Local government areas of Victoria

This is a list of local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria, sorted by region. Also referred to as municipalities, the 79 Victorian LGAs are classified as cities (34), shires (38), rural cities (6) and boroughs (1). In general, an urban or suburban LGA is called a city and is governed by a City Council, while a rural LGA covering a larger rural area is usually called a shire and is governed by a Shire Council. Local councils have the same administrative functions and similar political structures, regardless of their classification. The sorting of LGAs into regions is for presentation purposes only, and has no legal or administrative significance.

Greater Melbourne[]

Local government area	Council seat	Region	Date established	Land area (km2)	Population (2018)[1][2]	Pop. density	Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
City of Melbourne	Melbourne	Inner Melbourne	12 August 1842 (1842-08-12)	37	169,961	11,897	11
City of Port Phillip	St Kilda	Inner Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	21	113,200	13,961	7	Merger of St Kilda, South Melbourne and Port Melbourne
City of Stonnington	Malvern	Inner Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	26	116,207	11,576	9	Merger of Malvern and Prahran
City of Yarra	Richmond	Inner Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	20	98,521	12,758	9	Merger of Richmond, Collingwood, Fitzroy, Northcote and parts of Melbourne
City of Banyule	Greensborough	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	63	130,237	5,354	7	Merger of Heidelberg and parts of Diamond Valley and Eltham
City of Bayside	Sandringham	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	37	105,718	7,400	7	Merger of Brighton and Sandringham and parts of Mordialloc and Moorabbin
City of Boroondara	Camberwell	Metropolitan Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	60	181,289	7,826	10	Merger of Camberwell, Kew and Hawthorn
City of Darebin	Preston	Metropolitan Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	54	161,609	7,751	9	Merger of Northcote and Preston
City of Glen Eira	Caulfield North	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	39	153,858	10,218	9	Merger of Caulfield and parts of Moorabbin
City of Hobsons Bay	Altona	Metropolitan Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	64	96,470	3,904	7	Merger of Williamstown and Altona
City of Kingston	Cheltenham	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	91	163,431	4,651	9	Merger of Chelsea and parts of Mordialloc, Moorabbin, Oakleigh and Springvale
City of Manningham	Doncaster	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	113	125,508	2,877	9
City of Maribyrnong	Footscray	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	31	91,387	7,635	7	Merger of Footscray and parts of Sunshine
City of Monash	Glen Waverley	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	82	200,077	6,319	11	Merger of Waverley and parts of Oakleigh
City of Moonee Valley	Moonee Ponds	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	43	127,883	7,703	9	Merger of Essendon and parts of Keilor
City of Moreland	Coburg	Metropolitan Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	51	181,725	9,229	11	Merger of Brunswick, Coburg and parts of Broadmeadows
City of Whitehorse	Nunawading	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	64	176,196	7,130	10	Merger of Box Hill and Nunawading
City of Brimbank	Sunshine	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	123	208,714	4,395	11	Merger of Keilor and Sunshine
Shire of Cardinia	Officer	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	1283	107,120	216	9	Merger of Pakenham and parts of Cranbourne and Sherbrooke
City of Casey	Narre Warren	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	409	340,419	2,156	11	Merger of Berwick and parts of Cranbourne
City of Frankston	Frankston	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	130	141,845	2,826	9
City of Greater Dandenong	Dandenong	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	130	166,094	3,309	11	Merger of Dandenong and Springvale
City of Hume	Broadmeadows	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	504	224,394	1,153	11
City of Knox	Wantirna South	Outer Metropolitan	16 October 1963 (1963-22-16)	114	163,203	3,552	9
City of Maroondah	Ringwood East	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	61	117,498	4,989	9	Merger of Croydon and Ringwood
City of Melton	Melton	Outer Metropolitan	16 September 1862 (1862-09-16)	528	156,713	769	7
Shire of Mornington Peninsula	Rosebud	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	724	165,822	593	11	Merger of Flinders, Hastings and Mornington
Shire of Nillumbik	Greensborough	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	432	64,941	389	7
City of Whittlesea	South Morang	Outer Metropolitan	12 December 1862 (1862-12-12)	490	223,322	1,180	11
City of Wyndham	Werribee	Outer Metropolitan	6 October 1862 (1862-10-06)	542	255,322	1,220	11
Shire of Yarra Ranges	Lilydale	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	2468	158,173	166	9	Merger of Healesville, Lillydale, Upper Yarra and parts of Sherbrooke

Regional Victoria[]

Barwon South West[]

