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]

This article is about the local government area in Victoria, Australia. For the former local government area in New South Wales, Australia, see Mitchell Shire (New South Wales).
Shire of Mitchell
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population44,299 (2018)[1]
 • Density15.4783/km2 (40.089/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted18 November 1994[2]
Area2,862 km2 (1,105.0 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Rhonda Sanderson
Council seatBroadford
RegionHume, Goulburn Murray
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)
WebsiteShire of Mitchell
LGAs around Shire of Mitchell:
Mount Alexander Greater Bendigo Strathbogie
Macedon Ranges Shire of Mitchell Murrindindi
Hume Whittlesea Nillumbik

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]

WardCouncillorNotes
Central  David AtkinsonIndependent. Not on ballot for 2020 re-election[4]
 Annie GobleIndependent
 Bob HummIndependent
North  Bill ChisholmIndependent
 Rhonda SandersonIndependent
 Fiona StevensIndependent
South  Bob CornishIndependent
 Bob EldridgeIndependent
 David LoweIndependent, Mayor

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
Avenel1,048
Beveridge2,330
Broadford4,319
Bylands131
Clonbinane330
Forbes126
Glenaroua154
Glenhope76
Glenhope East30
Population
Locality Total
Heathcote Junction839
Heathcote South14
High Camp108
Hilldene346
Kilmore7,958
Kilmore East417
Mangalore182
Mia Mia178
Moranding185
Population
Locality Total
Northwood195
Nulla Vale63
Puckapunyal1,078
Pyalong660
Reedy Creek166
Seymour6,327
Sugarloaf Creek244
Sunday Creek309
Tallarook736
Population
Locality Total
Tarcombe42
Trawool108
Tooborac310
Tyaak73
Upper Plenty335
Wallan11,074
Wandong1,340
Waterford Park193
Whiteheads Creek348
Willowmavin216

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. 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.
  3. Local Government in Victoria. "Mitchell Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/voting/2020-local-council-election/elections/mitchell-shire-council/nominations


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