| Weipa Town Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Departure lounge, Weipa Airport, 2007 | |||||||||||||||
  Weipa Town | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°37′47″S 141°52′41″E / 12.6298°S 141.8781°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4,100 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 373/km2 (970/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1967 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 11 km2 (4.2 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Michael Rowland (chairman) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Rocky Point | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Far North Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Leichhardt | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Weipa Town | ||||||||||||||
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Weipa Town is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. It covers the town of Weipa on the western coast of the Cape York Peninsula, including the localities of Rocky Point, Trunding, Nanum, Evans Landing, and Weipa Airport. It is an unusual local government area as it is not governed and managed by a council elected by residents but rather by the company Rio Tinto Aluminium (which operates a bauxite mine in the area) through a governing body called the Weipa Town Authority.
In the 2021 census, the Weipa Town had a population of 4,100 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.