List of places in Tasmania by population

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]

Map of Tasmania within Australia

Hobart, the capital and largest urban area in Tasmania

Launceston

Devonport

Burnie

Significant urban areas by population

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]

List of significant urban areas by population

Rank	Significant urban area	Population
		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]

Urban centres and localities by population

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]

List of urban centres and localities by population

Rank	Urban centre or locality	Population
		2011 census	Ref.	2016 census	Ref.	2021 census	Ref.
1	Hobart	170,975	[27]	178,009	[28]	197,451	[29]
2	Launceston	74,085	[30]	75,329	[31]	80,943	[32]
3	Devonport	22,770	[33]	23,046	[34]	24,591	[35]
4	Burnie – Somerset	19,819	[36]	19,385	[37]	20,267	[38]
5	Ulverstone	12,110	[39]	12,032	[40]	12,723	[41]
6	New Norfolk	5,543	[42]	5,834	[43]	6,153	[44]
7	Wynyard	5,061	[45]	5,168	[46]	5,387	[47]
8	Dodges Ferry – Lewisham	4,445	[48]	4,621	[49]	5,219	[50]
9	Latrobe	3,354	[51]	3,474	[52]	4,456	[53]
10	George Town	4,304	[54]	4,257	[55]	4,408	[56]
11	Legana	2,915	[57]	3,243	[58]	4,252	[59]
12	Port Sorell	2,853	[60]	3,358	[61]	3,869	[62]
13	Longford	3,053	[63]	3,347	[64]	3,711	[65]
14	Midway Point	2,598	[66]	2,859	[67]	3,384	[68]
15	Penguin	3,159	[69]	3,138	[70]	3,330	[71]
16	Smithton	3,240	[72]	3,275	[73]	3,282	[74]
17	Perth	2,411	[75]	2,623	[76]	3,233	[77]
18	Sorell	2,110	[78]	2,540	[79]	3,180	[80]
19	Deloraine	2,333	[81]	2,432	[82]	2,631	[83]
20	Margate	2,107	[84]	2,302	[85]	2,572	[86]
21	Hadspen	2,062	[87]	2,216	[88]	2,337	[89]
22	Huonville	1,741	[90]	1,840	[91]	2,071	[92]
23	Scottsdale	1,899	[93]	1,905	[94]	1,979	[95]
24	Snug	764	[96]	1,560	[97]	1,843	[98]
25	Queenstown	1,975	[99]	1,755	[100]	1,772	[101]
26	Westbury	1,476	[102]	1,473	[103]	1,666	[104]
27	St Helens	1,498	[105]	1,449	[106]	1,573	[107]
28	Bridport	1,248	[108]	1,266	[109]	1,371	[110]
29	Beauty Point	1,205	[111]	1,171	[112]	1,231	[113]
30	Primrose Sands	934	[114]	1,050	[115]	1,209	[116]
31	Sheffield	1,108	[117]	1,127	[118]	1,195	[119]
32	Beaconsfield	1,008	[120]	1,054	[121]	1,093	[122]
33	Exeter	389	[123]	387	[124]	1,092	[125]
34	Evandale	1,086	[126]	1,124	[127]	1,058	[128]
35	Ranelagh	687	[129]	874	[130]	1,058	[131]
36	Cygnet	844	[132]	929	[133]	1,057	[134]
37	Grindelwald	828	[135]	965	[136]	1,037	[137]
38	Richmond	887	[138]	858	[139]	934	[140]
39	Railton	883	[141]	835	[142]	887	[143]
40	Campbell Town	781	[144]	834	[145]	823	[146]
41	Bicheno	647	[147]	740	[148]	797	[149]
42	Fern Tree	667	[150]	726	[151]	763	[152]
43	Rosebery	922	[153]	708	[154]	749	[155]
44	Stieglitz	643	[156]	693	[157]	724	[158]
45	Triabunna	766	[159]	749	[160]	722	[161]
46	Howden	658	[162]	676	[163]	717	[164]
47	Swansea	597	[165]	645	[166]	711	[167]
48	Zeehan	728	[168]	698	[169]	702	[170]
49	South Arm	576	[171]	612	[172]	691	[173]
50	Cressy	676	[174]	669	[175]	668	[176]
51	Currie	687	[177]	665	[178]	659	[179]
52	Geeveston	631	[180]	616	[181]	658	[182]
53	Gravelly Beach	561	[183]	567	[184]	641	[185]
54	Scamander	543	[186]	515	[187]	639	[188]
55	Strahan	660	[189]	658	[190]	634	[191]
56	Sulphur Creek	503	[192]	561	[193]	631	[194]
57	Orford	518	[195]	537	[196]	623	[197]
58	Clifton Beach	555	[198]	588	[199]	618	[200]
59	Campania	284	[201]	395	[202]	608	[203]
60	Electrona	474	[204]	538	[205]	601	[206]
61	Cremorne	461	[207]	507	[208]	577	[209]
62	Oatlands	552	[210]	544	[211]	562	[212]
63	Dover	441	[213]	486	[214]	521	[215]
64	Low Head	440	[216]	472	[217]	507	[218]
65	Stanley	481	[219]	476	[220]	504	[221]
66	Carrick	450	[222]	432	[223]	503	[224]
67	Bagdad	406	[225]	465	[226]	501	[227]
68	St Marys	511	[228]	465	[229]	494	[230]
69	Sisters Beach	439	[231]	391	[232]	481	[233]
70	Hillwood	440	[234]	429	[235]	454	[236]
71	Franklin	326	[237]	337	[238]	444	[239]
72	Kettering	308	[240]	356	[241]	408	[242]
73	Ridgley	382	[243]	389	[244]	401	[245]
74	Forth	378	[246]	368	[247]	398	[248]
75	Bracknell	375	[249]	367	[250]	392	[251]
76	Eaglehawk Neck	338	[252]	356	[253]	391	[254]
77	Opossum Bay	328	[255]	329	[256]	383	[257]
78	Bothwell	391	[258]	356	[259]	379	[260]
79	Kempton	353	[261]	344	[262]	371	[263]
80	Nubeena	274	[264]	290	[265]	362	[266]
81	Fingal	366	[267]	336	[268]	350	[269]
82	Heybridge	307	[270]	314	[271]	339	[272]
83	Dilston	307	[273]	291	[274]	316	[275]
84	Lilydale	274	[276]	277	[277]	307	[278]
85	White Beach	286	[279]	271	[280]	305	[281]
86	Dunalley	274	[282]	272	[283]	304	[284]
87	Swan Point	278	[285]	282	[286]	300	[287]
88	Ross	271	[288]	276	[289]	291	[290]
89	Gawler	250	[291]	252	[292]	277	[293]
90	Binalong Bay	210	[294]	208	[295]	247	[296]
91	Waratah	248	[297]	219	[298]	235	[299]
92	Mole Creek	230	[300]	188	[301]	216	[302]
93	Tullah	192	[303]	159	[304]	196	[305]
94	Collinsvale	249	[306]	263	[307]	186	[308]

