Tasmania may be the smallest state in Australia, but it contains no fewer than 495 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 2,203,383 hectares (land area: 2,201,962 hectares – 32.23% of the state’s area). 19 of these are National parks, totalling 1,430,762 hectares (20.94% of the state’s area).
... Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 19,701 people, 6,700 households, and 5,011 families residing in the town. The population density is 1,549.2/km² ...