Ridgeway, Tasmania

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| name = Ridgeway

| image =

| caption =

| coordinates = {{coord|42|56|S|147|17|E|region:AU_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}

| alternative_location_map = Australia Hobart

| local_map = yes

| zoom = 11

| state = tas

| type = suburb

| lga = City of Hobart

|stategov = Clark

|fedgov = Clark

| city = Hobart

| postcode = 7054

| pop = 175

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes={{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60547?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Ridgeway (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2 April 2021 }}

| region = Hobart

| location1 = Hobart

| dist1 = 7

| dir1 = SW

| near-nw = South Hobart

| near-n = Cascades

| near-ne = Dynnyrne

| near-w = Fern Tree

| near-e = Tolmans Hill

| near-sw = Neika

| near-s = Kingston

| near-se = Mount Nelson

}}

Ridgeway is a rural / residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Hobart in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about {{convert|7|km}} south-west of the town of Hobart. The 2016 census recorded a population of 175 for the state suburb of Ridgeway.

It is a suburb of Hobart, located south of Dynnyrne.

In Ridgeway there are two plant nurseries (Plants of Tasmania Nursery{{cite web |url=http://www.potn.com.au/ |title=Home |website=potn.com.au}} and Island Bonsai{{cite web |url=http://www.islandbonsai.com.au/ |title=Home |website=islandbonsai.com.au}}), and a small number of homes. Prior to the 1967 bushfires, Ridgeway was a market garden area with its own school and church. There also used to be another nursery next to Plants of Tasmania.

==History==

Ridgeway was gazetted as a locality in 1963.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Ridgeway |author= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=2 April 2021 |at=Select "Search", enter "1207T", click "Search", select row, map is displayed, click "Details"}}