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| Tablelands Region Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Location within Queensland, 2013, prior to de-amalgamation of Shire of Mareeba | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 26,244 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.32392/km2 (6.0189/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 11,293 km2 (4,360.3 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Rodney Donald Marti | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Atherton | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Far North Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Tablelands Region | ||||||||||||||
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The Tablelands Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia inland from the city of Cairns. Established in 2008, it was preceded by four previous local government areas which dated back more than a century. On 1 January 2014, one of those local government areas, the Shire of Mareeba, was re-established independent of the Tablelands Region.
It has an estimated operating budget of A$62.2 million.
In the 2021 census, the Tablelands Region had a population of 26,244 people.[1]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Census2021was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.