| Type: | town |
| Badger Head | |
| State: | tas |
| Pop: | 41 |
| Pop Year: | 2016 census |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Postcode: | 7270 |
| Region: | Western Tamar Valley |
| Location1: | Launceston |
| Dist1: | 54 |
| Dir1: | NW |
| Lga: | West Tamar |
| Stategov: | Bass |
| Fedgov: | Bass |
| Near-Nw: | Bass Strait |
| Near-N: | Greens Beach |
| Near-Ne: | Kelso |
| Near-W: | Bakers Beach |
| Near-E: | Greens Beach |
| Near-Sw: | Bakers Beach |
| Near-S: | York Town |
| Near-Se: | Clarence Point |
Badger Head is a locality and small rural community in the local government area of West Tamar, in the Western Tamar Valley region of Tasmania. It is located about north-west of the town of Launceston. Bass Strait forms the north-western and part of the northern boundaries. The 2016 census determined a population of 41 for the state suburb of Badger Head.[1]
The locality name was assigned in 1999, and the boundary with York Town was adjusted in 2007.[2]
The C721 route (Badger Head Road) intersects with the West Tamar Highway at the south-eastern extremity of the locality. It passes through to the north-west, where it terminates in the Badger Head township.[3]