Local government area	Council seat	Date established	Land area[2]		Population		Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
			km2	sq mi	(2013)[1]	(2018)[1][2]
Colac Otway Shire	Colac	1994	3,438	1,327	21,035	21,503	7
Corangamite Shire	Camperdown	1994	4,408	1,702	16,410	16,140	7
Shire of Glenelg	Portland	1994	6,219	2,401	19,797	19,665	7
City of Greater Geelong	Geelong	1993	1,248	482	223,357	252,217	13
Shire of Moyne	Port Fairy	1994	5,482	2,117	16,431	16,887	7
Borough of Queenscliffe	Queenscliff	1863	8.6	3	3,002	2,982	5
Shire of Southern Grampians	Hamilton	1994	6,654	2,569	16,355	16,135	7
Surf Coast Shire	Torquay	1994	1,553	600	28,228	32,251	9
City of Warrnambool	Warrnambool	1855	121	47	33,423	34,862	7

Grampians[]

Local government area	Council seat	Date established	Land area[2]		Population		Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
			km2	sq mi	(2013)[1]	(2018)[1][2]
Rural City of Ararat	Ararat	1994	4,211	1,626	11,490	11,795	7
City of Ballarat	Ballarat	1994	739	285	98,344	107,325	9
Golden Plains Shire	Bannockburn	1994	2,703	1,044	20,362	23,120	7
Shire of Hepburn	Daylesford	1995	1,473	569	15,022	15,812	7
Shire of Hindmarsh	Nhill	1995	7,524	2,905	5,852	5,645	6
Rural City of Horsham	Horsham	1995	4,267	1,647	19,694	19,875	7
Shire of Moorabool	Ballan	1994	2,111	815	30,410	34,158	7
Shire of Northern Grampians	Stawell	1995	5,730	2,212	11,880	11,431	7
Pyrenees Shire	Beaufort	1994	3,435	1,326	6,938	7,353	5
Shire of West Wimmera	Edenhope	1995	9,108	3,517	4,124	3,862	5
Shire of Yarriambiack	Warracknabeal	1995	7,326	2,829	7,032	6,658	7

Gippsland[]

Local government area	Council seat	Date established	Land area[2]		Population		Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
			km2	sq mi	(2013)[1]	(2018)[1][2]
Bass Coast Shire	Wonthaggi	1994	866	334	31,331	35,327	7
Shire of Baw Baw	Warragul	1994	4,028	1,555	45,627	52,015	9
Shire of East Gippsland	Bairnsdale	1994	20,940	8,085	43,809	46,818	9
City of Latrobe	Morwell	1994	1,426	551	74,124	75,211	9
South Gippsland Shire	Leongatha	1994	3,435	1,326	28,273	29,579	9
Shire of Wellington	Sale	1994	10,817	4,176	42,721	44,019	9

Hume[]

Local government area	Council seat	Date established	Land area[2]		Population		Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
			km2	sq mi	(2013)[1]	(2018)[1][2]
Alpine Shire	Bright	1994	4,788	1,849	12,283	12,730	7
Rural City of Benalla	Benalla	2002	2,353	908	13,878	14,024	7
City of Greater Shepparton	Shepparton	1994	2,422	935	63,244	66,007	7
Shire of Indigo	Beechworth	1994	2,040	788	15,605	16,490	7
Shire of Mansfield	Mansfield	2002	3,844	1,484	8,276	8,979	5
Shire of Mitchell	Broadford	1994	2,862	1,105	37,788	44,299	9
Shire of Moira	Cobram	1994	4,046	1,562	25,401	29,799	9
Shire of Murrindindi	Alexandra	1994	3,880	1,498	13,563	14,478	7
Shire of Strathbogie	Euroa	1994	3,303	1,275	9,119	10,645	7
Shire of Towong	Tallangatta	1994	6,675	2,577	5,961	6,054	5
Rural City of Wangaratta	Wangaratta	1997	3,645	1,407	27,650	29,087	7
City of Wodonga	Wodonga	1876	433	167	37,575	41,429	7

Loddon Mallee[]

Local government area	Council seat	Date established	Land area[2]		Population		Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
			km2	sq mi	(2013)[1]	(2018)[1][2]
Shire of Buloke	Wycheproof	1995	8,000	3,089	6,388	6,184	7
Shire of Campaspe	Echuca	1994	4,519	1,745	37,213	37,592	9
Shire of Central Goldfields	Maryborough	1995	1,533	592	12,815	13,209	7
Shire of Gannawarra	Kerang	1995	3,735	1,442	10,526	10,547	7
City of Greater Bendigo	Bendigo	1994	3,000	1,158	105,957	116,045	9
Shire of Loddon	Wedderburn	1995	6,696	2,585	7,518	7,513	5
Shire of Macedon Ranges	Kyneton	1994	1,748	675	44,595	49,388	9
Rural City of Mildura	Mildura	1995	22,083	8,526	53,156	55,515	9
Shire of Mount Alexander	Castlemaine	1995	1,530	591	18,247	19,514	7
Rural City of Swan Hill	Swan Hill	1995	6,115	2,361	21,003	20,759	7

See also[]

• Government of Australia
• Australian Local Government Association
• Municipal Association of Victoria

References[]

External links[]

• "Shires of Australia". Statoids.
• Victorian Local Governance Association