Shire of Yarriambiack
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population6,658 (2018)[1]
 • Density0.90882/km2 (2.3538/sq mi)
Established1995
Gazetted20 January 1995[2]
Area7,326 km2 (2,828.6 sq mi)[1]
MayorKylie Zanker
Council seatWarracknabeal
RegionGrampians
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Mallee
WebsiteShire of Yarriambiack
LGAs around Shire of Yarriambiack:
Mildura Mildura Mildura
Hindmarsh Shire of Yarriambiack Buloke
Horsham Northern Grampians Northern Grampians

The Shire of Yarriambiack is a local government area of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-western part of the state. It covers an area of 7,326 square kilometres (2,829 sq mi) and, in June 2018, had a population of 6,658,[1] having fallen from 7,438 in 2008.[3] It includes the towns of Hopetoun, Murtoa, Rupanyup and Warracknabeal. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Warracknabeal, Shire of Karkarooc, and parts of the Shire of Dunmunkle and Shire of Wimmera.[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Yarriambiack Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Warracknabeal, it also has service centres located in Hopetoun and Rupanyup. The Shire is named after Yarriambiack Creek, a geographical feature that meanders through the LGA from the Wimmera River, through Warracknabeal, to Lake Coorong at Hopetoun.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of three wards and seven councillors, with three councillors elected to represent the Warracknabeal Ward and two councillors per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[4]

WardCouncillorNotes
Dunmunkle  Corinne Heintze
 Tom Hamilton
Hopetoun  Andrew Mclean
 Chris Lehmann
Warracknabeal  Graeme Massey
 Karly Kirk
 Kylie ZankerMayor

Administration and governance

Shire offices. Lyle Street, Warracknabeal

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

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 6,556 down from 6,674 in the 2016 census[5]

Population
Locality20162021
Areegra3518
Aubrey103
Bangerang5762
Beulah329312
Boolite3738
Brimin4856
Cannum4845
Crymelon^1115
Dimboola^1,7301,635
Hopetoun739694
Population
Locality20162021
Jung^241#
Kellalac1713
Kewell^4857
Laen^*4
Lah4857
Lascelles9382
Lawler^1916
Longerenong^*237
Lubeck^3640
Population
Locality20162021
Minyip524525
Murra Warra^7263
Murtoa865897
Patchewollock^133149
Rainbow^683672
Rosebery50
Rupanyup^536545
Sheep Hills2827
Speed7853
Population
Locality20162021
Tempy^5762
Turriff2930
Wallup3128
Warracknabeal2,4382,359
Watchem West^1829
Wilkur^4928
Willenabrina917
Woomelang201191
Yaapeet8475

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017–18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order estg (Part 16) the Shire of Yarriambiack". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 6. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "People: Population: ERP: ERP by LGA (ASGS 2018), 2001 to 2018". ABS.Stat. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Yarriambiack Shire Council. "Meet Your Mayor & Councillors". Yarriambiack Shire Council. Yarriambiack Shire Council. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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