Shire of Central Goldfields
Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Australian place Shire of Central Goldfields is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of Template:Convert and, in August 2021 had a population of 13,483.<ref name=ABSLGA/>
It includes the towns of Bealiba, Carisbrook, Dunolly, Maryborough and Talbot. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Maryborough, most of the Shire of Tullaroop, and parts of the Shire of Bet Bet and Shire of Talbot and Clunes.<ref name=Gazette />
The Shire is governed and administered by the Central Goldfields Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Maryborough. It also has a service centre located in Talbot. The Shire is named after the region having historically been a major goldfields region in central Victoria.
CouncilEdit
Current compositionEdit
The council is composed of seven single member wards.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Councillors elected at the 2024 election are:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Ward | Councillor | Notes | |
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Flynn | Template:Australian party style | | Liesbeth Long | |
Maryborough Central | Template:Australian party style | | Gerard Murphy | |
Maryborough East | Template:Australian party style | | Jake Meyer | |
Maryborough North | Template:Australian party style | | Geoff Bartlett | |
Maryborough West | Template:Australian party style | | Grace La Vella | Mayor |
Paddys Ranges | Template:Australian party style | | Ben Green | Deputy |
Tullaroop | Template:Australian party style | | Anna De Villiers |
Administration and governanceEdit
The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Maryborough Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Maryborough, and its service centre in Talbot.
Townships and localitiesEdit
In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 13,483, up from 12,995 in the 2016 census.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Population | ||
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Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
Template:VICcity | 81 | 85 |
Template:VICcity | 201 | 195 |
Template:VICcity | 65 | 63 |
Template:VICcity^ | 21 | 23 |
Template:VICcity^ | 6 | 12 |
Template:VICcity^ | 206 | 213 |
Template:VICcity | 129 | 135 |
Template:VICcity | 102 | 101 |
Template:VICcity | 181 | 209 |
Template:VICcity | 56 | 46 |
Template:VICcity | 3 | 3 |
Population | ||
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Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
Template:VICcity^ | 1,115 | 1,192 |
Template:VICcity | 12 | 20 |
Template:VICcity | 57 | 62 |
Template:VICcity | 385 | 398 |
Template:VICcity | 58 | 83 |
Template:VICcity | 36 | 36 |
Template:VICcity^ | 893 | 899 |
Template:VICcity^ | 96 | 113 |
Template:VICcity^ | 32 | 37 |
Template:VICcity | 87 | 97 |
Population | ||
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Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
Template:VICcity^ | 36 | 37 |
Template:VICcity | 74 | 83 |
Template:VICcity^ | * | # |
Template:VICcity^ | 12 | 20 |
Template:VICcity | 211 | 198 |
Template:VICcity | 7,921 | 8,160 |
Template:VICcity^ | 88 | 80 |
Template:VICcity^ | 32 | 44 |
Moonlight Flat | 77 | 85 |
Template:VICcity | 85 | 92 |
Population | ||
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Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
Template:VICcity | 19 | 18 |
Template:VICcity^ | 94 | 89 |
Template:VICcity^ | 21 | 19 |
Template:VICcity | 120 | 111 |
Template:VICcity | 69 | 76 |
Template:VICcity^ | 24 | 33 |
Template:VICcity | 442 | 452 |
Template:VICcity | 58 | 68 |
Template:VICcity | 24 | 23 |
Template:VICcity^ | 68 | 72 |
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^ - Territory divided with another LGA
* - Not noted in 2016 Census
# - Not noted in 2021 Census
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Central Goldfields Shire Council official website
- Metlink local public transport map
- Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
- Template:Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link
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