City of Greater Shepparton

City of Greater Shepparton
Victoria
City of Greater Shepparton; Victoria
	Location in Victoria
Population	66,007 (2018)
• Density	27.253/km2 (70.585/sq mi)
Established	1994
Gazetted	18 November 1994
Area	2,422 km2 (935.1 sq mi)
Mayor	Cr Kim O'Keefe
Council seat	Shepparton
Region	Hume
State electorate(s)	Shepparton; Euroa; Murray Plains;
Federal Division(s)	Murray
Website	City of Greater Shepparton
	LGAs around City of Greater Shepparton:

The City of Greater Shepparton is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 2,422 square kilometres (935 sq mi) and, in June 2018, had a population of 66,007.^[1] It includes the city of Shepparton and the towns of Arcadia, Ardmona, Congupna, Dookie, Grahamvale, Kialla, Lemnos, Merrigum, Mooroopna, Murchison, Tallygaroopna, Tatura, Toolamba and Undera. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Shepparton, Shire of Shepparton, and parts of the Shire of Rodney, Shire of Euroa, Shire of Goulburn, Shire of Tungamah, Shire of Violet Town and Shire of Waranga.^[2]

The City is governed and administered by the Greater Shepparton City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Shepparton, it also has a service centre located in Tatura. The City is named after the main urban settlement located in the centre of the LGA, that is Shepparton, which together with adjoining Mooroopna form the LGA's most populous urban area with a population of 51,903.^[3]

Council[]

Current composition[]

The council is composed of nine councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.^[4] The elected councillors by order of election as of the 2020 election:^[5]

Ward		Notes
Unsubdivided	Kim O'Keefe	Mayor
	Robert Priestley	Deputy Mayor
	Shane Sali
	Gregory James
	Seema Abdullah
	Fern Summer
	Geoff Dobson
	Anthony Brophy
	Sam Spinks	Greens

Administration and governance[]

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

Main towns in shire[]

In June 2018 the shire had a population of 66,007.^[1]

Population
Locality	Total
Arcadia	217
Ardmona	487
	20
Bunbartha	276
Byrneside	158
	74
Congupna	605
	108
	131
Cosgrove	54
Cosgrove South	58
Dhurringile	445
Dookie	328
	44

Population
Locality	Total
	60
	121
	16
Grahamvale	682
Harston	174
Karramomus	37
Katandra	113
Katandra West	476
Kialla	6,871
Kialla East	137
Kialla West	431
Kyabram	7,331
	80
Lancaster	393

Population
Locality	Total
Lemnos	246
Major Plains	37
	91
Marungi	111
Merrigum	679
Moorilim	25
Mooroopna	7,942
Mooroopna North	123
Mooroopna North West	74
	6
Murchison	925
Murchison East	135
	187
	25

Population
Locality	Total
Orrvale	438
Pine Lodge	35
Shepparton	31,197
Shepparton East	1,138
Shepparton North	1,033
	75
	116
Tallygaroopna	579
	34
Tatura	4,669
Tatura East	143
Toolamba	769
	112
Undera	442