Derwent Bridge

Derwent Bridge is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Central Highlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 101 km north-west of the town of Hamilton. The 2021 Census it listed with a population of 40 for the state suburb of Derwent Bridge. It is on the Lyell Highway at the southern edge of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.

It is just south of Lake St Clair and the Lake St Clair visitor centre; and it is north of Lake King William and the Butlers Gorge Power Station.

It is also the last inhabited location before Linda Valley in the West Coast Range - this section of the highway passes through the Wild Rivers National Park. In the past there were a couple of isolated houses along Lyell Highway that have been removed.

Today, Derwent Bridge features not only the bridge alluded to in its name – spanning the Derwent River – but accommodation units, and also a roadside public house.

Derwent Bridge was used as a principal filming location for the 2008 film The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce.

History
Derwent Bridge was gazetted as a locality in 1959.

Derwent Bridge Post Office opened on 15 February 1937 and closed in 1980.

Demographics
According to the 2021 Census, Derwent Bridge had a population of 40 people. Males constituted 40.9% and females 59.1% and the median age was 33. The average number of people per household was 1.4 and the median household income $1,292.

Geography
The Derwent River flows through from north to south. The northern end of Lake King William protrudes into the locality.

Road infrastructure
Route A10 (Lyell Highway) passes through from east to south-west. Route C193 (Lake St Clair Road) starts at an intersection with A10 and runs north-west until it exits.