Upper Burnie, Tasmania

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

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

{{Infobox Australian place

| name = Upper Burnie

| image = File:Mount-Street-Upper-Burnie-20170202-001.jpg

| caption = Mount Street at the intersection with Pine Avenue

| coordinates = {{coord|41.071|S|145.900|E|display=inline,title}}

| local_map = yes

| zoom = 12

| state = tas

| type = suburb

| lga = City of Burnie

| city = Burnie

| fedgov = Braddon

| stategov = Braddon

| postcode = 7320

| pop = 1821

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes={{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60698?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Upper Burnie (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2 April 2021 }}

| region = North-west and west

| location1 = Burnie

| dist1 = 3

| dir1 = S

| near-nw = Hillcrest

| near-n = Burnie

| near-ne = South Burnie

| near-w = Acton

| near-e = Brooklyn

| near-sw = Shorewell Park

| near-s = Downlands

| near-se = Romaine

}}

Upper Burnie is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Burnie in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about {{convert|3|km}} south of the town of Burnie. The 2016 census recorded a population of 1821 for the state suburb of Upper Burnie.

It is a suburb of Burnie in north-west Tasmania. It is situated on the hill above Burnie accessed via Mount Street.

There is a Woolworths supermarket and the Top of the Town Hotel Motel.

==History==

Upper Burnie was gazetted as a locality in 1966.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Upper Burnie |author= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=2 April 2021 |at=Select "Search", enter "934A", click "Search", select row, map is displayed, click "Details"}}

Geography

Alexander Creek forms part of the eastern boundary.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Upper+Burnie+TAS+7320/@-41.0707884,145.882259,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa7bea48d60a21f7:0x503c94dd0de11c0!8m2!3d-41.0739975!4d145.9001865 |title=Upper Burnie, Tasmania |access-date=2 April 2021}}

Road infrastructure

Route B18 (Mount Street) runs through from north-west to south-east.{{cite web |url=https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801112712/http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-08-01 |title=Tasmanian Road Route Codes |author= |date=May 2017 |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment |access-date=2 April 2021 }}

Education

The Upper Burnie Primary School existed up until 2009 until it was merged with Acton and Brooklyn Primary Schools and a new school was built on the grounds of the Parklands High School.{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/ctee/REPORTS/New%20Burnie%20PS.pdf|title=New Burnie Primary School|access-date=27 July 2015|publisher=Parliament of Tasmania}}

Sports

The Burnie Sports Centre hosts:

References

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