Other villages include Årland, Austevollshella, Bakkasund, Bekkjarvik, Birkeland, Haukanes, Husavik, Kolbeinsvik, Otterå, Våge, and Vinnes.

The municipality consists of hundreds of islands located southwest of the city of Bergen.

The municipality is considered to be among the ports in the world with the largest ocean-going fishing trawler fleet.

On 1 January 1964, the southern part of the islands of Selbjørn and Huftarøy (population: 696) was transferred from Fitjar Municipality to Austevoll.

On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Austevoll.

This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is a set of four herring swimming diagonally up to the left.

The charg has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used.

[12] The highest point in Austevoll is the mountain Loddo, reaching 244 metres (801 ft) above sea level.

The offshore shipping company DOF, which is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, has its headquarters at Storebø.

The municipality is also connected by express boats to Bergen in the north, and Stord, Haugesund, and Stavanger in the south.

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Austevoll is made up of 21 representatives that are elected to four year terms.

In the 1999–2003 election period an all-party female electoral list held one seat in the council.

In the 2003-2007 election period The Liberal Party was represented in the municipal council and held one seat.

In 2011, the coalition won 12 of the 21 seats in the municipal council and had an electoral and political cooperation.

The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party.