| Type: | lga |
| Central Coast Council | |
| State: | tas |
| Pop: | 22,760 |
| Pop Year: | 2021 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area: | 933 |
| Est: | 2 April 1993 |
| Seat: | Central Coast, Tasmania |
| Mayor: | Cheryl Fuller |
| Region: | Ulverstone and Penguin area |
| Logo Upright: | 1.2 |
| Stategov: | Braddon |
| Fedgov: | Braddon |
| Near-Nw: | Bass Strait |
| Near-N: | Bass Strait |
| Near-Ne: | Bass Strait |
| Near-W: | Burnie |
| Near-E: | Devonport |
| Near-Sw: | Waratah-Wynyard |
| Near-S: | Kentish |
| Near-Se: | Kentish |
| Coordinates: | -41.28°N 146.041°W |
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 22,760,[1] Ulverstone and Penguin are the two primary towns of the region.
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheryl Fuller | Mayor/Councillor | Independent | |||
| John Beswick | Deputy Mayor/Councillor | Independent | |||
| Garry Carpenter | Councillor | Independent | |||
| Amanda Diprose | Councillor | Independent | |||
| Casey Hiscutt | Councillor | Independent | |||
| Sophie Lehmann | Councillor | Independent | |||
| Michael Smith | Councillor | Independent | |||
| Kate Wylie | Councillor | Independent | |||
| Phillip Viney | Councillor | Independent | |||
| Locality | Census population 2016 | Census population 2021 | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blythe Heads | Incl. in Heybridge | ||
| Heybridge | 430 | 339 | Includes Blythe Heads |
| Howth | 54 | 61 | |
| Sulphur Creek | 629 | 631 | |
| Preservation Bay | 74 | 100 | |
| Penguin | 3849 | 4132 | Includes Carmantown |
| Cuprona | 120 | 140 | |
| West Pine | 138 | 142 | |
| Carmantown | Incl. in Penguin | ||
| West Ulverstone | 4191 | 4515 | |
| Ulverstone | 6465 | 6653 | |
| Turners Beach | 1715 | 1966 | |
| Camena | 26 | 24 | |
| Leith | 415 | 504 | |
| Forth | 711 | 738 | |
| Kindred | 234 | 214 | |
| Upper Castra | 77 | 85 | |
| Castra | 51 | 41 | |
| Nietta | 64 | 63 | |
| South Nietta | 9 | N/A | |
| South Preston | 7 | 21 | |
| Preston | 150 | 149 | Includes Warringa |
| Loongana | 20 | 16 | |
| Loyetea | 25 | 20 | |
| Heka | Incl. in Gunns Plains | ||
| Warringa | Incl. in Preston | ||
| Gunns Plains | 171 | 195 | Includes Heka |
| Riana | 326 | 313 | |
| South Riana | 214 | 214 | |
| Sprent | 138 | 160 | |
| Spalford | 59 | 55 | |
| Abbotsham | 95 | 89 | |
| Gawler | 622 | 703 | |
| North Motton | 405 | 425 | |
| Total | 21,484 | 22,708 | |
| (122) | (82) | Variance | |
| Local government total | 21,362 | 22,760 | Gazetted Central Coast local government area |