Explore Neika, Tasmania, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Neika, TAS map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Neika, Tasmania, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Tasmania or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Neika and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Neika.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Neika |
| State | Tasmania (TAS) |
| Local Government Area | Kingborough Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -42.94818 |
| Longitude | 147.24388 |
| Population | 176 |
| Density | 20.8 /km² |
| Area | 8.5 km² |
| Elevation | 378 m |
| Postcode | 7054 |
| Area Code | 03 |
| Distance to Hobart | 10 km southwest |
Neika is a locality in the Kingborough Council local government area of Tasmania, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 176. The locality covers an area of 8.5 km², giving a population density of about 20.8 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 378 m above sea level. It lies approximately 10 km southwest of Hobart. Neika is located at 42.9482°S, 147.2439°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 7054. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Neika rests in the embrace of rolling hills that spill down towards the broad, grey expanse of the Derwent River estuary. It lies 10.1 km south-west of Hobart, TAS (from Hobart, TAS: bearing 223°T), and is situated 9.1 km west-south-west of Sandy Bay. This is a landscape of soft contours, where paddocks of emerald green are stitched together by lines of gum trees, their leaves catching the light in a thousand fleeting glints. The air here carries a distinct tang, a mingling of damp earth after rain and the subtle, briny breath of the nearby water, a scent that seems to settle deep into your bones. As the sun begins its slow descent, casting long, languid shadows across the land, the colours deepen, the greens becoming richer, the blues of the distant water more profound, and a quiet stillness descends, broken only by the occasional bleat of sheep or the distant hum of a car.
The history of Neika is a story told in the gentle rise and fall of the land and the enduring spirit of those who have worked it. Once, this country resonated with the sounds of traditional custodians, their footsteps tracing paths now softened by time. Later, the land became the domain of settlers drawn by its fertile soil, and the gentle slopes were tamed for grazing and the cultivation of crops, their produce finding its way to the markets of Hobart. The local economy, though diversified over the years, still holds strong ties to the earth; small farms continue to dot the landscape, producing everything from wool to hardy vegetables, while the proximity to the wider Hobart region offers a blend of rural tranquility and accessible urban life. Beyond the farms, whispers of a burgeoning wine industry can be detected in the cooler pockets of the region, the vines finding purchase in the rich soil and catching the temperate Tasmanian sun.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Neika, Tasmania. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Neika, in the Kingborough Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Neika includes the postcode (7054), telephone area code (03), and local government area (Kingborough Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Inner Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Neika is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |