Low Head is a rural residential locality in the local government area of George Town in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 5 kilometres north of the town of George Town. The 2016 census recorded a population of 572 for the state suburb of Low Head. It is a suburb of George Town, on a peninsula at the mouth of the Tamar Ri…Low Head is a rural residential locality in the local government area of George Town in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 5 kilometres north of the town of George Town. The 2016 census recorded a population of 572 for the state suburb of Low Head. It is a suburb of George Town, on a peninsula at the mouth of the Tamar River.