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INFRASTRUCTURE
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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