Local government areas of Victoria

Map of LGAs

This is a list of local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria, sorted by region. For the history and responsibilities of local government in that state, see Local government in Victoria.

Local government areas sorted by region

Greater Melbourne

Local government area	Council seat	Region	Year est.	Land area			Population (2001 census)	Population (2016 census)	Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
				km²	sq mi	Density (2016)
City of Melbourne	Melbourne	Inner Melbourne	12 August 1842 (1842-08-12)	37	14	3,486	60,745[1]	135,959[2]	11	Capital city of Victoria.
City of Port Phillip	St Kilda	Inner Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	21	8	5,101	78,227[3]	100,863[4]	7	Amalgamation of the cities of St Kilda, South Melbourne and Port Melbourne.
City of Stonnington	Malvern	Inner Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	26	10	4,152	86,090[5]	103,832[6]	9	Amalgamation of the cities of Malvern and Prahran
City of Yarra	Richmond	Inner Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	20	8	4,458	67,052[7]	86,657[8]	9	Amalgamation of the cities of Richmond, Collingwood, Fitzroy and Northcote.
City of Banyule	Ivanhoe	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	63	24	2,004	113,696[9]	121,865[10]	7	Amalgamation of the City of Heidelberg and parts of the Shire of Diamond Valley and the Shire of Eltham.
City of Bayside	Sandringham	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	36	14	2,814	83,504[11]	97,087[12]	7	Amalgamation of cities of Brighton and Sandringham and parts of the cities of Mordialloc and Moorabbin.
City of Boroondara	Camberwell	Metropolitan Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	60	23	2,913	148,532[13]	167,231[14]	10	Amalgamation of the cities of Camberwell, Kew and Hawthorn.
City of Brimbank	Sunshine	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	123	47	1,621	162,931[15]	194,319[16]	11	Amalgamation of the cities of Keilor and Sunshine
City of Darebin	Preston	Metropolitan Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	53	20	2,847	122,821[17]	146,719[18]	9	Amalgamation of the cities of Northcote and Preston.
City of Glen Eira	Caulfield North	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	39	15	3,751	117,199[19]	140,875[20]	9	Amalgamation of the city of Caulfield and parts of the city of Morabbin.
City of Hobsons Bay	Altona	Metropolitan Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	65	25	1,427	80,120[21]	88,778[22]	7	Amalgamation of the City of Williamstown and the City of Altona
City of Kingston	Cheltenham	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	91	35	1,698	127,540[23]	151,389[24]	9	Amalgamation of the City of Chelsea and parts of the City of Mordialloc, City of Moorabbin, City of Oakleigh and City of Springvale.
City of Manningham	Doncaster	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	113	44	1,057	107,079[25]	116,255[26]	9
City of Maribyrnong	Footscray	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	31	12	2,694	59,406[27]	82,288[28]	7	Amalgamation of the City of Footscray and parts of the City of Sunshine.
City of Monash	Glen Waverley	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	82	32	2,284	155,061[29]	182,618[30]	11	The city was formed from the merger of the City of Oakleigh and the City of Waverley.
City of Moonee Valley	Moonee Ponds	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	44	17	2,718	105,615[31]	116,671[32]	9	Amalgamation of the City of Essendon and parts of the City of Keilor
City of Moreland	Coburg	Metropolitan Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	51	20	3,270	130,531[33]	162,558[34]	11	Amalgamation of the City of Brunswick, City of Coburg and part of the City of Broadmeadows
City of Whitehorse	Nunawading	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	64	25	2,587	139,549[35]	162,078[36]	10	Amalgamation of the City of Box Hill and city of Nunawading
Shire of Cardinia	Officer	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	1,281	495	71	45,305[37]	94,128[38]	9	Amalgamation of the Shire of Pakenham, City of Cranbourne and parts of the Shire of Sherbrooke
City of Casey	Narre Warren	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	410	158	713	175,505[39]	299,301[40]	11	Amalgamation of the City of Berwick with parts of the Shire of Cranbourne
City of Frankston	Frankston	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	131	51	1,038	109,808[41]	134,143[42]	9
City of Greater Dandenong	Dandenong	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	130	50	1,175	123,965[43]	152,050[44]	11	Amalgamation of the City of Springvale and City of Dandenong
City of Hume	Broadmeadows	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	503	194	386	131,182[45]	197,376[46]	11
City of Knox	Wantirna South	Outer Metropolitan	16 October 1963 (1963-22-16)	114	44	1,366	141,408[47]	154,110[48]	9
City of Maroondah	Ringwood East	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	61	24	1,841	96,132[49]	110,376[50]	9	Amalgamation of the City of Ringwood and City of Croydon
City of Melton	Melton	Outer Metropolitan	16 September 1862 (1862-09-16)	527	203	184	51,685[51]	135,443[52]	7
Shire of Mornington Peninsula	Rosebud	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	723	279	214	124,891[53]	154,999[54]	11	Amalgamation of the shires of Flinders, Hastings and Mornington.
Shire of Nillumbik	Eltham	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	435	168	144	57,932[55]	61,273[56]	7
City of Whittlesea	South Morang	Outer Metropolitan	12 December 1862 (1862-12-12)	490	189	399	113,784[57]	197,491[58]	11
City of Wyndham	Werribee	Outer Metropolitan	6 October 1862 (1862-10-06)	542	209	387	84,861[59]	217,122[60]	11
Shire of Yarra Ranges	Lilydale	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	2,470	954	61	137,113[61]	149,537[62]	9	Amalgamation of parts of the Shire of Lillydale, Shire of Healesville, Shire of Upper Yarra and parts of the Shire of Sherbrooke.

