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.

This article is about local government areas in Victoria. For the history and responsibilities of local government in Victoria, see Local government in Victoria.

Map of LGAs

Detail of Local Government Areas in and around Melbourne

Types of LGAs

Local government areas sorted by region

Greater Melbourne

Local government area	Council seat	Region	Year est.	Land area[1]			Population		Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
				km²	sq mi	Density (2018)[1]	(2013)[2]	(2018)[2][1]
City of Melbourne	Melbourne	Inner Melbourne	12 August 1842 (1842-08-12)	37	14	4,550	118,357	169,961	11	Capital city of Victoria.
City of Port Phillip	St Kilda	Inner Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	21	8	5,466	102,156	113,200	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	4,530	103,487	116,207	9	Amalgamation of the cities of Malvern and Prahran
City of Yarra	Richmond	Inner Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	20	8	5,041	83,962	98,521	9	Amalgamation of the cities of Richmond, Collingwood, Fitzroy and Northcote. Parts of Carlton North and Princes Hill were annexed from Melbourne.
City of Banyule	Greensborough	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	63	24	2,083	125,314	130,237	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)	37	14	2,841	98,252	105,718	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	3,013	170,485	181,289	10	Amalgamation of the cities of Camberwell, Kew and Hawthorn.
City of Darebin	Preston	Metropolitan Melbourne	22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)	54	21	3,022	147,272	161,609	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	3,977	141,260	153,858	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)	64	25	1,502	89,188	96,470	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	1,789	152,336	163,431	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	1,107	118,357	125,508	9
City of Maribyrnong	Footscray	Metropolitan Melbourne	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	31	12	2,927	79,782	91,387	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	2,455	183,255	200,077	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)	43	17	2,741	115,464	127,883	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	3,567	160,282	181,725	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	2,741	162,081	176,196	10	Amalgamation of the City of Box Hill and city of Nunawading
City of Brimbank	Sunshine	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	123	47	1,691	196,169	208,714	11	Amalgamation of the cities of Keilor and Sunshine
Shire of Cardinia	Officer	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	1,283	495	84	84,591	107,120	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)	409	158	831	278,023	340,419	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)	130	50	1,095	134,351	141,845	9
City of Greater Dandenong	Dandenong	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	130	50	1,282	148,502	166,094	11	Amalgamation of the City of Springvale and City of Dandenong
City of Hume	Broadmeadows	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	504	195	445	184,873	224,394	11
City of Knox	Wantirna South	Outer Metropolitan	16 October 1963 (1963-22-16)	114	44	1,433	156,347	163,203	9
City of Maroondah	Ringwood East	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	61	24	1,913	109,781	117,498	9	Amalgamation of the City of Ringwood and City of Croydon
City of Melton	Melton	Outer Metropolitan	16 September 1862 (1862-09-16)	528	204	297	123,936	156,713	7
Shire of Mornington Peninsula	Rosebud	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	724	280	229	154,001	165,822	11	Amalgamation of the shires of Flinders, Hastings and Mornington.
Shire of Nillumbik	Greensborough	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	432	167	150	63,174	64,941	7
City of Whittlesea	South Morang	Outer Metropolitan	12 December 1862 (1862-12-12)	490	189	456	179,272	223,322	11
City of Wyndham	Werribee	Outer Metropolitan	6 October 1862 (1862-10-06)	542	209	471	190,211	255,322	11
Shire of Yarra Ranges	Lilydale	Outer Metropolitan	15 December 1994 (1994-12-15)	2,468	953	64	150,902	158,173	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	Year est.	Land area[1]		Population		Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
			km²	sq mi	(2013)[2]	(2018)[2][1]
Colac Otway Shire	Colac	1994	3,438	1,327	21,035	21,503	7
Golden Plains Shire	Bannockburn	1994	2,703	1,044	20,362	23,120	7
City of Greater Geelong	Geelong	1993	1,248	482	223,357	252,217	13
Borough of Queenscliffe	Queenscliff	1863	8.6	3	3,002	2,982	5
Surf Coast Shire	Torquay	1994	1,553	600	28,228	32,251	9

Central Highlands and Goldfields

Local government area	Council seat	Year est.	Land area[1]		Population		Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
			km²	sq mi	(2013)[2]	(2018)[2][1]
City of Ballarat	Ballarat	1994	739	285	98,344	107,325	9
Shire of Central Goldfields	Maryborough	1995	1,533	592	12,815	13,209	7
City of Greater Bendigo	Bendigo	1994	3,000	1,158	105,957	116,045	9
Shire of Hepburn	Daylesford	1995	1,473	569	15,022	15,812	7
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
Shire of Mitchell	Broadford	1994	2,862	1,105	37,788	44,299	9
Shire of Moorabool	Ballan	1994	2,111	815	30,410	34,158	7
Shire of Mount Alexander	Castlemaine	1995	1,530	591	18,247	19,514	7

Goulburn Valley

Local government area	Council seat	Year est.	Land area[1]		Population		Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
			km²	sq mi	(2013)[2]	(2018)[2][1]
Shire of Campaspe	Echuca	1994	4,519	1,745	37,213	37,592	9
City of Greater Shepparton	Shepparton	1994	2,422	935	63,244	66,007	7
Shire of Moira	Cobram	1994	4,046	1,562	25,401	29,799	9
Shire of Strathbogie	Euroa	1994	3,303	1,275	9,119	10,645	7

Northeast

Local government area	Council seat	Year est.	Land area[1]		Population		Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
			km²	sq mi	(2013)[2]	(2018)[2][1]
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
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 Murrindindi	Alexandra	1994	3,880	1,498	13,563	14,478	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

Gippsland

Local government area	Council seat	Year est.	Land area[1]		Population		Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
			km²	sq mi	(2013)[2]	(2018)[2][1]
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

Western District

Local government area	Council seat	Year est.	Land area[1]		Population		Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
			km²	sq mi	(2013)[2]	(2018)[2][1]
Rural City of Ararat	Ararat	1994	4,211	1,626	11,490	11,795	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
Shire of Moyne	Port Fairy	1994	5,482	2,117	16,431	16,887	7
Pyrenees Shire	Beaufort	1994	3,435	1,326	6,938	7,353	5
Shire of Southern Grampians	Hamilton	1994	6,654	2,569	16,355	16,135	7
City of Warrnambool	Warrnambool	1855	121	47	33,423	34,862	7

Wimmera

Local government area	Council seat	Year est.	Land area[1]		Population		Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
			km²	sq mi	(2013)[2]	(2018)[2][1]
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 Northern Grampians	Stawell	1995	5,730	2,212	11,880	11,431	7
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

The Mallee

Local government area	Council seat	Year est.	Land area[1]		Population		Councillors (2012)	Notes	Map
			km²	sq mi	(2013)[2]	(2018)[2][1]
Shire of Buloke	Wycheproof	1995	8,000	3,089	6,388	6,184	7
Shire of Gannawarra	Kerang	1995	3,735	1,442	10,526	10,547	7
Rural City of Mildura	Mildura	1995	22,083	8,526	53,156	55,515	9
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

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.
2. "People: Population: ERP by LGA (ASGS 2018), 2001 to 2018". ABS.Stat. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

External links

• "Shires of Australia". Statoids.

Victorian Local Governance Association