Central Highlands Council

For the Local Government Area in Queensland, see Central Highlands Regional Council.
Central Highlands Council
Tasmania

Central Highlands Council
Coordinates 42°12′36″S 146°39′36″E / 42.21000°S 146.66000°E / -42.21000; 146.66000Coordinates: 42°12′36″S 146°39′36″E / 42.21000°S 146.66000°E / -42.21000; 146.66000
Population 2,322 (2010)[1]
 • Density 0.29111/km2 (0.75397/sq mi)
Area 7,976.4 km2 (3,079.7 sq mi)
Mayor Deirdre Flint
Council seat Hamilton
Region Central Highlands
State electorate(s) Lyons
Federal Division(s) Lyons
Website Central Highlands Council
LGAs around Central Highlands Council:
West Coast Meander Valley Northern Midlands
West Coast Central Highlands Council Southern Midlands
West Coast Derwent Valley Southern Midlands

The Central Highlands Council is a local government area in the central highland region of Tasmania. It is the second largest Local Government Area of Tasmania, after the West Coast, and the least densely populated, with only 0.3 people per square kilometre.

Government

Name Position[2] Party affiliation
Deirdre Flint OAM Mayor/Councilor   Independent
Andrew Downie Deputy Mayor/Councilor   Independent
Jim Allwright Councilor   Independent
Tony Bailey Councilor   Independent
Richard Bowden OAM Councilor   Independent
Robert Cassidy Councilor   Independent
Evan Evans Councilor   Independent
Erika McRae Councilor   Independent
Loueen Triffit Councilor   Independent

Parks and reserves

It covers most of the mountainous centre of the state, also known as the Central Plateau which contains the Central Plateau Conservation Area including sections of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, as well as the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, and Walls of Jerusalem National Park. Other smaller reserves of different status occur in the region as well.

Towns

The population of the area is small and quite decentralised, resulting in a large number of small towns. Some of these towns were founded as support sites for workers on the hydro-electric dams scattered along the upper Derwent River. Main towns are considered Hamilton (council headquarters) and Bothwell, but the largest town is Tarraleah.

The towns (with population as of 2006):

Townships

The municipality is subdivided into eight townships:[3]

  1. Hamilton Township
  2. Ouse Township
  3. Gretna Township
  4. Ellendale Township
  5. Fentonbury Township
  6. Westerway Township
  7. Wayatinah Township
  8. Bothwell Township

Population

Central Highlands Council have the second highest birth rate in all of Tasmania and one of the highest birth rates for all of Australia. The TFR was estimated at 3.20 in 2006. Source. Only George Town with a TFR of 3.75 had a higher birth rate than Central Highlands. . TFR was reported at 3.46 in 2007.

Region

Some tourism materials combine the LGA area with that of the Derwent Valley to call it Derwent Valley and Highlands region [4]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 March 2011). "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009-10". Retrieved 23 August 2011. Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Councilor Details - Central Highlands Council". centralhighlands.tas.gov.au. Central Highlands Council. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ↑ https://www.centralhighlands.tas.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/New_Residents_Kit_2007.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.about-australia.com/tasmania/derwent-valley-highlands/

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