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Business View Australia

The municipal area of Kingborough

Council is located just south of Hobart

and covers 717 square kilometres.

Kingston is its commercial, retail and

administrative centre and the Coun-

cil area includes Bruny Island. King-

borough had a population of about

34,000 in 2011 according to the Aus-

tralian Census. The largest number of

inhabitants resides in the Kingston/

Blackmans Bay area.

The population in themunicipality has

a high growth rate with the Census re-

cords showing that between 2006 and

2011 the number of residents in King-

borough grew by 9%. The comparable

figures for Tasmania and Australia as

a whole are 4% and 8.3% respective-

ly. The growth in population in Kingbor-

ough is the largest of any local govern-

ment area in Tasmania.

Council has done a commendable job

in catering to the requirements of the

growing community and many of its

programmes are in direct response to

the increased demand for infrastruc-

ture and other facilities. The rapidly

growing population puts a strain on its

resources but Council has risen to this

challenge and initiated a number of

projects that have resulted in making

Kingborough the first choice of many

home-seekers.

The Mayor of Kingborough, Cr Steve

Wass has successfully steered Coun-

cil in achieving many of its goals and

encourages a can-do attitude within

the organisation which has enabled it

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