Huon Valley Council is a local government body in Tasmania, covering most of the south of the state.

Huon Valley is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 17,219,[1] towns and localities of the region include Cygnet, Dover, Franklin, Geeveston, Southport and the largest principal town, Huonville.

Huon Valley is classified as rural, agricultural and very large under the Australian Classification of Local Governments.

[3] The townships in the south east region of Tasmania that experienced the largest growth over the decade ending June 2011 were Huonville, Franklin (where the population was up by 1,300 people) and Cygnet (up by 440).

[5][6] The municipality was subsequently put under controlled of a Commissioner; former Glenorchy mayor and Elwick MLC Adriana Taylor,[7] until new elections were held over a three-week period concluding on 30 October 2018.