Brighton: A Regional Hub

• Brighton now has over 20,000 residents (we’re growing by 500 people per year and will overtake Burnie next year!)

• The Gross Regional Product for the Brighton Municipality increased by 24% in the past four years

• The number of jobs within Brighton has doubled in the past 15 years and will double again in the next 10-15 years (comfortably the highest jobs growth in Tasmania)

• There is $1billion worth of private and public development currently under construction within Brighton

• The Brighton police station, ambulance station, trade training centre, new high school and school farm all formally serve catchments that extend into or right throughout our South Central Sub-region

• Unlike many parts of the country, GP services have been secured and are now expanding within Brighton.

Brighton has for many years been proactive in collecting and considering objective information to ensure we make evidence-based decisions and that we are taking actions to prepare our communities for the future and stand the test of time. It’s heartening to see much of the FoLGR Board’s analysis aligns with our own.

One such key area is in the Board’s work on ‘community catchments’. Their report identifies Brighton’s strong community of interest with our sub-region to the north. We know this area as the South Central Sub-region (SCS),