City of Devonport

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = Devonport City Council | state = tas | mapframe = yes | zoom = 10 | pop = 25415 | pop_year = 2018 | pop_footnotes = <ref name=ABSLGA>{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=27 March 2019|access-date=25 October 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.</ref> | area = 111 | area_footnotes = <ref name=ABSLGA/> | density = | est = 1 January 1907<ref name=GovAgencyDetail/> | seat = Devonport | mayor = Alison Jarman | region = Devonport and surrounds | logo = Devonport, Tasmania logo.png | logo_upright = 1.2 | url = http://www.devonport.tas.gov.au/ | stategov = Braddon | fedgov = Braddon | near-nw = Bass Strait | near-n = Bass Strait | near-ne = Bass Strait | near-w = Central Coast | near-e = Latrobe | near-sw = Central Coast | near-s = Kentish | near-se = Latrobe | coordinates = {{coord|-41.2078|146.3137|display=inline,title}} }}

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'''Devonport City Council''' (or '''City of Devonport''') is a local government body located in the city and surrounds of Devonport in northern Tasmania. The '''Devonport''' local government area is classified as urban and has a population of 25,415,<ref name=ABSLGA/> which also encompasses Lillico, Tugrah and part of Spreyton.

==History and attributes== The Devonport municipality was established on 1 January 1907, becoming a city council on 1 January 1981.<ref name=GovAgencyDetail>{{cite web |url=http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=A&id=TA00103 |title=Agency Details: Devonport Municipal Council |website=search.archives.tas.gov.au |publisher=Tasmanian Government |access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=A&id=TA00431 |title=Agency Details: Devonport City Council |website=search.archives.tas.gov.au |publisher=Tasmanian Government |access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref> Devonport was proclaimed a city by Charles, Prince of Wales on 21 April 1981, in a ceremony conducted on the Devonport Oval. The city motto is ''The City with Spirit'', this gives reference to it being the home base for the passenger ferry ships Spirit of Tasmania I and Spirit of Tasmania II.

Devonport is classified as urban, regional and small (URS) under the Australian Classification of Local Governments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://regional.gov.au/local/publications/reports/index.aspx |title=Local government national report 2014-2015 |access-date=8 June 2018 |publisher=Australian Government |website=regional.gov.au}}</ref>

==Council== ===Current composition=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Name !! Position<ref>{{cite web|title=Elected Council – Devonport City Council|url=https://www.devonport.tas.gov.au/council/your-council/elected-council/|website=devonport.tas.gov.au|publisher=Devonport City Council|access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref> !! colspan=2 | Party affiliation |- | Alison Jarman || Mayor / Councillor || {{Australian party style|Independent}}| ||Independent |- | Stacey Sheehan || Deputy Mayor / Councillor || {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| ||Liberal |- | Gerard Enniss || Councillor || {{Australian party style|Independent}}| ||Independent |- | Peter Hollister || Councillor || {{Australian party style|Independent}}| ||Independent |- | Steve Martin || Councillor || {{Australian party style|Nationals}}| ||Nationals |- | Alison Moore || Councillor || {{Australian party style|Independent}}| ||Independent |- | Leigh Murphy || Councillor || {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| ||Liberal |- | Damien Viney || Councillor || {{Australian party style|Independent}}| ||Independent |- | Janene Wilczynski || Councillor || {{Australian party style|Independent}}| ||Independent |}

===2022 election results=== {{excerpt|Results of the 2022 Tasmanian local elections|section=Devonport}}

==Suburbs== {| class="wikitable" |- !Suburb!!Census population 2016<ref name="Devonport Suburbs and Surrounding Districts Map" >{{cite web|url=http://www.devonport.tas.gov.au/clients/dcc/downloads/item943/dyk-devonport_suburbs.pdf|title=City of Devonport|author=Devonport City Council|date=28 October 2005|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227155157/http://www.devonport.tas.gov.au/clients/dcc/downloads/item943/dyk-devonport_suburbs.pdf|archive-date=27 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>!!Reason |- |Aberdeen |229 | |- |Ambleside |663 | |- |Coles Beach | |Incl. in Devonport |- |Devonport |13,759 |Includes Coles Beach, Highfield, Hillcrest |- |Don |643 | |- |East Devonport |4,053 |Includes Pardoe Downs, Rannoch, Pannorama Heights |- |Eugenana |203 | |- |Forthside |81 | |- |Highfield | |Incl. in Devonport |- |Hillcrest | |Incl. in Devonport |- |Lillico |25 | |- |Melrose |102 | |- |Miandetta |1,852 | |- |Pardoe Downs | |Incl. in East Devonport |- |Pannorama Heights | |Incl. in East Devonport |- |Quoiba |427 | |- |Rannoch | |Incl. in East Devonport |- |Spreyton |1,669 | |- |Stony Rise |643 | |- |Paloona | | |- |Tugrah |366 | |- | | | |- |'''Total''' |24,715 | |- | |(19) |Variance |- |'''Local government total''' |24,696 |Gazetted Devonport local government area |- |}

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==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.devonport.tas.gov.au Devonport City Council official website] *[http://www.lgat.tas.gov.au/page.aspx Local Government Association Tasmania] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622140454/http://www.lgat.tas.gov.au/page.aspx |date=22 June 2018 }} *[https://www.tec.tas.gov.au/Local_Government_Elections/index.html Tasmanian Electoral Commission - local government]

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