Type: | town |
Gravelly Beach | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 567 |
Pop Year: | 2016 census |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7276 |
Region: | Western Tamar Valley |
Location1: | Launceston |
Dist1: | 28 |
Dir1: | NW |
Lga: | West Tamar |
Stategov: | Bass |
Fedgov: | Bass |
Near-Nw: | Robigana |
Near-N: | Robigana |
Near-Ne: | Swan Point |
Near-W: | Exeter |
Near-E: | Tamar River |
Near-Sw: | Exeter |
Near-S: | Lanena |
Near-Se: | Blackwall |
Gravelly Beach 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. The Tamar River forms the eastern boundary. The 2016 census determined a population of 567 for the state suburb of Gravelly Beach.[1]
The locality was originally known (in 1910) as Sallaby.[2]
The C728 route (Gravelly Beach Road) runs east from the West Tamar Highway and passes through the locality from south-east to north-west, providing access to several other localities.[3]