Shire of Mitchell

Shire of Mitchell
Victoria
Shire of Mitchell; Victoria
	Location in Victoria
Population	44,299 (2018)
• Density	15.4783/km2 (40.089/sq mi)
Established	1994
Gazetted	18 November 1994
Area	2,862 km2 (1,105.0 sq mi)
Mayor	Cr Rhonda Sanderson
Council seat	Broadford
Region
State electorate(s)	Euroa; Yan Yean;
Federal division(s)	Bendigo; McEwen; Nicholls;
Website	Shire of Mitchell
	LGAs around Shire of Mitchell:

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 June 2018, had a population of 44,299.^[1] 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.^[3]

Ward		Notes
Central	Louise Bannister	Independent. ^[4]
	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.

Towns and localities[]

In June 2018 the shire had a population of 44,299.^[1]

Population
Locality	Total
Avenel	1,048
Beveridge	2,330
Broadford	4,319
	131
Clonbinane	330
	126
Glenaroua	154
	76
	30

Population
Locality	Total
Heathcote Junction	839
Heathcote South	14
	108
	346
Kilmore	7,958
Kilmore East	417
Mangalore	182
Mia Mia	178
Moranding	185

Population
Locality	Total
Northwood	195
	63
Puckapunyal	1,078
Pyalong	660
Reedy Creek	166
Seymour	6,327
Sugarloaf Creek	244
Sunday Creek	309
Tallarook	736

Population
Locality	Total
	42
Trawool	108
Tooborac	310
Tyaak	73
Upper Plenty	335
Wallan	11,074
Wandong	1,340
Waterford Park	193
	348
Willowmavin	216

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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.
^ ^a ^b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S87 of 1994: Order estg (Part 10) the Shire of Mitchell". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 18 November 1994). p. 4. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
^ Local Government in Victoria. "Mitchell Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
^ https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/voting/2020-local-council-election/elections/mitchell-shire-council/nominations

External links[]

Coordinates: 37°06′00″S 145°04′00″E / 37.10000°S 145.06667°E / -37.10000; 145.06667

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[ABSLGA-1] "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.

[Gazette-2] Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S87 of 1994: Order estg (Part 10) the Shire of Mitchell". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 18 November 1994). p. 4. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[Council-3] Local Government in Victoria. "Mitchell Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[4] ttps://www.vec.vic.gov.au/voting/2020-local-council-election/elections/mitchell-shire-council/nominations

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