| Type: | lga |
| Hobart City Council | |
| State: | tas |
| Pop: | 53684 |
| Pop Year: | 2018 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area: | 77.9 |
| Est: | 1 January 1852 |
| Image2 Upright: | 0.9 |
| Seat: | Hobart |
| Mayor: | Anna Reynolds |
| Region: | Central Hobart |
| Url: | http://www.hobartcity.com.au |
| Stategov: | Clark |
| Fedgov: | Clark |
| Near-Nw: | Glenorchy |
| Near-N: | Glenorchy |
| Near-Ne: | Clarence |
| Near-W: | Glenorchy |
| Near-E: | Clarence |
| Near-Sw: | Kingborough |
| Near-S: | Kingborough |
| Near-Se: | Derwent River |
| Coordinates: | -42.8978°N 147.2877°W |
Hobart City Council (or City of Hobart) is a local government body in Tasmania, covering the central metropolitan area of the state capital, Hobart. The Hobart local government area has a population of 53,684[1] and includes the suburbs of West Hobart, Lenah Valley, Mount Stuart, South Hobart, New Town, Sandy Bay and most of Fern Tree, North Hobart and Mount Nelson .
The present city council was created in 1852 by act of parliament, and the city mayor raised to Lord Mayor in 1934.[2] [3]
Mount Wellington and the River Derwent are major features of the natural environment of the City of Hobart. 61% of the area is bushland.
Invercargill, New Zealand[5]
Barile, Basilicata, Italy (2009)
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China (2015)[7] Fuzhou, Fujian, China (2017)[8]The City of Hobart is governed by the Hobart City Council, consisting of twelve aldermen headed by the Lord Mayor of Hobart. The current Lord Mayor is Anna Reynolds, after winning the 2018 Council Election.
Aldermen are elected every four years. They are elected by use of Single transferable voting.
| Name | Position[9] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Reynolds | Lord Mayor/Councillor | Your Hobart Independents | ||
| Zelinda Sherlock | Deputy Lord Mayor/Councillor | Your Hobart Independents | ||
| Gemma Kitsos | Councillor | Greens | ||
| Will Coats | Councillor | Liberal | ||
| Ben Lohberger | Councillor | Independent | ||
| Marti Zucco | Alderman | Independent | ||
| John Kelly | Councillor | Independent | ||
| Mike Dutta | Councillor | Your Hobart Independents | ||
| Bill Harvey | Councillor | Greens | ||
| Louise Bloomfield | Alderman | Liberal | ||
| Ryan Posselt | Councillor | Labor | ||
| Louise Elliot | Councillor | Independent | ||
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The Hobart City Council estimates that on weekdays "close to 50% of the population of Greater Hobart would be in the City for working, shopping, education, personal business or leisure purposes".[10]
Major industries by employment:[10]
The City has five major hospitals and fire, police, and emergency service headquarters.[10]
Hobart is classified as an urban capital city (UCC) under the Australian Classification of Local Governments.[11]
| Selected historical census data for City of Hobart local government area | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 | 2021 | ||
| Population | |||||||
| LGA rank in terms of size within Tasmania | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| % of Tasmania population | 10.25% | 10.01% | 9.83% | 9.89% | |||
| % of Australian population | 0.25% | 0.24% | 0.23% | 0.22% | |||
| Cultural and language diversity | |||||||
| Ancestry, top responses | English | 29.6% | 29.4% | 39.3% | |||
| Australian | 26.6% | 23.7% | 30.9% | ||||
| Irish | 9.1% | 9.7% | 11.9% | ||||
| Scottish | 7.8% | 8.3% | 11.1% | ||||
| Chinese | 3.2% | 4.4% | 8.5% | ||||
| Language, top responses (other than English) | Mandarin | 0.7% | 1.5% | 2.3% | 4.0% | 6.1% | |
| Nepali | 1.9% | ||||||
| Cantonese | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.1% | ||
| Punjabi | 0.7% | ||||||
| Greek | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.7% | ||
| Italian | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.7% | |||
| German | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | ||||
| Arabic | 0.8% | ||||||
| Religious affiliation | |||||||
| Religious affiliation, top responses | No religion | 23.5% | 28.5% | 37.5% | 46.4% | 54.6% | |
| Catholic | 20.7% | 19.5% | 17.7% | 14.2% | 11.9% | ||
| Anglican | 25.8% | 22.2% | 18.7% | 13.7% | 10.3% | ||
| Not Stated | 5.6% | ||||||
| Hinduism | 3.3% | ||||||
| Uniting | 4.6% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 2.1% | |||
| Presbyterian | 2.2% | 1.9% | |||||
| Buddhism | 1.9% | ||||||
| Median weekly incomes | |||||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | 526 | 641 | 718 | 886 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 112.9% | 111.1% | 108.5% | ||||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | 1380 | 1782 | 2023 | 2324 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 117.9% | 120.3% | 116.7% | ||||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | 1036 | 1260 | 1439 | 1842 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 100.9% | 102.1% | 100.0% | ||||
| Dwelling structure | |||||||
| Dwelling type | Separate house | 67.1% | 68.7% | 68.3% | 68.6% | 68.9% | |
| Semi-detached, terrace or townhouse | 9.3% | 10.6% | 10.8% | 10.8% | 11.4% | ||
| Flat or apartment | 22.1% | 19.9% | 20.0% | 19.7% | 18.8% | ||
| Other Dwelling | 0.5 | ||||||
| Escutcheon: | Azure an estoile Or on a chief Argent a lion passant Gules. |
| Crest: | On a wreath Argent and Azure a three masted sailing ship in full sail Or, mantled Azure doubled Or. |
| Supporters: | On the dexter side an emu and on the sinister side a kangaroo both reguardant and each gorged with a chaplet of apples leaved all Proper. |
| Motto: | 'Sic Fortis Hobartia Crevit.' |
