Central Coast Council is a local government body in Tasmania, situated in the north-west of the state between Burnie and Devonport. Central Coast is classified as an urban local government area and has a population of 21,904,[1] Ulverstone and Penguin are the two primary towns of the region.
Central Coast Council Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 41.28°S 146.041°E / -41.28; 146.041 | ||||||||||||||
Population | 21,904 (2018)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 23.477/km2 (60.81/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 2 April 1993[2] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 933 km2 (360.2 sq mi)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Jan Bonde | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Central Coast, Tasmania | ||||||||||||||
Region | Ulverstone and Penguin area | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Braddon | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Braddon | ||||||||||||||
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The Central Coast Council was established on 2 April 1993 after the amalgamation of the Penguin and Ulverstone municipalities.[2]
Central Coast is classified as urban, regional and small (URS) under the Australian Classification of Local Governments.[3]
The municipal boundaries are the Blythe River in the west, Braddons Lookout Road in the east and Black Bluff in the south.[4] The Central Coast includes the tourist destinations Leven Canyon[5] and Black Bluff,[6] as well as a number of rural areas such as Upper Castra.
Name | Position[7] | Party affiliation | |
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Jan Bonde | Mayor/Councillor | Independent | |
Garry Carpenter | Deputy Mayor/Councillor | Independent | |
John Beswick | Councillor | Independent | |
Amanda Diprose | Councillor | Independent | |
Cheryl Fuller | Councillor | Independent | |
Casey Hiscutt | Councillor | Independent | |
Anette Overton | Councillor | Independent | |
Tony van Rooyen | Councillor | Independent | |
Phillip Viney | Councillor | Independent |
Locality | Census population 2016 | Reason |
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Blythe Heads | Incl. in Heybridge | |
Heybridge | 430 | Includes Blythe Heads |
Howth | 54 | |
Sulphur Creek | 629 | |
Preservation Bay | 74 | |
Penguin | 3849 | Includes Carmantown |
Cuprona | 120 | |
West Pine | 138 | |
Carmantown | Incl. in Penguin | |
West Ulverstone | 4191 | |
Ulverstone | 6465 | |
Turners Beach | 1715 | |
Camena | 26 | |
Leith | 415 | |
Forth | 711 | |
Kindred | 234 | |
Upper Castra | 77 | |
Castra | 51 | |
Nietta | 64 | |
South Nietta | 9 | |
South Preston | 7 | |
Preston | 150 | Includes Warringa |
Loongana | 20 | |
Loyetea | 25 | |
Heka | Incl. in Gunns Plains | |
Warringa | Incl. in Preston | |
Gunns Plains | 171 | Includes Heka |
Riana | 326 | |
South Riana | 214 | |
Sprent | 138 | |
Spalford | 59 | |
Abbotsham | 95 | |
Gawler | 622 | |
North Motton | 405 | |
Total | 21,484 | |
(122) | Variance | |
Local government total | 21,362 | Gazetted Central Coast local government area |
Local government areas of Tasmania | |
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Former local government areas of Tasmania |