| Riverside Launceston, Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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 Commercial buildings and St David's Church on the corner of Ecclestone Road, Riverside | |||||||||||||||
  Riverside | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 41°25′12″S 147°06′11″E / 41.4200°S 147.1030°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 6,472 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 7250 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Meander Valley, West Tamar | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Launceston | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lyons, Bass | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lyons, Bass | ||||||||||||||
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Riverside is a rural and urban locality in the local government areas of Meander Valley and West Tamar in the Launceston region of Tasmania, Australia. The locality is about 39 kilometres (24 mi) south-east of the town of Beaconsfield. The 2016 census has a population of 6472 for the state suburb of Riverside.[1] It is a residential suburb 5 kilometres (2.5 mi) north-west of the central business district of Launceston, Tasmania's second largest city. The West Tamar Highway runs through the suburb, adjoining Riverside to the West Tamar, which includes small towns such as Beaconsfield, and Beauty Point. Riverside is part of the West Tamar Council local government area. The suburb is now Launceston's largest by population, narrowly ahead of Kings Meadows. The main shopping centre opened in the 1960s and includes: a Woolworths supermarket, a bakery, a pharmacist and some local businesses.[2]
- ^ a b "2016 Census Quick Stats Riverside (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Riverside Shopping Centre, Riverside, TAS". Macquarie. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2009.