East Launceston
Suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
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East Launceston is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Launceston in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) east of the town of Launceston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 2143 for East Launceston. 78.6% of people were born in Australia and 87.3% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 36.8%, Anglican 20.7% and Catholic 16.2%.[2] It is a suburb of Launceston.
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| Coordinates: 41°26′31″S 147°09′03″E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||
| Region | Launceston | ||||||||||||
| City | Launceston | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 2,270 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 7250 | ||||||||||||
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History
East Launceston was gazetted as a locality in 1963.[3]
Geography
Most of the boundaries are survey lines.[4]
