Local government areas of Tasmania

This is a list of Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Tasmania. The LGAs are grouped by region.

This article also includes lists of towns, suburbs and localities of Tasmania.

Contents

LGAs

Local
Government
Area
Principal town Land Area
(km²)[1]
Population
June 2006
estimate[2]
Density Region
Break O'Day St Helens 3,809.8 6,218 1.6 North-east
Brighton Brighton 168 14,329 85.3 Hobart
Central Coast Ulverstone 931.1 21,259 22.8 North-west and west coast
Central Highlands Hamilton 7,976.4 2,316 0.3 Central
Circular Head Smithton 4,917 8,188 1.7 North-west and west coast
Burnie (City of) Burnie 618 19,701 31.9 North-west and west coast
Clarence (City of) Rosny Park 386 50,808 131.6 Hobart
Devonport (City of) Devonport 116 24,880 214.5 North-west and west coast
Glenorchy (City of) Glenorchy 120 44,179 368.2 Hobart
Hobart (City of) Hobart 76.2 49,556 650.3 Hobart
Launceston (City of) Launceston 1,405 64,620 46 Launceston
Derwent Valley New Norfolk 4,111 9,692 2.4 South-east
Dorset Scottsdale 3,196 7,253 2.3 North-east
Flinders Whitemark 1,333 881 0.7 North-east
George Town George Town 652.6 6,744 10.3 Launceston
Glamorgan Spring Bay Triabunna 2,522 4,329 1.7 South-east
Huon Valley Huonville 5,497 14,442 2.6 South-east
Kentish Sheffield 1,187 5,965 5 North-west and west coast
King Island Currie 1,100 1,703 1.5 North-west and west coast
Kingborough Kingston 717 31,706 44.2 Hobart
Latrobe Latrobe 550 8,888 16.2 North-west and west coast
Meander Valley Westbury 3,821 18,938 5 Launceston
Northern Midlands Longford 5,130 12,505 2.4 Central
Sorell Sorell 582.6 12,131 20.8 South-east
Southern Midlands Oatlands 2,561 5,845 2.3 Central
Tasman Nubeena 660 2,317 3.5 South-east
Waratah-Wynyard Wynyard 1,187 13,815 11.6 North-west and west coast
West Coast Zeehan 9,574.5 5,171 0.5 North-west and west coast
West Tamar Beaconsfield 689 21,543 31.3 Launceston
Tasmania Hobart 65,594 489,922 7.5  

Hobart area councils

Brighton Council

City of Clarence

City of Glenorchy

City of Hobart

Kingborough Council

Sorell Council

South-east area councils

Municipality of Derwent Valley

Municipality of Tasman

Municipality of Huon Valley

Municipality of Glamorgan/Spring Bay

North-east area councils

Municipality of Break O'Day

Municipality of Dorset

Municipality of Flinders

Launceston area councils

Municipality of George Town

City of Launceston

Note: Blackstone Heights and Prospect are in the Meander Valley council; Riverside is in the West Tamar council.

Municipality of Meander Valley

Municipality of West Tamar

North-west and west coast councils

City of Burnie

Municipality of Central Coast

Municipality of Circular Head

City of Devonport

Kentish Council

Municipality of King Island

Municipality of Latrobe

Municipality of Waratah/Wynyard

Municipality of West Coast

Central councils

Municipality of Central Highlands

Municipality of Northern Midlands

Municipality of Southern Midlands

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ missing land area figures taken from web pages of respective local government area
  2. ^ http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/3218.0Main%20Features101996%20to%202006?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=3218.0&issue=1996%20to%202006&num=&view= Australian Bureau of Statistics: 3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 1996 to 2006, Local Government Area populations and median ages - Tasmania