| Type: | town |
| Tinderbox | |
| State: | tas |
| Pop: | 394 |
| Pop Year: | 2016 census |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Postcode: | 7054 |
| Region: | Hobart |
| Location1: | Kingston |
| Dist1: | 13 |
| Dir1: | S |
| Lga: | Kingborough |
| Stategov: | Franklin, Clark |
| Fedgov: | Franklin, Clark |
| Near-Nw: | North-West Bay |
| Near-N: | Howden, Blackmans Bay |
| Near-Ne: | Derwent River |
| Near-E: | Derwent River |
| Near-W: | North-West Bay |
| Near-Sw: | North-West Bay |
| Near-S: | D'Entrecasteaux Channel |
| Near-Se: | Derwent River |
Tinderbox is a rural residential locality in the local government area of Kingborough in the Hobart region of Tasmania. It is located about south of the town of Kingston. The 2016 census has a population of 394 for the state suburb of Tinderbox.[1] Tinderbox is also part of the Greater Hobart statistical area.[2]
Tinderbox was gazetted as a locality in 1961. The locality is said to be named after a sterling silver tinderbox found on the beach in the 1830s.[3]
North-West Bay forms the western boundary, D'Entrecasteaux Channel the southern, and the Derwent River the eastern.
The C624 route (Tinderbox Road) enters from the north and runs south-west, south, east and north, thus completing almost a complete loop of the locality before exiting in the north-east.[3] [4]