Type: | town |
Aberdeen | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 268 |
Postcode: | 7310 |
Region: | North-west and west |
Location1: | Devonport |
Dist1: | 10 |
Dir1: | S |
Lga: | Devonport |
Stategov: | Braddon |
Fedgov: | Braddon |
Near-Nw: | Eugenana |
Near-N: | Eugenana |
Near-Ne: | Spreyton |
Near-E: | Spreyton |
Near-W: | Eugenana |
Near-Sw: | Melrose |
Near-S: | Acacia Hills |
Near-Se: | South Spreyton, Acacia Hills |
Aberdeen is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Devonport in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south of the town of Devonport. The 2021 census recorded a population of 268 for Aberdeen.
Aberdeen was gazetted as a locality in 1963. The name was not in official use until about 1915.[1]
Coal was discovered in the area in 1855, and Scottish miners may have unofficially named it Aberdeen.[2]
The Don River flows through the south-west corner and then forms much of the western boundary.
Route C146 (Melrose Road) runs through from north to south-east.[3]