City of Hobart
local government area in Tasmania
The City of Hobart is a local government area in Tasmania which covers the central metropolitan area of the state capital, Hobart. The city is governed by Hobart City Council and led by the Lord Mayor.
The local government area has a population of 53,684 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:
History and attributes
The present city council was created in 1852 by act of parliament, and the city mayor raised to Lord Mayor in 1934.
Mount Wellington and the River Derwent are major features of the natural environment of the City of Hobart. 61% of the area is bushland.
Sister cities
Yaizu, Japan (1977)
L'Aquila, l’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy (1980)
Former Sister cities
Invercargill, New Zealand
Valdivia, Los Ríos, Chile (1998)
Barile, Basilicata, Italy (2009)
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China (2015)
Fuzhou, Fujian, China (2017)
Government
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.
Election results
2022
Localities
Hobart suburbs
• Battery Point
• Dynnyrne
• Fern Tree
• Glebe
• Hobart central business district
• Lenah Valley
• Mount Nelson
• Mount Stuart
• New Town
• North Hobart
• Ridgeway
• Sandy Bay
• South Hobart
• Tolmans Hill
• West Hobart
Other localities
• Kingston
• Neika
• Queens Domain
• Wellington Park
• West Moonah
Economy
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".
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1621560. Authority coordinates are -42.880, 147.290. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1852, 1934, 1977 and 1980.
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