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
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>

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Population
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
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Population
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

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Population
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

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Population
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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* - Not noted in 2016 Census
# - Not noted in 2021 Census

See alsoEdit

List of localities (Victoria)

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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