Type: | town |
Upper Esk | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 26 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7214 |
Region: | North-east |
Location1: | Scottsdale |
Dist1: | 68 |
Dir1: | SE |
Lga: | Break O'Day, Dorset |
Stategov: | Lyons, Bass |
Fedgov: | Lyons, Bass |
Near-Nw: | Trenah |
Near-N: | Alberton, Trenah |
Near-Ne: | Alberton |
Near-E: | Mathinna |
Near-W: | Upper Blessington |
Near-Sw: | Ben Lomond |
Near-S: | Ben Lomond |
Near-Se: | Mathinna |
Upper Esk is a rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Break O'Day and Dorset in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about southeast of the town of Scottsdale. The 2016 census recorded a population of 26 for the state suburb of Upper Esk.[1]
Upper Esk was gazetted as a locality in 1976.[2]
The name was changed from Cloverdale in 1948.[3]
The South Esk River rises in the north of the locality and flows through to the east.
Route C401 (Upper Esk Road / Gunns Road) passes through from east to west before forming part of the western boundary. Route C423 (Mathinna Plains Road) runs along part of the eastern boundary.[2] [4]