City of Greater Shepparton
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population68,409 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density28.245/km2 (73.154/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted18 November 1994[2]
Area2,422 km2 (935.1 sq mi)[1]
MayorShane Sali
Council seatShepparton
RegionHume
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Nicholls
WebsiteCity of Greater Shepparton
LGAs around City of Greater Shepparton:
Moira Moira Moira
Campaspe City of Greater Shepparton Benalla
Campaspe Strathbogie Strathbogie

The City of Greater Shepparton is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 2,422 square kilometres (935 sq mi) and, in August 2021, had a population of 68,409.[1] It includes the city of Shepparton and the towns of Arcadia, Ardmona, Congupna, Dookie, Grahamvale, Kialla, Lemnos, Merrigum, Mooroopna, Murchison, Tallygaroopna, Tatura, Toolamba and Undera. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Shepparton, Shire of Shepparton, and parts of the Shire of Rodney, Shire of Euroa, Shire of Goulburn, Shire of Tungamah, Shire of Violet Town and Shire of Waranga.[2]

The City is governed and administered by the Greater Shepparton City Council. Its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Shepparton; it also has a service centre located in Tatura. The City is named after the main urban settlement located in the centre of the LGA, that is Shepparton, which together with adjoining Mooroopna form the LGA's most populous urban area with a population of 51,903.[3]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of nine councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.[4] The last council election was in 2020. The elected councillors of Greater Shepparton in 2022 are:[5]

WardCouncillorNotes
Unsubdivided  Shane SaliMayor
 Anthony Brophy
 Seema Abdullah
 Geoff Dobson
 Greg James
 Ben Ladson[6]
 Fern Summer
 Dinny Adem[7]
 Sam SpinksDeputy Mayor,[8] Greens

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Shepparton Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Shepparton, and its service centre in Tatura.

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the city had a population of 68,409, up from 63,837 in the 2016 census.[9]

Population
Locality20162021
Arcadia217212
Ardmona487497
Boxwood^2019
Bunbartha276313
Byrneside158161
Caniambo7482
Congupna605620
Cooma10894
Coomboona131134
Cosgrove5450
Cosgrove South5853
Dhurringile445369
Dookie328333
Dookie College4451
Gillieston6045
Girgarre East121143
Population
Locality20162021
Goulburn Weir^8290
Gowangardie1618
Grahamvale682685
Harston174167
Karramomus3740
Katandra113120
Katandra West476492
Kialla6,8178,667
Kialla East137170
Kialla West431415
Kyabram^7,3317,416
Kyabram South8069
Lancaster^393398
Lemnos246251
Major Plains^3736
Marionvale91116
Population
Locality20162021
Marungi^11198
Merrigum679679
Moorilim^2525
Mooroopna7,9428,312
Mooroopna North123144
Mooroopna North West7467
Mount Major610
Murchison925884
Murchison East135140
Murchison North187185
Nalinga^2522
Orrvale438450
Pine Lodge241267
Shepparton31,19732,067
Shepparton East1,1381,192
Population
Locality20162021
Shepparton North1,0332,048
St Germains7575
Stanhope South*#
Stewarton^116118
Tallygaroopna579600
Tamleugh North3424
Tatura4,6694,955
Tatura East143135
Toolamba769822
Toolamba West112110
Undera442450
Violet Town^874936
Waranga*#
Wyuna^262278
Zeerust149147

^ - Territory divided with another LGA
* - Not noted in 2016 Census
# - Not noted in 2021 Census

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Greater Shepparton (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Order Constituting ... the City of Greater Shepparton ...(part 12)". Victoria Government Gazette. State Government of Victoria (S87): 5. 18 November 1994. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2008 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Greater Shepparton City Council. "Greater Shepparton City Council". Greater Shepparton City Council. Greater Shepparton City Council. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Greater Shepparton Council. "Mayor and Councillors". Greater Shepparton. Greater Shepparton Council. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "City council at full strength after countback elects new councillor". Shepparton News. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  7. ↑ Greater Shepparton. "Dinny Adem elected to Council in countback". Greater Shepparton Council. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Spinks elected new deputy mayor". Shepparton News. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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