Beechford
Located in the North East area of Tasmania, Beechford is in the West Tamar local government area, and within the electoral seat of Bass.
Beechford is a rural locality within George Town located in the Launceston region of Tasmania.
This beautiful part of Tasmania, with its warm, relatively dry micro-climate and stunning beach and conservation areas, is still “undiscovered” by tourism, leaving visitors to enjoy the area relatively undisturbed. The area has been also declared as part of the Five Mile Bluff conservation area thus use of vehicles on the beach are already illegal unless wil be used to launch or retrieve a vessel.
Beechford is 256 kilometres from the capital city of Hobart and can be reached within three hours of travel via National Highway 1.
Beechford at a glance
| Postcode | 7252 |
| Latitude | -41.0427253 |
| Longitude | 146.9720846 |
| Altitude | 114.2377777 (metres above sea level) |
Population of Beechford TAS
At the 2021 national census, the population of 7252 (Including Beechford) was 2993 people. Out of those, 1582 were male and 1414 were female.
347 (11.59%) of those people were born outside Australia, and the remaining 2429 people were born in Australia. 118 (3.94%) of these people are Indigenous Australians.
Map of Beechford
Here is a map of Beechford, Tasmania and surrounds.
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