1362.6 - Regional Statistics, Tasmania, 2005  
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The following extended table shows that the Greater Hobart-Southern Region had the largest area of rateable residential land (87,106 hectares), rateable land used for sporting facilities (80,543 hectares) and rateable vacant land (61,902 hectares) in Tasmania.

The Hobart local government area had the largest area of commercial land (609 hectares) in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region.


RATEABLE LAND USE AREAS, Greater Hobart-Southern local government areas - as at May 2003(a)(b)(c)

Commercial
Industrial
Primary production
Public service/ local govt.

Local government area
ha
ha
ha
ha
Brighton
65
39
7,269
200
Central Highlands
99
2
331,699
336
Clarence
112
230
17,440
2,155
Derwent Valley
58
533
34,988
797
Glamorgan/Spring Bay
230
81
124,086
2,720
Glenorchy
90
323
723
1,209
Hobart
609
59
286
972
Huon Valley
450
384
48,544
929
Kingborough
106
116
22,625
724
Sorell
47
119
43,608
155
Southern Midlands
54
3
232,820
222
Tasman
89
22
46,840
305
Total
2,008
1,911
910,928
10,727

Tasmania
5,634
8,068
2,420,950
32,831
For footnotes see end of table.

RATEABLE LAND USE AREAS, Greater Hobart-Southern local government areas - as at May 2003(a)(b)(c) - continued

Quarrying and mining
Residential
Sporting facility/
recreation
Vacant land
Total land(c)

Local government area
ha
ha
ha
ha
ha
Brighton
290
4,113
600
3,161
15,738
Central Highlands
22
3,905
53,138
5,157
394,357
Clarence
358
8,618
2,133
4,818
35,865
Derwent Valley
14
8,292
9,122
6,603
60,408
Glamorgan/Spring Bay
446
5,732
672
6,119
140,086
Glenorchy
20
4,877
307
2,251
9,799
Hobart
8
2,122
2,003
970
7,031
Huon Valley
337
14,796
1,561
11,129
78,130
Kingborough
368
13,697
3,100
8,509
49,245
Sorell
29
5,589
157
2,426
52,129
Southern Midlands
13
10,330
342
5,519
249,303
Tasman
17
5,033
7,409
5,241
64,956
Total
1,922
87,106
80,543
61,902
1,157,047

Tasmania
23,055
172,702
120,095
104,086
2,887,420
(a) Areas are given in hectares and relate to rateable properties only.
(b) Estimates have been rounded and minor discrepancies may occur between sums of component items and totals.
(c) Total land includes data from the entire table.

Source: Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.



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