Type: | town |
Birchs Bay | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 93 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7162 |
Region: | Hobart |
Location1: | Kingston |
Dist1: | 30 |
Dir1: | S |
Lga: | Kingborough |
Stategov: | Franklin, Clark |
Fedgov: | Franklin, Clark |
Near-Nw: | Woodbridge |
Near-N: | Woodbridge |
Near-Ne: | Woodbridge |
Near-E: | D'Entrecasteaux Channel |
Near-W: | Garden Island Creek |
Near-Sw: | Garden Island Creek |
Near-S: | Flowerpot |
Near-Se: | Flowerpot |
Birchs Bay is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Kingborough in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south of the town of Kingston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 93 for the state suburb of Birchs Bay.[1]
Birchs Bay was gazetted as a locality in 1968.[2]
The waters of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel form most of the eastern boundary.
Route B68 (Channel Highway) runs through from north-east to south-east.[2] [3]