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Tasmania is the smallest Australian state, with a population of 557,571 as of the 2021 Australian census [1] and an area of 68,401 square kilometres (26,410 sq mi). [2] Official population statistics are published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), which conducts a census every five years, [3] the most recent for which data is released being the 2021 census. [3] The ABS publishes data for various types of geographic structures, including significant urban areas, which represent towns and cities with a population of 10,000 or higher, urban centres and localities, which represent the built-up area of cities and towns with more than 200 people, and local government areas. [4]
Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2s) are areas that subdivide all of Australia and generally have a population between 3,000 and 25,000 people, with an average of 10,000. [5] Significant urban areas (SUAs) are defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as clusters of urban SA2s, and are designed to represent towns and cities with a population of 10,000 or more. [6]
The largest SUA within Tasmania is Hobart, with a population of 226,653 at the 2021 census. There are a total of five SUAs in Tasmania as of 2021. [7]
Rank | Significant urban area | Population | |||||
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2011 census | Ref. | 2016 census | Ref. | 2021 census | Ref. | ||
1 | Hobart | 200,501 | [8] | 204,010 | [9] | 226,653 | [10] |
2 | Launceston | 82,220 | [11] | 84,153 | [12] | 90,953 | [13] |
3 | Devonport | 29,051 | [14] | 29,381 | [15] | 31,721 | [16] |
4 | Burnie – Somerset [a] | 26,869 | [17] | 26,490 | [18] | 27,826 | [19] |
5 | Ulverstone | 14,109 | [20] | 14,151 | [21] | 15,086 | [22] |
Statistical Areas Level 1 (SA1s) are areas that subdivide all of Australia and generally have a population between 200 and 800 people, but this can reach as low as 180 for small towns. [23] Urban centres and localities (UCLs) are defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as clusters of urban SA1s. Clusters with a population higher than 1,000 are considered urban centres and clusters with a population between 200 and 999 are considered localities. The population of a locality is allowed to fall below 200 for two consecutive censuses before it is declassified as a locality. [24]
The largest UCL within Tasmania is Hobart, with a population of 197,451 at the 2021 census, [25] making Tasmania Australia's least centralised state. [26] There are a total of 94 UCLs in Tasmania as of 2021, of which 37 have a population above 1,000. [25]
Tasmania is divided into 29 local government areas. [309] The current boundaries were set by the Local Government Act 1993, [310] with only minor changes since then. [311] The Australian Bureau of Statistics uses an approximation of these boundaries for its statistics. [312] The largest local government area within Tasmania is the City of Launceston, with a population of 70,055 as of the 2021 census. [313]
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