Shire of Mitchell

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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)[3]
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 Shire of Mitchell 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.[3] 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.[4]

Ward Councillor Notes
Central   Louise Bannister Independent.[5]
  Annie Goble Independent
  Nathan Clark Independent
North   Bill Chisholm Independent
  Rhonda Sanderson Independent
  Fiona Stevens Independent
South   Bob Cornish Independent
  Rob Eldridge Independent
  Christine Banks Independent

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[6]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Avenel^ 1,048 1,112
Beveridge^ 2,330 4,642
Broadford 4,319 4,592
Bylands^ 131 117
Clonbinane 330 347
Flowerdale^ 689 790
Forbes 126 158
Glenaroua 154 208
Glenhope 76 66
Glenhope East 30 17
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Heathcote Junction 839 811
Heathcote South 14 22
High Camp 108 122
Highlands^ 122 151
Hilldene 346 330
Kilmore 7,958 9,207
Kilmore East 417 450
Mangalore^ 182 183
Mia Mia^ 178 213
Moranding 185 193
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Northwood 195 203
Nulla Vale 63 96
Puckapunyal 1,078 1,108
Pyalong 660 772
Reedy Creek 166 157
Seymour 6,327 6,569
Sugarloaf Creek 244 255
Sunday Creek 309 368
Tallarook 736 748
Tarcombe^ 42 32
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Tooborac 310 319
Trawool^ 108 90
Tyaak 73 85
Upper Plenty 335 415
Wallan 11,074 15,004
Wandong 1,340 1,477
Waterford Park 193 217
Whiteheads Creek 348 347
Willowmavin 216 241

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mitchell (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 November 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  4. ^ Local Government in Victoria. "Mitchell Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Nominations | Victorian Electoral Commission". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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