bridge to 3.5 metres on either side of the road, improved barriers and feature lighting of the arches at night.

[20] The Bicycle Network labelled the upgrades as a "game changer" and said: "Wider paths protected from wind and separated from traffic would encourage many more people to ride or walk to the city.

Instead, Lindisfarne Village offers residents close access to convenient amenities including restaurants, cafes, pharmacies, doctors, supermarket, bakeries, butcher, dentist, hairdresser, bookshop, newsagent, bottle shops and petrol station.

Neighbouring suburb Rosny Park is also home to Tasmania's largest shopping centre Eastlands Shopping Centre, open 7 days a week and host of hundreds specialty stores including two major discount department stores, Big W and K-mart, and two major supermarkets Coles, and Woolworths, as well as a multi-level carpark.

[25] In the 1980s, top soil samples from Lutana, Geilston Bay and Lindisfarne revealed high concentrations of zinc, lead, and cadmium.

The sampling also revealed that the prevailing wind directions, the terrain of the land, and proximity to the smelter had an impact on the contamination's dissemination pattern.

[26] A 2009 report conducted by the CSIRO recommended that home-grown vegetables vulnerable to the uptake of heavy metals, including lettuce, spinach, carrot and beetroot, should be grown in raised garden beds with a minimum depth of 30 centimetres (12 in) clean soil.

The data identified medium levels of air pollution in postcodes 7009 (Lutana, Derwent Park, Moonah, West Moonah), 7010 (Glenorchy, Rosetta, Montrose, Goodwood, Dowsing Point) and 7015 (Lindisfarne, Geilston Bay, Rose Bay) with average air contaminate readings of 40% NOx (nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2)), and sulfur dioxide (SO2) contributing 57% of airborne emissions.