Southwest

Local government area	Council seat	Region	Year est.	Land area		Population (2001 census)	Population (2016 census)	Councillors 2012	Notes	Map
				km²	sq mi
Colac Otway Shire	Colac	Southwest	1994	3,433	1,325	19,997[63]	20,972[64]	7
Golden Plains Shire	Bannockburn	Southwest	1994	2,704	1,044	14,278[65]	21,688[66]	7
City of Greater Geelong	Geelong	Southwest	1993	1,240	479	183,530[67]	233,429[68]	13
Borough of Queenscliffe	Queenscliff	Southwest	1863	9	3	3,069[69]	2,853[70]	5
Surf Coast Shire	Torquay	Southwest	1994	1,560	602	19,461[71]	29,397[72]	9

Central Highlands and Goldfields

Local government area	Council seat	Region	Year est.	Land area		Population (2001 census)	Population (2016 census)	Councillors 2012	Notes	Map
				km²	sq mi
City of Ballarat	Ballarat	Central Highlands and Goldfields	1994	740	286	79,794[73]	101,686[74]	9
Shire of Central Goldfields	Maryborough	Central Highlands and Goldfields	1995	1,534	592	12,247[75]	12,995[76]	7
City of Greater Bendigo	Bendigo	Central Highlands and Goldfields	1994	3,048	1,177	85,781[77]	110,477[78]	9
Shire of Hepburn	Daylesford	Central Highlands and Goldfields	1995	1,470	568	13,835[79]	15,330[80]	7
Shire of Loddon	Wedderburn	Central Highlands and Goldfields	1995	6,694	2,585	8,177[81]	7,516[82]	5
Shire of Macedon Ranges	Kyneton	Central Highlands and Goldfields	1994	1,747	675	35,552[83]	46,100[84]	9
Shire of Mitchell	Broadford	Central Highlands and Goldfields	1994	2,862	1,105	27,391[85]	40,918[86]	9
Shire of Moorabool	Ballan	Central Highlands and Goldfields	1994	2,110	815	23,832[87]	31,818[88]	7
Shire of Mount Alexander	Castlemaine	Central Highlands and Goldfields	1995	1,529	590	16,141[89]	18,761[90]	7

Goulburn Valley

Local government area	Council seat	Region	Year est.	Land area		Population (2001 census)	Population (2016 census)	Councillors 2012	Notes	Map
				km²	sq mi
Shire of Campaspe	Echuca	Goulburn Valley	1994	4,517	1,744	34,551[91]	37,061[92]	9
City of Greater Shepparton	Shepparton	Goulburn Valley	1994	2,420	934	55,082[93]	63,867[94]	7
Shire of Moira	Cobram	Goulburn Valley	1963	4,078	1,575	25,401[95]	29,112[96]	9
Shire of Strathbogie	Euroa	Goulburn Valley	1994	3,302	1,275	9,119[97]	10,274[98]	7

