Type: | town |
Simpsons Bay | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 55 |
Pop Year: | 2016 census |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7150 |
Region: | Hobart |
Location1: | Alonnah |
Dist1: | 9 |
Dir1: | NE |
Lga: | Kingborough |
Stategov: | Franklin |
Fedgov: | Franklin |
Near-Nw: | D'Entrecasteaux Channel |
Near-N: | D'Entrecasteaux Channel |
Near-Ne: | D'Entrecasteaux Channel |
Near-E: | D'Entrecasteaux Channel, South Bruny |
Near-W: | D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Alonnah |
Near-Sw: | Alonnah |
Near-S: | South Bruny |
Near-Se: | South Bruny |
Simpsons Bay is a rural locality on Bruny Island in the local government area of Kingborough in the Hobart region of Tasmania. It is located about north-east of the town of Alonnah, the largest town on the island. The 2016 census has a population of 55 for the state suburb of Simpsons Bay.[1]
Simpsons Bay was gazetted as a locality in 1967.[2]
The D'Entrecasteaux Channel forms much of the western boundary, all of the northern, and most of the eastern.
The C628 route (Simpsons Bay Road) enters from the south and runs north to the centre, where it ends.[2] [3]