{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Sandy Bay | image = WrestPoint_SandyBay.JPG | caption = View of Wrest Point Casino and Sandy Bay | state = tas | lga = City of Hobart | city = Hobart | postcode = 7005 | pop = 12315 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs.gov.au">{{cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL60585|title=2021 Census QuickStats: Sandy Bay|website=censusdata.abs.gov.au|access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> | local_map = yes | zoom = 11 | stategov = [[Division of Clark (state)|Clark]] | fedgov = [[Division of Clark|Clark]] | near-nw = [[Dynnyrne]] | near-n = [[Battery Point]] | near-ne = [[River Derwent (Tasmania)|River Derwent]] | near-w = [[Tolmans Hill]] | near-e = [[River Derwent (Tasmania)|River Derwent]] | near-sw = [[Mount Nelson, Tasmania|Mount Nelson]] | near-s = [[Taroona]] | near-se = [[River Derwent (Tasmania)|River Derwent]] | coordinates = {{coord|-42.901|147.327|type:city(11332)_region:AU-TAS_scale:30000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | alternative_location_map = Australia Hobart }}
'''Sandy Bay''' is a suburb of the city of [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]], Australia, located immediately south of the [[Hobart central business district]], and adjoining the suburb of [[Battery Point]]. Sandy Bay is bounded on the east by the [[River Derwent (Tasmania)|River Derwent]], and has several beaches along the shore, the main beaches with public access are Short Beach, [[Nutgrove Beach]], [[Long Beach, Tasmania|Long Beach]] and [[Lords Beach]].
The suburb has many large homes, and is known as one of the city's prestigious areas. In the more southern areas of Sandy Bay, close to the water and also high on the slopes of Mt Nelson, are some of Tasmania's most expensive real estate. It is also the site of the Hobart campus of the [[University of Tasmania]], and the private schools, [[The Fahan School|Fahan School]], [[The Hutchins School]], and [[Mount Carmel College, Sandy Bay]]. There is considerable diversity within the suburb. The area surrounding the [[University of Tasmania]] is home to considerable student accommodation.
Sandy Bay is accessible from the city via Sandy Bay Road, which runs from [[Davey Street]] in the city all the way to the [[Kingborough Council|Kingborough]] municipal boundary at [[Taroona]] where it becomes the [[Channel Highway]]. Before the construction of the [[Southern Outlet, Hobart|Southern Outlet]], the road was the primary route to and from [[Kingston, Tasmania|Kingston]]. The higher parts of Sandy Bay are accessible via Regent Street, which bypasses the main shopping district and goes through the [[University of Tasmania]] to Churchill Avenue and Lower Sandy Bay.
Australia's first legal [[casino]], [[Wrest Point Hotel Casino]], was opened in 1973 at the site of the former Wrest Point Riviera hotel.
==History== [[File:Hobart aerial survey 1954 map2-3.png|thumb|Map of Sandy Bay in 1954]] Most of the land at Sandy Bay was granted to Norfolk Islanders when the colonial authorities forced them to relocate to Van Diemen's Land in 1808.
The suburb's long sandy beach was one of the first venues for horseracing in Tasmania's early days. The tides had to be considered when scheduling the races to ensure there was sufficient space available. The races attracted large crowds and there was a lot of rash betting, loud shouting and uninhibited consumption of refreshments.<ref>Howatson, Donald, The Story of Sandy Bay - Street by Street, 2016, {{ISBN|978-0-9871287-9-9}}</ref>
The Queenborough Road Trust was initiated in 1861. The Trust was created under the Cross and Bye Roads Act 1852 (15 Vict No.8.), proposed on 24 Nov 1860, and held its first meeting on 22 Jan 1861. Its purpose was to construct, maintain and regulate cross and bye roads in the Queenborough Road District.
The Browns River Road District was proclaimed on 8 Nov 1852, under the Cross and Bye Roads Act 1852 (15 Vict No.8.) and abolished on 4 Sep 1871.
The Browns River and Sandy Bay Rivulet Road District was proclaimed on 4 Sep 1871, under the Cross and Bye Roads Act 1870 (33 Vict No.8.) and abolished on 26 Sep 1881.
The Browns River Road District was proclaimed on 26 Sep 1881, under the Cross and Bye Roads Act 1870 (33 Vict No.8.) and was abolished on 16 Nov 1885.
The Sandy Bay Road District was proclaimed on 16 Nov 1885, under the Roads Act 1870 (48 Vict No.28.).
