Councils of Tasmania are the 29 administrative districts of the Australian state of Tasmania. Local government areas (LGAs), more generally known as councils, are the tier of government responsible for the management of local duties such as road maintenance, town planning and waste management.
There are 29 local government areas of Tasmania:
| Local government area | Principal town | Date established | Land area | Demographics | class=unsortable scope="col" rowspan=2 | Map | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km2 | sq mi | Population[1] (2022) | Density (per km2) | Classification | ||||||
| Break O'Day | St Helens | 1993 | 3523.9km2 | align=right | align=right | 2.0 | Rural | |||
| Brighton | Brighton | 1863 | 171.2km2 | align=right | align=right | 115.0 | Urban | |||
| Burnie | Burnie | 1908 | 611km2 | align=right | align=right | 33.5 | Urban | |||
| Central Coast | Ulverstone | 1993 | 933.1km2 | align=right | align=right | 25.0 | Urban | |||
| Central Highlands | Hamilton | 1993 | 7982.4km2 | align=right | align=right | 0.3 | Rural | |||
| Circular Head | Smithton | 1907 | 4898km2 | align=right | align=right | 1.7 | Rural | |||
| Clarence | Rosny Park | 1860 | 378km2 | align=right | align=right | 167.0 | Urban | |||
| Derwent Valley | New Norfolk | 1994 | 4108.1km2 | align=right | align=right | 2.7 | Rural | |||
| Devonport | Devonport | 1907 | 111.3km2 | align=right | align=right | 242.4 | Urban | |||
| Dorset | Scottsdale | 1993 | 3230.5km2 | align=right | align=right | 2.2 | Rural | |||
| Flinders | Whitemark | 1907 | 1996.6km2 | align=right | align=right | 0.5 | Rural | |||
| George Town | George Town | 1907 | 653.4km2 | align=right | align=right | 11.1 | Rural | |||
| Glamorgan–Spring Bay | Triabunna | 1993 | 2591.6km2 | align=right | align=right | 2.0 | Rural | |||
| Glenorchy | Glenorchy | 1864 | 121.1km2 | align=right | align=right | 421.6 | Urban | |||
| Hobart | Hobart | 1852 | 77.9km2 | align=right | align=right | 719.5 | Urban | |||
| Huon Valley | Huonville | 1993 | 5507.4km2 | align=right | align=right | 3.5 | Rural | |||
| Kentish | Sheffield | 1907 | 1156.2km2 | align=right | align=right | 5.9 | Rural | |||
| King Island | Currie | 1907 | 1095.7km2 | align=right | align=right | 1.5 | Rural | |||
| Kingborough | Kingston | 1907 | 720.1km2 | align=right | align=right | 56.9 | Urban | |||
| Latrobe | Latrobe | 1907 | 600.5km2 | align=right | align=right | 21.5 | Rural | |||
| Launceston | Launceston | 1852 | 1413.6km2 | align=right | align=right | 50.9 | Urban | |||
| Meander Valley | Westbury | 1993 | 3330.8km2 | align=right | align=right | 6.4 | Rural | |||
| Northern Midlands | Longford | 1993 | 5135.3km2 | align=right | align=right | 2.8 | Rural | |||
| Sorell | Sorell | 1862 | 583.8km2 | align=right | align=right | 29.9 | Semi-rural | |||
| Southern Midlands | Oatlands | 1993 | 2615.5km2 | align=right | align=right | 2.6 | Rural | |||
| Tasman | Nubeena | 1907 | 660.4km2 | align=right | align=right | 4.0 | Rural | |||
| Waratah–Wynyard | Wynyard | 1993 | 3535.9km2 | align=right | align=right | 4.0 | Rural | |||
| West Coast | Queenstown | 1993 | 9583.5km2 | align=right | align=right | 0.5 | Rural | |||
| West Tamar | Beaconsfield | 1993 | 691.1km2 | align=right | align=right | 37.6 | Urban |
The local government areas include the following towns and suburbs, with some towns and suburbs some spanning multiple local government areas:
See main article: Former local government areas of Tasmania.
Tasmania has had a number of former local government areas. In 1907, the 149 road trusts or town boards (LGAs) of Tasmania were reduced by mergers and amalgamations to 53 LGAs. By the time of a large scale overhaul in 1993, 46 LGAs were reduced to the present-day 29.[2]