Local government areas of Tasmania

Map of local government areas of Tasmania

Local government areas (LGAs) in the Australian state of Tasmania describes the 29 organisations and processes by which towns and districts can manage their own affairs. The LGAs are grouped by region.

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

Local government areas

Local government area	Principal town	Date established	Land area[1]		Population.[2] (2015)	Density	Region
			km²	sq mi
Break O'Day	St Helens	3,525.8	1,361	6,469	1.8	North-east
Brighton	Brighton	171.3	66	16,010	93.5	Hobart
Central Coast	Ulverstone	933.1	360	22,401	24	North-west and west coast
Central Highlands	Hamilton	7,982.4	3,082	2,309	0.3	Central
Circular Head	Smithton	4,897.7	1,891	8,245	1.7	North-west and west coast
Burnie City	Burnie	611.0	236	19,887	32.5	North-west and west coast
Clarence City	Rosny Park	1860 (Municipality)[3] 1988 (City)[4]	378.0	146	54,674	144.6	Hobart
Devonport City	Devonport	111.3	43	25,533	229.4	North-west and west coast
Glenorchy City	Glenorchy	1864 (Municipality) 1964 (City)[4]	121.1	47	45,827	378.4	Hobart
Hobart City	Hobart	1835[5]	77.9	30	50,714	651	Hobart
Launceston City	Launceston	1857[5]	1,413.6	546	67,078	45.4	Launceston
Derwent Valley	New Norfolk	4,108.1	1,586	10,026	2.4	South-east
Dorset	Scottsdale	3,227.6	1,246	7,105	2.2	North-east
Flinders	Whitemark	1,996.6	771	783	0.4	North-east
George Town	George Town	653.4	252	6,802	10.4	Launceston
Glamorgan Spring Bay	Triabunna	2,591.4	1,001	4,493	1.7	South-east
Huon Valley	Huonville	5,507.4	2,126	16,354	3.0	South-east
Kentish	Sheffield	1,156	446	6,481	5.6	North-west and west coast
King Island	Currie	1,095.8	423	1,566	1.4	North-west and west coast
Kingborough	Kingston	720.1	278	35,833	49.8	Hobart
Latrobe	Latrobe	600.5	232	10,938	18.2	North-west and west coast
Meander Valley	Westbury	1993	3,330.3	1,286	19,686	5.9	Launceston
Northern Midlands	Longford	5,136.5	1,983	12,749	2.4	Central
Sorell	Sorell	1862[6]	583.7	225	13,955	23.9	South-east
Southern Midlands	Oatlands	2,615.4	1,010	6,278	2.4	Central
Tasman	Nubeena	660.5	255	2,405	3.6	South-east
Waratah-Wynyard	Wynyard	3,531.0	1,363	14,289	4.0	North-west and west coast
West Coast	Zeehan	9,589.8	3,703	4,483	0.7	North-west and west coast
West Tamar	Beaconsfield	691.1	267	23,202	33.6	Launceston
Tasmania	Hobart	68,018.2	26,262	516,586	7.3

Current local government areas by region

Hobart area councils

Greater Hobart contains six LGAs:

• Brighton Council, containing the Hobart suburbs of Bridgewater, Gagebrook, Old Beach, and the towns of Brighton, Pontville, and Tea Tree.
• City of Clarence, containing the Hobart suburbs of Acton, Bellerive, Cambridge, Clarendon Vale, Cremorne, Geilston Bay, Howrah, Lauderdale, Lindisfarne, Mornington, Opossum Bay, Otago, Risdon, Risdon Vale, Rokeby, Rose Bay, Rosny, Seven Mile Beach, South Arm, Tranmere, and Warrane; and the town of Richmond.
• City of Glenorchy, containing the Hobart suburbs of Austins Ferry, Berriedale, Chigwell, Claremont, Collinsvale, Derwent Park, Dowsing Point, Glenlusk, Glenorchy, Goodwood, Granton, Lutana, Montrose, Moonah, Rosetta, and West Moonah.
• City of Hobart, containing the Hobart suburbs of Battery Point, Dynnyrne, Fern Tree, Glebe, Hobart, Lenah Valley, Mount Nelson, Mount Stuart, New Town, North Hobart, Ridgeway, Sandy Bay, South Hobart, Tolmans Hill, and West Hobart.
• Kingborough Council, containing the Bruny Island suburbs of Adventure Bay, Alonnah, Apollo Bay, Barnes Bay, Dennes Point, Great Bay, Killora, Lunawanna, North Bruny, Simpsons Bay, and South Bruny; the Hobart suburbs of Blackmans Bay, Bonnet Hill, Howden, Huntingfield, Kingston, Kingston Beach, and Taroona; and the towns of Albion Heights, Allens Rivulet, Coningham, Cradoc, Electrona, Gordon, Kaoota, Kettering, Longley, Lucaston, Lower Longley, Margate, Neika, Oyster Cove, Pelverata, Sandfly, Snug, The Lea, Tinderbox, and Woodstock.
• Sorell Council, containing the towns of Bream Creek, Dodges Ferry, Copping, Dunalley, Kellevie, Lewisham, Marion Bay, Midway Point, and Sorell.

