Hawley Beach is a rural and residential locality in the local government area of Latrobe in the north-west and west region of Tasmania. The l…Hawley Beach is a rural and residential locality in the local government area of Latrobe in the north-west and west region of Tasmania. The locality is about 22 kilometres north-east of the town of Latrobe. The 2016 census has a population of 484 for the state suburb of Hawley Beach. It is a locality and seaside resort town 22 kilometres from the nearest main town. Nearby is the small town of Port Sorell and locality of Shearwater.