West Tamar Council

West Tamar Council is a local government body in Tasmania, situated along the western side of the Tamar River in the north of the state.

West Tamar is classified as an urban local government area and has a population of 23,769,[2] it extends from the outer reaches of north-west Launceston and includes the towns and localities of Beaconsfield, Beauty Point and Legana.

[1] West Tamar is classified as urban, fringe and small under the Australian Classification of Local Governments.

[3] The municipal area starts with the Launceston suburb of Riverside in the south; the satellite suburb of Legana; the towns of Exeter, Beaconsfield and Beauty Point, all the way up to the beach resort town of Greens Beach at the mouth of the Tamar River.

The current mayor of West Tamar Council is Christina Holmdahl and the chief executive officer is Kristen Desmond.

Map showing West Tamar LGA in Tasmania