Riverside is a suburb of Tasmania, Tasmania and is
about 164 kms north of TAS's capital city of Hobart.
In the 2011 Australian census the population of
Riverside was 6,072 when there were 3,132
Females and 2,940 Males living there. The median
age for people living in Riverside was 40.
Riverside is a residential suburb 4 kilometres
north-west of the central business district of
Launceston, Tasmania's second largest city. The
West Tamar Highway runs through the suburb,
adjoining Riverside to the West Tamar, which
includes small towns: Beaconsfield, George Town
and Beauty Point. Riverside is part of the West
Tamar Council local government area.