Heybridge, Tasmania

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Coordinates41°03′49″S 145°59′31″E / 41.06361°S 145.99194°E / -41.06361; 145.99194
Population339 (UCL 2021)[1]
Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)
Heybridge
Tasmania
Heybridge is located in Tasmania
Heybridge
Heybridge
Coordinates41°03′49″S 145°59′31″E / 41.06361°S 145.99194°E / -41.06361; 145.99194
Population339 (UCL 2021)[1]
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
LGA(s)Central Coast, Burnie
RegionNorth-west and west
State electorate(s)Braddon
Federal division(s)Braddon
Localities around Heybridge:
Chasm Creek Bass Strait Bass Strait
Stowport, Chasm Creek Heybridge Howth
Stowport Stowport Howth

Heybridge is a semi-rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Central Coast and Burnie in the North-west and west LGA region of the Australian island state of Tasmania. The locality is about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south-east of the town of Burnie. The 2021 census recorded a population of 339 for the state suburb of Heybridge. It is a village located where the Bass Highway crosses the Blythe River, and is bounded by the Blythe River National Park to the south and Bass Strait to the north.

Heybridge was gazetted as a locality in 1966.[2]

Blythe Heads Post Office opened in 1947 and was renamed Heybridge in 1966. It closed in 1973.[3]

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