Upper Burnie | |
Coordinates: | -41.071°N 145.9°W |
Local Map: | yes |
Zoom: | 12 |
State: | tas |
Type: | suburb |
Lga: | City of Burnie |
City: | Burnie |
Fedgov: | Braddon |
Stategov: | Braddon |
Postcode: | 7320 |
Pop: | 1821 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Region: | North-west and west |
Location1: | Burnie |
Dist1: | 3 |
Dir1: | S |
Near-Nw: | Hillcrest |
Near-N: | Burnie |
Near-Ne: | South Burnie |
Near-W: | Acton |
Near-E: | Brooklyn |
Near-Sw: | Shorewell Park |
Near-S: | Downlands |
Near-Se: | Romaine |
Upper Burnie 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 of the town of Burnie. The 2016 census recorded a population of 1821 for the state suburb of Upper Burnie.[1] It is a suburb of Burnie in north-west Tasmania. It is situated on the hill above Burnie accessed via Mount Street.
There is a Woolworths supermarket and the Top of the Town Hotel Motel.
Upper Burnie was gazetted as a locality in 1966.[2]
Alexander Creek forms part of the eastern boundary.
Route B18 (Mount Street) runs through from north-west to south-east.[2] [3]
The Upper Burnie Primary School existed up until 2009 until it was merged with Acton and Brooklyn Primary Schools and a new school was built on the grounds of the Parklands High School.[4]
The Burnie Sports Centre hosts: