| Hillcrest | |
| Coordinates: | -41.063°N 145.895°W |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 13 |
| State: | tas |
| Type: | suburb |
| Lga: | City of Burnie |
| City: | Burnie |
| Fedgov: | Braddon |
| Stategov: | Braddon |
| Postcode: | 7320 |
| Pop: | 1042 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Region: | North-west and west |
| Location1: | Burnie |
| Dist1: | 2 |
| Dir1: | SW |
| Near-Nw: | Park Grove |
| Near-N: | Montello |
| Near-Ne: | Burnie |
| Near-W: | Shorwell Park |
| Near-E: | Upper Burnie |
| Near-Sw: | Shorewell Park |
| Near-S: | Acton |
| Near-Se: | Upper Burnie |
Hillcrest is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Burnie in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Burnie. The 2016 census recorded a population of 1042 for the state suburb of Hillcrest.[1] It is a suburb of Burnie in north-west Tasmania.
The Sampson Street Reserve is 2.3ha of public open space.
There is a shopping complex which includes a cafe and takeaway.
Hillcrest includes part of the Terrylands estate, which was developed from around 1949 by the Agricultural Bank.[2] [3] The rest is located in Montello. Terrylands is sometimes used informally as a suburb, but is not officially gazetted.[4]
Hillcrest was gazetted as a locality in 1966.[5]
Shorewell Creek forms most of the western boundary.
Route A2 (Bass Highway) passes to the north-east. From there, various streets provide access to the locality.[5] [6]
The Burnie Aquatic Centre, with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, is located in Hillcrest. The Burnie Judo Club trains at the facilities owned by the Burnie PCYC.