Central Highlands 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

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):

• Bothwell (376)
• Bronte Park (16)
• Derwent Bridge (?)
• Hamilton (300)
• Liawenee (?)
• Miena (104)
• Ouse (137)
• Tarraleah (500)

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

Further reading

• Jetson, Tim.(1989) The roof of Tasmania: a history of the Central Plateau Launceston, Tas.: Pelion Press. ISBN 0-7316-7214-3

External links

• Central Highlands Council

Local government areas of Tasmania grouped by areas
Central	Central Highlands Northern Midlands Southern Midlands
Hobart area	Brighton City of Clarence City of Glenorchy City of Hobart Kingborough Sorell
Launceston area	City of Launceston George Town Meander Valley West Tamar
North-east area	Break O'Day Dorset Flinders
North-west and west coast	Central Coast Circular Head City of Burnie City of Devonport Kentish King Island Latrobe Waratah-Wynyard West Coast
South-east area	Derwent Valley Glamorgan Spring Bay Huon Valley Tasman