Northeast

Local government area	Council seat	Region	Year est.	Land area		Population (2001 census)	Population (2016 census)	Councillors 2012	Notes	Map
				km²	sq mi
Alpine Shire	Bright	Northeast	1994	5,005	1,932	17,581[99]	12,337[100]	7
Rural City of Benalla	Benalla	Northeast	2002	2,351	908	21,553[101]	13,861[102]	7	2001 Population includes Shire of Mansfield (de-amalgamated in 2002)
Shire of Indigo	Beechworth	Northeast	1994	2,044	789	13,889[103]	15,952[104]	7
Shire of Mansfield	Mansfield	Northeast	2002	3,892	1,503	8,534[105]	8,534[106]	5	2001 Population includes Rural City of Benalla (de-amalgamated in 2002)
Shire of Murrindindi	Alexandra	Northeast	1994	3,889	1,502	13,060[107]	13,732[108]	7
Shire of Towong	Tallangatta	Northeast	1994	6,673	2,576	5,942[109]	5,985[110]	5
Rural City of Wangaratta	Wangaratta	Northeast	1997	3,764	1,453	25,608[111]	28,310[112]	7
City of Wodonga	Wodonga	Northeast	1876	433	167	30,921[113]	39,351[114]	7

Gippsland

Local government area	Council seat	Region	Year est.	Land area		Population (2001 census)	Population (2016 census)	Councillors 2012	Notes	Map
				km²	sq mi
Bass Coast Shire	Wonthaggi	Gippsland	1994	859	332	23,971[115]	32,804[116]	7
Shire of Baw Baw	Warragul	Gippsland	1994	4,031	1,556	34,632[117]	48,479[118]	9
Shire of East Gippsland	Bairnsdale	Gippsland	1994	20,931	8,082	37,792[119]	45,040[120]	9
City of Latrobe	Morwell	Gippsland	1994	1,422	549	66,819[121]	73,257[122]	9
South Gippsland Shire	Leongatha	Gippsland	1994	3,305	1,276	24,524[123]	28,703[124]	9
Shire of Wellington	Sale	Gippsland	1994	10,989	4,243	39,158[125]	42,983[126]	9

Western District

Local government area	Council seat	Region	Year est.	Land area		Population (2001 census)	Population (2016 census)	Councillors 2012	Notes	Map
				km²	sq mi
Rural City of Ararat	Ararat	Western District	1994	4,230	1,633	11,075[127]	11,600[128]	7
Corangamite Shire	Camperdown	Western District	1994	4,404	1,700	16,554[129]	16,051[130]	7
Shire of Glenelg	Portland	Western District	1994	6,213	2,399	19,259[131]	19,557[132]	7
Shire of Moyne	Port Fairy	Western District	1994	5,478	2,115	14,989 |[133]	16,495 |[134]	7
Pyrenees Shire	Beaufort	Western District	1994	3,433	1,325	6,354[135]	7,238[136]	5
Shire of Southern Grampians	Hamilton	Western District	1994	6,652	2,568	16,484[137]	15,944[138]	7
City of Warrnambool	Warrnambool	Western District	1855	120	46	28,574[139]	33,655[140]	7

Wimmera

Local government area	Council seat	Region	Year est.	Land area		Population (2001 census)	Population (2016 census)	Councillors 2012	Notes	Map
				km²	sq mi
Shire of Hindmarsh	Nhill	Wimmera	1995	7,527	2,906	6,260[141]	5,721[142]	6
Rural City of Horsham	Horsham	Wimmera	1995	4,239	1,637	17,745[143]	19,642[144]	7
Shire of Northern Grampians	Stawell	Wimmera	1995	5,918	2,285	12,616[145]	11,439[146]	7
Shire of West Wimmera	Edenhope	Wimmera	1995	9,107	3,516	4,546[147]	3,903[148]	5
Shire of Yarriambiack	Warracknabeal	Wimmera	1995	7,310	2,822	7,739[149]	6,674[150]	7

The Mallee

Local government area	Council seat	Region	Year est.	Land area		Population (2001 census)	Population (2016 census)	Councillors 2012	Notes	Map
				km²	sq mi
Shire of Buloke	Wycheproof	The Mallee	1995	8,004	3,090	6,959[151]	5,952[152]	7
Shire of Gannawarra	Kerang	The Mallee	1995	3,732	1,441	11,378[153]	10,549[154]	7
Rural City of Mildura	Mildura	The Mallee	1995	22,214	8,577	48,201[155]	53,878[156]	9
Rural City of Swan Hill	Swan Hill	The Mallee	1995	6,103	2,356	20,637[157]	20,584[158]	7

See also

• Government of Australia
• Australian Local Government Association

References

External links

• "Shires of Australia". Statoids.

Victorian Local Governance Association