South-east area councils

The south-east area councils contains four LGAs:

• Derwent Valley Council, containing the towns and settlements of Adamsfield, Black Hills, Boyer, Bushy Park, Feilton, Fenton Forest, Fitzgerald, Glenfern, Glenora, Granton, Hayes, Karanja, Lachlan, Lawitta, Macquarie Plains, Magra, Malbina, Maydena, Molesworth, Moogara, Mount Field, Mount Lloyd, National Park, New Norfolk, Plenty, Rosegarland, Sorell Creek, Strathgordon, Tyenna, Upper Plenty, Uxbridge, and Westerway.
• Municipality of Tasman, containing the towns and settlements of Koonya, Murdunna, Nubeena, and Port Arthur.
• Huon Valley Council, containing the towns and settlements of Cygnet, Dover, Franklin, Geeveston, Port Huon, Glen Huon, Huonville, and Southport.
• Glamorgan Spring Bay Council, containing the towns and settlements of Bicheno, Coles Bay, Orford, Swansea, and Triabunna.

North-east area councils

The north-east area councils contain three LGAs:

• Break O'Day Council, containing the towns and settlements of Fingal, St Helens, St Marys, and Scamander.
• Dorset Council, containing the towns and settlements of Branxholm, Bridport, Derby, Scottsdale, and Winnaleah.
• Flinders Council, containing Cape Barren Island and Flinders Island and its settlements of Emita and Whitemark.

Launceston area councils

The Launceston area councils contain four LGAs:

• George Town Council, containing the towns and settlements of Bell Bay and George Town.
• City of Launceston, containing the Launceston suburbs of East Launceston, Invermay, Kings Meadows, Launceston, Mayfield, Mowbray, Newnham, Newstead, Norwood, Punchbowl, Ravenswood, Rocherlea, South Launceston, St Leonards, Summerhill, Trevallyn, Waverley, West Launceston, and Youngtown; and the towns and settlements of Dilston, Lilydale, Relbia, and Windermere.
• Meander Valley Council, containing the Launceston suburbs of Blackstone Heights and Prospect; the towns and settlements of Carrick, Deloraine, Hagley, Hadspen, Mole Creek, and Westbury.
• West Tamar Council, containing the towns and settlements of Beaconsfield, Beauty Point, Exeter, Legana, and Riverside.

North-west and west coast councils

The north-west and west coast councils contain nine LGAs:

• City of Burnie, containing the city of Burnie and its suburbs of Acton, Chasm Creek, Cooee, Downlands, East Ridgley, Emu Heights, Highclere, Mooreville, Ridgley, West Mooreville, and West Ridgley; and the towns and settlements of Brooklyn, Camdale, East Cam, Glance Creek, Hampshire, Havenview, Hillcrest, Montello, Natone, Ocean Vista, Park Grove, Parklands, Romaine, Round Hill, Shorewell Park, South Burnie, Stowport, Tewkesbury, Upper Burnie, Upper Natone, Upper Stowport, and Wivenhoe.
• Central Coast Council, containing the towns of Forth, Penguin, Turners Beach, Ulverstone, and Upper Castra.
• Circular Head Council, containing the towns of Marrawah, Smithton, and Stanley.
• City of Devonport, containing the city of Devonport.
• Kentish Council, containing the towns and settlements of Cradle Mountain, Railton, and Sheffield.
• King Island Council, containing King Island and the settlement of Currie.
• Latrobe Council, containing the towns and settlements of Hawley Beach, Latrobe, Port Sorell, and Shearwater.
• Waratah-Wynyard Council, containing the towns and settlements of Savage River, Somerset, Waratah, and Wynyard.
• West Coast Council, containing the towns and settlements of Queenstown, Rosebery, Strahan, Tullah, and Zeehan.

