| Type: | town |
| Needles | |
| State: | tas |
| Pop: | 37 |
| Pop Year: | 2016 census |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Postcode: | 7304 |
| Region: | North West |
| Location1: | Devonport |
| Dist1: | 56 |
| Dir1: | SE |
| Lga: | Meander Valley |
| Stategov: | Lyons |
| Fedgov: | Lyons |
| Near-Nw: | Red Hills |
| Near-N: | Red Hills |
| Near-Ne: | Red Hills |
| Near-W: | Chudleigh |
| Near-E: | Meander |
| Near-Sw: | Dairy Plains |
| Near-S: | Dairy Plains |
| Near-Se: | Montana |
Needles is a locality and small rural community in the local government area of Meander Valley in the North West region of Tasmania. It is located about south-east of the town of Devonport. The 2016 census determined a population of 37 for the state suburb of Needles.[1]
The locality was named for Needles Ridge[2] to the south.[3]
Lobster Rivulet, a tributary of the Mersey River, forms the north-western boundary, while Leiths Creek, a tributary of the Meander River, forms the south-eastern boundary.
The B12 route (Mole Creek Road) enters the locality from the north-east and exits to the west. The C168 route (Dairy Plains Road) starts at an intersection with route B12 and exits to the south-west.[4]