Shorewell Park | |
Coordinates: | -41.069°N 145.879°W |
Local Map: | yes |
Zoom: | 11 |
State: | tas |
Type: | suburb |
Lga: | City of Burnie |
City: | Burnie |
Fedgov: | Braddon |
Stategov: | Braddon |
Postcode: | 7320 |
Pop: | 2008 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Region: | North-west and west |
Location1: | Burnie |
Dist1: | 4 |
Dir1: | SW |
Near-Nw: | East Cam |
Near-N: | Park Grove |
Near-Ne: | Hillcrest |
Near-W: | East Cam |
Near-E: | Acton |
Near-Sw: | Mooreville |
Near-S: | Mooreville |
Near-Se: | Downlands |
Shorewell Park 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 2008 for the state suburb of Shorewell Park.[1] It is a south western suburb of Burnie, Tasmania, which was established in the 1970s as a broadacre social housing area. The residential housing expanded in the 1980s and in 2012 the Tasmanian Government released a plan for the next 20 years.[2]
The Hilltop Plaza Shopping Centre provides essential services such as a supermarket, bottle shop, hairdressing salon and pharmacy.
The Burnie Community House provides locals with assistance, training and opportunities. It has a market garden as one of its projects.
Shorewell Park was gazetted as a locality in 1976. It had previously been named Cangort Park in 1974.[3]
Cooee Creek forms the western boundary, and Shorewell Creek most of the eastern.
Route C110 (Mooreville Road) runs through from north to south.[3] [4]