Gagebrook is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Brighton in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania, Australia. The locality is about 9 kilometres (5.6mi) south of the town of Brighton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 1440 for the state suburb of Gagebrook.[1]
It is one of the northernmost suburbs of Hobart, located near the eastern shore of the River Derwent between the suburbs of Bridgewater and Old Beach.
History
Gagebrook was gazetted as a locality in 1977.[2]
The suburb, like its adjacent suburb of Bridgewater (also built up of mass-public housing in the 1970s) has a reputation as a lower socio-economic area.[3][4][5] Like the rest of Hobart's public housing suburbs, many public housing stock have been sold privately.
Gagebrook has two primary schools: Herdman's Cove Primary School and Gagebrook Primary School[6] (both public).
Geography
The Jordan River forms the western and north-western boundaries.[7]
Road infrastructure
Route B32 (East Derwent Highway) passes to the south. From there, Gage Road and Tottenham Road provide access to the locality.[2][8]
↑"Tasmanian Road Route Codes"(PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original(PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
