Huntingfield is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of

Kingborough Kingborough Council is a local government body in Tasmania, and one of the five municipalities that constitutes the Greater Hobart Area. Kingborough is classified as an urban local government area and has a population of 37,734, it covers the ...

in the

Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...

LGA region of

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. The locality is about south-west of the town of Kingston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 428 for the state suburb of Huntingfield. It is an outer suburb of the greater Hobart area, bordering Blackmans Bay and Kingston. The area was created in the late 1980s. Located in Huntingfield are Tarremah Steiner School,

St Aloysius Catholic College St Aloysius Catholic College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational primary and secondary day school with campuses in Kingston Beach and Huntingfield, in southern Tasmania. The college provides education for children from Kindergarte ...

and Kingborough Family Church. In 2017 its houses were the fastest selling in Australia, which was attributed to reasonable prices, and a good range of services.

History

Huntingfield is a confirmed locality. The first European to visit the area was botanist Robert Brown in 1804, and the area was later settled by the Lucas family. It was predominantly an agricultural area until the late 1960s when bushfires, changes in the export market and the completion of the Southern Outlet road to Hobart caused urbanisation and growth.

Geography

Most of the boundaries are survey lines.

Road infrastructure

Route B68 (

Channel Highway The Channel Highway is a regional highway that travels south from Hobart To Huonville, Tasmania, Australia. The Channel Highway starts from the end of Sandy Bay Road and travels south toward Huonville via Taroona, Kingston, Huntingfield, M ...

) runs along the north-western boundary, providing access to the locality from a roundabout adjacent to the northern tip.

References

{{Hobart suburbs Localities of Kingborough Council