Local government areas by population

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]

List of local government areas by population

Rank	Local government area[314]	Population
		2011 census	Ref.	2016 census	Ref.	2021 census	Ref.
1	City of Launceston	64,193	[315]	65,274	[316]	70,055	[317]
2	City of Clarence	51,852	[318]	54,819	[319]	61,531	[320]
3	City of Hobart	48,703	[321]	50,439	[322]	55,077	[323]
4	City of Glenorchy	44,656	[324]	46,253	[325]	50,411	[326]
5	Kingborough Council	33,893	[327]	35,853	[328]	40,082	[329]
6	City of Devonport	24,615	[330]	24,696	[331]	26,150	[332]
7	West Tamar Council	21,817	[333]	22,718	[334]	25,145	[335]
8	Central Coast Council	21,355	[336]	21,362	[337]	22,760	[338]
9	Meander Valley Council	18,888	[339]	19,282	[340]	20,709	[341]
10	City of Burnie	19,329	[342]	18,895	[343]	19,918	[344]
11	Brighton Council	15,460	[345]	16,512	[346]	18,995	[347]
12	Huon Valley Council	15,140	[348]	16,199	[349]	18,259	[350]
13	Sorell Council	13,194	[351]	14,414	[352]	16,734	[353]
14	Waratah–Wynyard Council	13,708	[354]	13,578	[355]	14,300	[356]
15	Northern Midlands Council	12,228	[357]	12,822	[358]	13,745	[359]
16	Latrobe Council	9,833	[360]	10,699	[361]	12,420	[362]
17	Derwent Valley Council	9,704	[363]	10,021	[364]	10,942	[365]
18	Circular Head Council	7,977	[366]	7,926	[367]	8,117	[368]
19	George Town Council	6,636	[369]	6,764	[370]	7,033	[371]
20	Dorset Council	6,827	[372]	6,617	[373]	6,829	[374]
21	Break O'Day Council	6,194	[375]	6,104	[376]	6,770	[377]
22	Southern Midlands Council	6,049	[378]	6,043	[379]	6,662	[380]
23	Kentish Council	6,086	[381]	6,128	[382]	6,603	[383]
24	Glamorgan–Spring Bay Council	4,190	[384]	4,400	[385]	5,012	[386]
25	West Coast Council	4,678	[387]	4,149	[388]	4,263	[389]
26	Tasman Council	2,355	[390]	2,372	[391]	2,593	[392]
27	Central Highlands Council	2,262	[393]	2,141	[394]	2,520	[395]
28	King Island Council	1,566	[396]	1,585	[397]	1,617	[398]
29	Flinders Council	776	[399]	906	[400]	922	[401]

See also

• List of cities in Australia by population
• List of places in New South Wales by population
• List of places in the Northern Territory by population
• List of places in Queensland by population
• List of places in South Australia by population
• List of places in Victoria by population
• List of places in Western Australia by population

Notes

1. Known as Burnie – Wynyard in the 2011 and 2016 censuses.^[17][18]