Uxbridge, Tasmania

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Uxbridge

| state = tas

| coordinates={{Coord|-42.7583|146.8756|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}}

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| pop =

| lga = Derwent Valley

| stategov = Lyons

| fedgov = Lyons

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| postcode = 7140

| region = South-east

| location1 = New Norfolk

| dist1 = 27

| dir1 = W

| near-nw = Styx

| near-n = Bushy Park

| near-ne = Bushy Park

| near-e = Moogara

| near-w = Styx

| near-sw = Styx

| near-s = Moogara

| near-se = Moogara

}}

Uxbridge is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Derwent Valley in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about {{convert|27|km}} west of the town of New Norfolk. It is a populated place in the West Coast subregion of Tasmania, with postal code 7140.

Uxbridge is located in a rural section of Tasmania in the Derwent Valley, to the west of New Norfolk, southwest off the A 10 Highway, and east of the Mount Field National Park, at an approximate elevation of {{convert|514|m}}.[http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-42.543_146.448.html Genonames Reference/maps/google, Uxbridge, Tasmania, accessed 2011- 16-10]

==History==

Uxbridge was gazetted as a locality in 1976. It is believed to be named for a town in England. The name was first used for the parish, and by 1884 had been applied to the locality. A post office opened in 1887 and closed in 1966.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Uxbridge |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=2 April 2021 |at=Select “Search”, enter "1292B", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}

The 2016 census recorded a population of 26 for the state suburb of Uxbridge.{{Cite web |title=2016 Uxbridge |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/SSC60705 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics}} At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the population had increased to 40.{{Cite web |title=2021 Uxbridge |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL60712 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics}}