Type: | suburb |
East Launceston | |
City: | Launceston |
State: | tas |
Local Map: | yes |
Zoom: | 14 |
Lga: | City of Launceston |
Postcode: | 7250 |
Stategov: | Bass |
Fedgov: | Bass |
Region: | Launceston |
Location1: | Launceston |
Dist1: | 1 |
Dir1: | E |
Near-Nw: | Launceston |
Near-N: | Launceston |
Near-Ne: | Launceston |
Near-W: | Launceston |
Near-E: | Newstead |
Near-Sw: | South Launceston |
Near-S: | Newstead |
Near-Se: | Newstead |
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 1km (01miles) 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%.[1] It is a suburb of Launceston.
East Launceston was gazetted as a locality in 1963.[2]
Most of the boundaries are survey lines.
Route A3 (Brisbane Street / Elphin Road) passes the north-western to eastern boundaries, from where various streets provide access to the locality.[3]