Type: | town |
Nugent | |
State: | tas |
Coordinates: | -42.7°N 192°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Lga: | Glamorgan–Spring Bay, Sorell |
Postcode: | 7172 |
Pop: | 101 |
Pop Year: | 2016 census |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Stategov: | Lyons |
Fedgov: | Lyons |
Dist1: | 45 |
Dir1: | NE |
Location1: | Hobart |
Dist2: | 33 |
Dir2: | E |
Location2: | Richmond, Tasmania |
Region: | South-east |
Location3: | Sorell |
Dist3: | 18 |
Dir3: | NE |
Near-Nw: | Buckland |
Near-N: | Buckland |
Near-Ne: | Buckland |
Near-E: | Kellevie |
Near-W: | Pawleena |
Near-Sw: | Wattle Hill |
Near-S: | Wattle Hill |
Near-Se: | Kellevie |
Nugent is a rural locality[2] in the local government areas (LGA) of Glamorgan–Spring Bay and Sorell in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-east of the town of Sorell. The 2016 census gives a population of 101 for the state suburb of Nugent.[1] The town has a marine west coast, warm summer climate.[3] Altitude is the main determinant of local climate in the region, and droughts are almost non-existent.[4] The town experiences early autumn rainfall.
The Nugent post office opened on 5 February 1883 and closed in 1968.[5] Nugent was gazetted as a locality in 1960.[6]
Currajong Rivulet forms a small part of the northern boundary.
Route C331 (Nugent Road) enters from the south and runs north-east to an intersection with Route C335 in the centre. Route C335 (Kellevie Road) enters from the south-east and runs north-west to the same intersection, from where it continues north-west as Nugent Road until it exits.[6] [7] Nugent Road runs from Sorrel to Buckland, and Kellevie Road passes near Kellevie immediately before entering Nugent.