6-639: Roper Gulf Regional Council is a local government area of the Northern Territory , Australia . The region covers an area of 185,210 square kilometres (71,510 sq mi) and had a population of 7,397 in June 2018. In October 2006 the Northern Territory Government announced the reform of local government areas. The intention of the reform was to improve and expand the delivery of services to towns and communities across
12-548: Is divided into 5 wards, which is governed by 13 Councillors across four wards: Land within the Roper Gulf Shire was divided in 2007 into bounded areas for the purpose of creating an address for a property. Most bounded areas are called "localities" while those associated with aboriginal communities are called "communities". 14°28′01″S 132°16′01″E / 14.4670°S 132.2670°E / -14.4670; 132.2670 Local government areas of
18-661: The Northern Territory The Northern Territory is a federal Australian territory in north-central Australia . It is the third largest Australian federal division with an area of 1,348,094.3 square kilometres (520,502 sq mi) but the least populous with 245,929 inhabitants as at June 2019. The Northern Territory is divided administratively into 17 Local government areas (LGAs) generally known as Councils who are responsible for providing local government services. As of 1 July 2008, there were two classifications of local government in
24-729: The Northern Territory by establishing eleven new shires. The Roper-Gulf Shire was created on 1 July 2008 as were the remaining ten shires. On 1 January 2014, the Shire was renamed to Roper Gulf Regional Council. Elections for the Councillors in the Region were held on 25 October 2008. Most of the area of the Council was previously unincorporated, but it absorbed several small LGAs on incorporation: The Roper Gulf Regional Council
30-520: The Northern Territory: The Northern Territory was unusual as a comparatively large share of the territory's population lived in unincorporated areas. In 2006, prior to the reorganisation of local government areas in the territory, 92 percent of the land area (1,237,999 km (477,994 sq mi) out of 1,349,130 km (520,900 sq mi)) with 16 percent of the population (30,523 out of 192,898),
36-419: Was unincorporated. This anomaly is due to the territory's very low population density, just 0.16 people per km (0.099 people per sq mi). Most of the unincorporated areas disappeared as a result of local government reform in 2008. The area remaining unincorporated is 19,790 km (7,640 sq mi), 1.47 percent of the total, and contains 3.0 percent of the population in June 2019. By comparison, in
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