Gagebrook Hobart, Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 42°44′40″S 147°16′01″E / 42.7444°S 147.2669°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 1,440 ( 2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 7030 | ||||||||||||||
Location | 9 km (6 mi) S of Brighton | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Brighton | ||||||||||||||
Region | Hobart | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
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Gagebrook is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Brighton in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania, Australia. The locality is about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south of the town of Brighton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 1440 for the state suburb of Gagebrook. [1] It is one of the northernmost suburbs of Hobart, located near the eastern shore of the Derwent River between the suburbs of Bridgewater and Old Beach.
Gagebrook was gazetted as a locality in 1977. [2] The suburb, like its adjacent suburb of Bridgewater (also built up of mass-public housing in the 1970s) has a reputation as a lower socio-economic area. [3] [4] [5] Like the rest of Hobart's public housing suburbs, many public housing stock have been sold privately.
Gagebrook has two primary schools: Herdman's Cove Primary School and Gagebrook Primary School [6] (both public).
The Jordan River forms the western and north-western boundaries. [7]
Route B32 ( East Derwent Highway) passes to the south. From there, Gage Road and Tottenham Road provide access to the locality. [2] [8]
Gagebrook Hobart, Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 42°44′40″S 147°16′01″E / 42.7444°S 147.2669°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 1,440 ( 2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 7030 | ||||||||||||||
Location | 9 km (6 mi) S of Brighton | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Brighton | ||||||||||||||
Region | Hobart | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
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Gagebrook is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Brighton in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania, Australia. The locality is about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south of the town of Brighton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 1440 for the state suburb of Gagebrook. [1] It is one of the northernmost suburbs of Hobart, located near the eastern shore of the Derwent River between the suburbs of Bridgewater and Old Beach.
Gagebrook was gazetted as a locality in 1977. [2] The suburb, like its adjacent suburb of Bridgewater (also built up of mass-public housing in the 1970s) has a reputation as a lower socio-economic area. [3] [4] [5] Like the rest of Hobart's public housing suburbs, many public housing stock have been sold privately.
Gagebrook has two primary schools: Herdman's Cove Primary School and Gagebrook Primary School [6] (both public).
The Jordan River forms the western and north-western boundaries. [7]
Route B32 ( East Derwent Highway) passes to the south. From there, Gage Road and Tottenham Road provide access to the locality. [2] [8]