Port Stephens Council
Port Stephens Council | |||||||||||||
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The Port Stephens Council chambers in Raymond Terrace, the council's centre of government Location in Greater Newcastle | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 32°45′S 151°55′E / 32.750°S 151.917°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | Hunter (Greater Newcastle) | ||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||
| Council seat | Raymond Terrace | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Leah Anderson (Labor) | ||||||||||||
| • State electorates | |||||||||||||
| • Federal division | |||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 979 km2 (378 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Totals | 75,276 (2021 census) 72,695 (2018 est.) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 76.89/km2 (199.1/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+11 (AEDT) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Port Stephens Council | ||||||||||||
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Port Stephens Council is a local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is just north of Newcastle and is adjacent to the Pacific Highway which runs through Raymond Terrace, the largest town and Council seat. The area is named after Port Stephens, which is the major geographical feature of the area. It extends generally from the Hunter River in the south, to near Clarence Town in the north, and from the Tasman Sea in the east, to just south of Paterson in the west