Ridgeway | |
Coordinates: | -42.9333°N 164°W |
Alternative Location Map: | Australia Hobart |
Local Map: | yes |
Zoom: | 11 |
State: | tas |
Type: | suburb |
Lga: | City of Hobart |
Stategov: | Clark |
Fedgov: | Clark |
City: | Hobart |
Postcode: | 7054 |
Pop: | 175 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Region: | Hobart |
Location1: | Hobart |
Dist1: | 7 |
Dir1: | SW |
Near-Nw: | South Hobart |
Near-N: | Cascades |
Near-Ne: | Dynnyrne |
Near-W: | Fern Tree |
Near-E: | Tolmans Hill |
Near-Sw: | Neika |
Near-S: | Kingston |
Near-Se: | Mount Nelson |
Ridgeway is a rural / residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Hobart in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Hobart. The 2016 census recorded a population of 175 for the state suburb of Ridgeway.[1] It is a suburb of Hobart, located south of Dynnyrne.
In Ridgeway there are two plant nurseries (Plants of Tasmania Nursery[2] and Island Bonsai[3]), and a small number of homes. Prior to the 1967 bushfires, Ridgeway was a market garden area with its own school and church. There also used to be another nursery next to Plants of Tasmania.
Ridgeway was gazetted as a locality in 1963.[4]
Sandy Bay Rivulet forms the north-western boundary, while Dunns Creek forms part of the south-eastern.
Route B64 (Huon Road) runs along the western boundary, from where Chimney Pot Hill Road provides access to the locality.[4] [5]