The Browns River Road District proclaimed on 23 Jul 1897, and the name changed to Kingston on 26 Nov 1897.
Queenborough became a town under the Towns Act 1891 (55 Vict No.41.), and was proclaimed on 16 May 1892 (HTG 17 May 1892 p. 1038). It ultimately became part of the City of Hobart in 1914.
Sandy Bay Post Office opened on 22 April 1852. It was named ''Queenborough'' between 1859 and 1878. In the south of the suburb the Lower Sandy Bay office opened in 1885. It was renamed ''Sandy Bay Lower'' in 1895, ''Beachside'' in 1921 and ''Sandy Bay Lower'' in 1968.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=tas&country= | access-date = 16 June 2012}}</ref>
==Demographics== [[File:Marina at Sandy Bay 20180903-002.jpg|thumb|Marina at Sandy Bay]] At the [[2016 Australian census|2016 census]], Sandy Bay had a population of 11,927 people.<ref name="abs.gov.au"/>
Sandy Bay residents had a median age of 40. Median individual incomes in Sandy Bay were above average for the region—$511 per week compared with $455 per week; and 23.74% had incomes above $1,000 per week, compared with 15.50% across the Greater Hobart region. Industry sectors in which Sandy Bay residents worked were comparable with those in Hobart generally, with the largest proportions working in health care (17.67%), education (15.77%), retail (13.84%), hospitality (11.91%), public administration (9.66%) and professional, scientific and technical services (7.19%).
There is considerable diversity within the suburb. One of Sandy Bay's census collection districts (CCDs), based around the University of Tasmania and representing 1,131 people or 10% of the population, has a median age of 23 and an average income of $218, with almost three-quarters of the population in some form of education. Over 20% of the district's population is from Malaysia or China, compared to 5.7% in the suburb generally.<ref>{{Census 2006 AUS|id=6051002|name=6051002 (Census Collection District)|map=yes|accessdate=27 December 2008}}</ref> At the other end of the scale, 59% of the suburb's population live in CCDs with median incomes above $500, some significantly above this, especially in the Lower Sandy Bay district.
The most common religious affiliations in descending order in the 2006 census were [[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]], no religion, [[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Roman Catholic]], [[Uniting Church in Australia|Uniting]] and [[Buddhism]]. Parishes for the Anglican<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglicantas.org.au/directory/p-sbt.html|title=The Parish of Sandy Bay and Taroona|author=Anglican Church in Tasmania|access-date=27 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719211239/http://www.anglicantas.org.au/directory/p-sbt.html|archive-date=19 July 2008}}</ref> and Catholic<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hobart.catholic.org.au/sandybay.html|title=Parish of Sandy Bay|author=Archdiocese of Hobart|year=2007|access-date=27 December 2008|author-link=Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107112531/http://www.hobart.catholic.org.au/sandybay.html|archive-date=7 January 2009}}</ref> churches have existed in the suburb since 1922 and 1934 respectively.
==Politics== Sandy Bay is the only suburb of Hobart which is consistently safe for the centre-right [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] at both state and federal level. The suburb is served by four booths – Sandy Bay, Sandy Bay Beach, Lower Sandy Bay and Waimea Heights – while another booth, Dynnyrne, is shared with the neighbouring suburbs of [[South Hobart]] and [[Dynnyrne]] respectively.
At federal level the electoral [[Division of Denison]] which encompasses the Sandy Bay region which had been a consistently marginal seat, but was held by the Australian Labor Party between 1987 and 2010 with little difficulty. The current member is the incumbent independent MP Andrew Wilkie, elected at the 2010 election.
At state level in the [[Division of Clark (state)|Division of Clark]] which encompasses the Sandy Bay area the current sitting members are:
*[[Scott Bacon]] – [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] *[[Elise Archer]] – [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] *[[Matthew Groom]] – [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] *[[Cassy O'Connor]] – [[Tasmanian Greens|Greens]] *[[Madeleine Ogilvie]] – [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
In the [[Tasmanian Legislative Council]], Sandy Bay is within the [[Electoral division of Nelson (Tasmania)|electoral division of Nelson]], and has been represented by independent member [[Jim Wilkinson (Australian politician)|Jim Wilkinson]] since 1995.
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==Notable people== *[[Chris Stone (footballer)]] was born in Sandy Bay *[[Queen Mary of Denmark|Mary Donaldson (Queen of Denmark)]] lived in Sandy bay
==References== {{Reflist}}
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