Hobart City Centre Hobart, Tasmania
The Hobart City Centre in 2019
Population	3,390 (2021)[1]
• Density	1,780/km2 (4,620/sq mi)
Established	1803
Postcode(s)	7000, 7001
Area	1.9 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
LGA(s)	City of Hobart
State electorate(s)	Clark
Federal division(s)	Clark
Suburbs around Hobart City Centre: West Hobart North Hobart Glebe West Hobart Hobart City Centre Glebe South Hobart Sullivan's Cove Sullivan's Cove

TheHobart City Centre (referred to as theHobart CBD) is a suburb surrounded by metropolitanHobart, which comprises the original settlement, the central business district, and other built-up areas. It is the oldest part of Hobart and includes many of the city's important institutions and landmarks, such asParliament, theSupreme Court,Franklin Square, theElizabeth Street Mall, theRoyal Hobart Hospital, theTheatre Royal,Odeon Theatre,State Library, theNAB Building, theMuseum, and theCenotaph. The city centre is located in the local government areas of theCity of Hobart.

Although the city centre is one of the oldest and most developed areas of Hobart, demographically it is one of the less densely populated areas in the greater area of Hobart, due to its core being commercial. In an attempt to create a more vibrant city at night, the state government has been encouraging inner city residential development in recent years.^[2][3] The population of the city centre was 3,390 in 2021.^[1]

Settlement of Greater Hobart spawned from the settlement ofSullivans Cove on 21 February 1804, by order ofDavid Collins who was most unimpressed with the initial landing site atRisdon Cove.

On 11 March 2020, theHobart City Council released a baseline report on the Central Hobart Precincts Plan which had a purpose "to guide future growth in a way that will strengthen what’s great about Hobart". The study area covered 1364 lots of land in 64 blocks. The website outlines four general goals to:^[4]

• establish a shared vision and framework for the future growth of Central Hobart and identify a set of actions to deliver it;
• identify a suite of precincts across the study area and outline a vision for each of them ensuring the ongoing viability of Central Hobart as Tasmania's key administrative and commercial activity centre;
• identify opportunities for increased residential densities and infrastructure as well as commercial and community services to support it;
• identify the preferred urban form and scale of development for precincts based on a range of urban design, heritage, economic and social considerations.

Despite its location between mountains and water, Hobart has the lowest population density of a state capital in Australia which is further reflected by the city centre containing little housing. The city's housing and renting costs are also the highest per capita. The significance of this to the broader region means the City aims to encourage infill development (dubbedmissing middle housing) "to increase the supply of housing and reduce pressure forurban sprawl". With a focus onsustainability, it also wants to add diversity to its transportation infrastructure and the friendliness of streets to people (following "Movement and Place" principles, including plantingstreet trees).^[5]

The Hobart central business district draws a sense of its identity from its location between theDerwent River and the foothills ofMount Wellington. The city is concentrated withlow-rise buildings, interspersed by parks such as Franklin Square and St Davids Park and historic precincts such asSullivans Cove andSalamanca Place. The majority of Hobart CBD's streets areone-way with a few exceptions includingElizabeth Street, the main north–south thoroughfare of the city centre.Davey andMacquarie streets form aone-way couplet carrying traffic between Hobart's major highways along the CBD's southern fringe. Proposed as far back as the 1940s, the six main streets were converted to one-way on 25 October 1959.^[6][7] The streets run on a slightly warpedgrid pattern in the CBD, due to early planning byLachlan Macquarie.

Administratively, theHobart City Centre falls under the authority of thelocal government area of theCity of Hobart.^[8] TheTasmanian Government also has authority over some aspects of the CBD, in particular the major state controlled roads passing through and around the city.

The Hobart City Centre at Dawn

With the exception ofWrest Point Casino inSandy Bay, the Hobart CBD contains all ofTasmania’s tallest buildings, including 39 Murray Street, 188 Collins Street and theTrafalgar Building. The tallest building in the city centre isNAB House at 58 m (190 ft), however planning restrictions limit future developments to a height of 42 m (138 ft). There have been some exceptions to this rule such as Wellington Centre standing at 48 m (157 ft)^[9] and the newRoyal Hobart Hospital K1/K2 Twin Towers^[10][11] which stand at 48 m (157 ft) high. The City centre has several shopping areas including the Wellington Centre, Centrepoint and the historically significantCat and Fiddle Arcade. Stores in this area includeMyer,Target,Woolworths,H&M,JB-Hi-Fi,Kathmandu andCountry Road. In September 2007, a spectacular inner city fire^[12] was responsible for the loss of one of Hobart's Myer buildings and as a result saw the construction of the 40 m (130 ft)Icon Complex, boasting a 5 level Myer with specialty shops as well as a Hotel with roof top bar.^[13]

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  Hobart GPO within theHobart Bus Station onElizabeth Street.
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  Myer ICON Complex onLiverpool Street
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  TheElizabeth Street Mall in the Hobart CBD, looking south from the Liverpool Street intersection.
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  Macquarie Street in the Hobart CBD, looking east from the Murray Street intersection.
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  Murray Street in the Hobart CBD, looking south at the Liverpool Street intersection.
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  Wellington Centre from Liverpool Street

There is a large concentration of cultural institutions within the CBD including: theTasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, theState Library of Tasmania, theOdeon Theatre, the Playhouse Theatre, and theTheatre Royal.

Every December, the city hosts the conclusion of theSydney to Hobart Yacht Race while concurrently holding theTaste Festival. Every January the city hosts theAustralian Wooden Boat Festival and the annualRoyal Hobart Regatta is held during February.

Additional, theSalamanca Market is held atSalamanca Place every Saturday.

• City of Hobart
• List of tallest buildings in Hobart
• List of theatres in Hobart

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