Uxbridge, Tasmania
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uxbridge | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  Uxbridge | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 42°45′30″S 146°52′32″E / 42.7583°S 146.8756°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||
| Region | South-east | ||||||||||||
| LGA | |||||||||||||
| Location |
| ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • State electorate | |||||||||||||
| • Federal division | |||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 40 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 7140 | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Uxbridge is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Derwent Valley in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 27 kilometres (17 mi) west of the town of New Norfolk. It is a populated place in the West Coast subregion of Tasmania, with postal code 7140.
Uxbridge is located in a rural section of Tasmania in the Derwent Valley, to the west of New Norfolk, southwest off the A 10 Highway, and east of the Mount Field National Park, at an approximate elevation of 514 metres (1,686 ft).[2]
Uxbridge was gazetted as a locality in 1976. It is believed to be named for a town in England. The name was first used for the parish, and by 1884 had been applied to the locality. A post office opened in 1887 and closed in 1966.[3]
The 2016 census recorded a population of 26 for the state suburb of Uxbridge.[4] At the 2021 census, the population had increased to 40.[5]