Central councils

The Central councils contain three LGAs:

• Central Highlands Council, containing the settlements of Bothwell, Bronte Park, Derwent Bridge, Hamilton, Liawenee, Miena, Ouse, and Tarraleah.
• Northern Midlands Council, containing the settlements of Avoca, Campbell Town, Cressy, Evandale, Liffey, Longford, and Perth.
• Southern Midlands Council, containing the settlements of Bagdad, Campania, Oatlands, and Ross.

Former LGAs

Tasmania has had a large amount of former LGAs. In 1907, 149 LGAs were reduced by mergers and amalgamation to 53 LGAs. By the time of a large scale overhaul in 1993, 46 LGAs were reduced to 29 LGAs.^[7] Therefore, the list below is incomplete:

• Municipality of Esperance^[8]
• Municipality of Port Cygnet^[8]
• Municipality of Huon^[8]
• Spring Bay Council
• Glamorgan Council
• Bruny Island Council
• Fingal Municipal Council^[9]
• Portland Council^[9]
• Municipality of Longford^[10]
• Municipality of Ross^[10]
• Municipality of Campbell Town^[10]
• Municipality of Evandale^[10]
• Municipality of Wynyard^[8] (formerly called Table Cape Council)^[11]
• Municipality of Waratah^[8]
• Municipality of Gormanston^[8]
• Municipality of Green Ponds^[8]
• Municipality of Lilydale^[8]
• Municipality of Penguin^[8]
• Municipality of Beaconsfield^[8]
• Municipality of New Norfolk^[8]
• Municipality of Oatlands^[8]
• Municipality of Scottsdale^[8]
• Municipality of St Leonards^[8]
• Municipality of Ringarooma^[8]
• Municipality of Strahan^[8]
• Municipality of Ulverstone^[8] (formerly Municipality of Leven)^[12]
• Municipality of Zeehan^[8]
• Municipality of Deloraine^[8]
• Municipality of Bothwell^[8]
• Municipality of Richmond^[8]
• Municipality of Westbury^[8]
• Municipality of Hamilton^[8]
• Municipality of Queenstown^[13]
• Municipality of Emu Bay^[14]
• Municipality of Queenborough^[15]

See also

• List of localities in Tasmania
• Government of Tasmania

References

1. missing land area figures taken from web pages of respective local government area
2. "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2014–15". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
3. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8793529
4. http://www.ccc.tas.gov.au/history
5. http://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/divisions/local_government/what_is_local_government/local_government_in_tasmania
6. http://www.sorell.tas.gov.au/our-municipality/history-of-sorell/
7. "Is Amalgamation a 'Silver Bullet'?" (PDF). lgat.tas.gov.au. Australia: Centre for Local Government, University of New England. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
8. "1971 census" (PDF). auststats.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
9. "Agency Details – FINGAL MUNICIPAL COUNCIL". search.archives.tas.gov.au. LINC Tasmania. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
10. "Your Council – Northern Midlands". northernmidlands.tas.gov.au. Northern Midlands Council. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
11. "CENSUS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. 30th June, 1947. CENSUS BULLETIN No. (C.S. No. 760.) 7735. Population in Local Government· Areas," (PDF). ausstats.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
12. "Agency Details ULVERSTONE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL". archives.tas.gov.au. LINC Tasmania. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
13. "CENSUS 30th June, 1954 – P ART I. – ANALYSIS OF POPULATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS" (PDF). ausstats.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
14. "CENSUS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, 4TH APRIL, 1921. TASMANIA" (PDF). ausstats.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
15. "CENSUS OF THE C()MMONWEAL TH OF AUSTRAUA TAKEN FOR THE NIGHT BETWEEN THE 2nd and 3rd APRIL, 1911." (PDF). ausstats.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

External links

• Map of Local Government Areas (PDF) (Map). Government of Tasmania.