Mitchell Shire
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population49,460 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density17.282/km2 (44.759/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted18 November 1994[2]
Area2,862 km2 (1,105.0 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Fiona Stevens
Council seatBroadford
RegionHume
Goulburn Valley
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)
WebsiteMitchell Shire
LGAs around Mitchell Shire:
Mount Alexander Greater Bendigo Strathbogie
Macedon Ranges Mitchell Shire Murrindindi
Hume Whittlesea Nillumbik

The Mitchell Shire is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located North of Melbourne. It covers an area of 2,862 square kilometres (1,105 sq mi) and, in August 2021, had a population of 49,460.[1] It includes the towns of Broadford, Kilmore, Seymour, Tallarook, Pyalong and Wallan. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Pyalong, the Shire of Kilmore, most of the Shire of Broadford, and parts of the Shire of McIvor and Rural City of Seymour.[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Mitchell Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Broadford, it also has service centres located in Kilmore, Seymour and Wallan. The Shire is named after an early British surveyor and explorer, Major Thomas Mitchell, who explored the south-eastern part of Australia, and whose return route for his third expedition passed through the present-day LGA.

It is one of the fastest growing regional municipalities in Victoria.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.[3]

WardCouncillorNotes
Central  Louise BannisterIndependent.[4]
 Annie GobleIndependent
 Nathan ClarkIndependent
North  Bill ChisholmIndependent
 Rhonda SandersonIndependent
 Fiona StevensIndependent
South  Bob CornishIndependent
 Rob EldridgeIndependent
 Christine BanksIndependent

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Broadford Civic Centre, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Broadford, and its service centres in Kilmore, Seymour and Wallan.

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 49,460, up from 40,918 in the 2016 census[5]

Population
Locality20162021
Avenel^1,0481,112
Beveridge^2,3304,642
Broadford4,3194,592
Bylands^131117
Clonbinane330347
Flowerdale^689790
Forbes126158
Glenaroua154208
Glenhope7666
Glenhope East3017
Population
Locality20162021
Heathcote Junction839811
Heathcote South1422
High Camp108122
Highlands^122151
Hilldene346330
Kilmore7,9589,207
Kilmore East417450
Mangalore^182183
Mia Mia^178213
Moranding185193
Population
Locality20162021
Northwood195203
Nulla Vale6396
Puckapunyal1,0781,108
Pyalong660772
Reedy Creek166157
Seymour6,3276,569
Sugarloaf Creek244255
Sunday Creek309368
Tallarook736748
Tarcombe^4232
Population
Locality20162021
Tooborac310319
Trawool^10890
Tyaak7385
Upper Plenty335415
Wallan11,07415,004
Wandong1,3401,477
Waterford Park193217
Whiteheads Creek348347
Willowmavin216241

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mitchell (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S87 of 1994: Order estg (Part 10) the Mitchell Shire". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 18 November 1994). p. 4. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Local Government in Victoria. "Mitchell Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Nominations | Victorian Electoral Commission". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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