The locality is about 56 kilometres (35 mi) south-west of the town of St Helens.

The 2016 census recorded a population of 405 for the state suburb of Fingal.

[2] It is a small town in Fingal Valley in the north-east of Tasmania.

[4] The town of Fingal came into existence in 1827 as a convict station, and experienced a boom when Van Diemen's Land's first payable gold was discovered in nearby Mangana.

[7] Route A4 (Esk Main Road) runs through from south-west to north-east.