Type: | suburb |
Summerhill | |
City: | Launceston |
State: | tas |
Local Map: | yes |
Zoom: | 13 |
Lga: | City of Launceston |
Postcode: | 7250 |
Pop: | 3135 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Stategov: | Bass |
Stategov2: | Lyons |
Fedgov: | Bass |
Fedgov2: | Lyons |
Region: | Launceston |
Location1: | Launceston |
Dist1: | 6 |
Dir1: | S |
Near-Nw: | Riverside |
Near-N: | West Launceston |
Near-Ne: | West Launceston |
Near-W: | Blackstone Heights |
Near-E: | Prospect |
Near-Sw: | Prospect Vale |
Near-S: | Prospect Vale |
Near-Se: | Prospect |
Summerhill is a residential locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Launceston (96%) and Meander Valley (4%) in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south of the town of Launceston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 3135 for the state suburb of Summerhill.[1] It is a suburb of Launceston.
Summerhill is primarily a residential suburb and is home to Summerdale Primary School.
Summerhill was gazetted as a locality in 1963.[2]
The area was officially gazetted as "Summerdale" in 1957, but this appears to have been a mistake, as it had been known as "Summerhill" for up to a century beforehand. A regazzetting in 1963 officially named it "Summerhill".[3] Despite this, the name of the school has not changed.
The South Esk River forms the north-western boundary.
National Route 1 (Midland Highway) passes to the east. From there, several roads provide access to the locality.[2] [4]