6-688: The West Arnhem Region is a local government area of the Northern Territory , Australia and is administered by the West Arnhem Regional Council . The region covers an area of 49,675 square kilometres (19,180 sq mi) and had a population of 6,902 in June 2018. In October 2006 the Northern Territory Government announced the reform of local government areas. The intention of the reform
12-661: 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
18-520: 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),
24-651: The control of Community Government Councils or incorporated communities: West Arnhem Regional Council is divided into four wards with three councillors each: Land within the West Arnhem Region was divided during 2007 into bounded areas for the purpose of creating an address for a property. The bounded areas are called "localities" with those localities associated with Aboriginal communities being called "communities". 12°40′01″S 132°49′59″E / 12.66694°S 132.83306°E / -12.66694; 132.83306 Local Government Areas of
30-700: Was to improve and expand the delivery of services to towns and communities across the Northern Territory by establishing eleven new shires. The West Arnhem Shire was created on 1 July 2008. Elections of Shire Councillors were held on 25 October 2008. As of 2017 the Mayor of the West Arnhem Shire was Matthew Ryan. On 1 January 2014, the Shire became the West Arnhem Region. The Region formerly consisted of unincorporated land, plus small areas under
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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