Shire of Indigo
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population17,368 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density8.514/km2 (22.05/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted18 November 1994[2]
Area2,040 km2 (787.6 sq mi)[1]
MayorBernard Gaffney
Council seatBeechworth
RegionHume
State electorate(s)Benambra
Federal division(s)Indi
WebsiteShire of Indigo
LGAs around Shire of Indigo:
Federation (NSW) Greater Hume (NSW) Wodonga
Moira Shire of Indigo Towong
Wangaratta Alpine Towong

The Shire of Indigo, a local government area (LGA) in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, lies in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 2,040 square kilometres (790 sq mi) and in August 2021 had a population of 17,368.[1]

It includes the towns of Beechworth, Chiltern, Rutherglen and Yackandandah. It formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Rutherglen, Shire of Chiltern, Shire of Yackandandah and United Shire of Beechworth.[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Indigo Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Beechworth, it also has service centres located in Chiltern, Rutherglen and Yackandandah. The Shire is named after the Indigo Valley and Indigo Creek, geographical features that meander through the LGA and into the Murray River.

In 2008, the Bankwest Quality of Life Index rated Indigo fifteenth of 590 Australian local government areas.[3]

Council

Current composition

As of 22 September 2016, the council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.[4]

WardCouncillorNotes
Unsubdivided  Jenny O'ConnorMayor, Member of the Greens[5]
 Sophie PriceDeputy Mayor
 Bernard Gaffney
 James Trenery
 Barbara Murdoch
 Larry Goldsworthy
 Diane Shepheard

The makeup of the council is as follows:[6]

PartyCouncillors
  Unaligned 6
  Greens 1
Total 7

Administration and governance

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

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 17,368 up from 15,952 in the 2016 census[7]

Population
Locality20162021
Allans Flat318297
Barnawartha904987
Beechworth3,8594,274
Brim171181
Browns Plains10299
Bruarong77114
Carlyle7982
Population
Locality20162021
Charleroi7382
Chiltern1,6051,580
Chiltern Valley6077
Cornishtown9694
Gooramadda5862
Gundowring^214208
Huon219206
Population
Locality20162021
Indigo Valley329346
Kergunyah215232
Kiewa474483
Lilliput7684
Norong118130
Osbornes Flat233285
Rutherglen2,3782,579
Population
Locality20162021
Sandy Creek179200
Staghorn Flat^293368
Stanley364371
Tangambalanga542908
Wahgunyah1,0981,061
Wooragee345342
Yackandandah1,8112,008

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Indigo (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S87 of 1994: Order estg (Part 3) the Shire of Indigo". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 18 November 1994). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "BankWest Quality of Life Index 2008" (PDF). Bankwest. 20 August 2008. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
  4. ↑ Local Government in Victoria. "Indigo Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Jenny the region's first Green". The Border Mail. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  6. ↑ VEC. "Results for Indigo Shire Council Elections 2012". Victorian Electoral Commission. Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
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