Template:About Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Australian place Mitchell Shire is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located North of Melbourne. It covers an area of Template:Convert and, in April 2024, had a projected population of 61,362.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Larger towns include Beveridge, 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.<ref name=Gazette />
The Shire is governed and administered by 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, Beveridge, 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.
The Shire is Victoria’s fastest growing municipality. As an interface growth area, it offers a mix of rural and urban living with affordable housing and a diversity of lifestyle and housing choices. By 2041 it is expected that 170,000 people will live in Mitchell Shire.<ref name=":0" /> It is anticipated that most of this growth will occur in and around the southern townships of Beveridge, Kilmore/Kilmore East and Wallan.
CouncilEdit
Current compositionEdit
The Council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.<ref name="Council">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Ward | Councillor | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central | Template:Australian party style| | Nathan Clark | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Australian party style| | Timothy Hanson | Independent | ||
| Template:Australian party style| | Bob Humm | Independent | ||
| North | Template:Australian party style| | John Dougall (Mayor) | Independent | |
| Template:Australian party style| | Ned Jeffery | Independent | ||
| Template:Australian party style| | Andrea Pace | Independent | ||
| South | Template:Australian party style| | Bob Cornish (Deputy Mayor) | Independent | |
| Template:Australian party style| | Riley Evans | Independent | ||
| Template:Australian party style| | Claudia James | Independent | ||
Administration and governanceEdit
Mitchell Shire Council meets in the Council Chambers at Mitchell Civic Centre in Broadford. It also has Customer and Library Service Centres in Broadford, Kilmore, Seymour and Wallan.
Townships and localitiesEdit
Mitchell Shire has a population of 61,362.<ref name="Council" /> Individual locality populations are based on the most recent available data on ID Forecast <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Area | 2024 Projected Population |
|---|---|
| Mitchell Shire | 61,362 |
| Beveridge | 9118 |
| Broadford area | 5564 |
| Kilmore - Kilmore East | 11622 |
| Pyalong - Rural North West | 2220 |
| Rural North East | 2872 |
| Seymour | 7003 |
| Wallan | 19725 |
| Wandong - Heathcote Junction area | 3238 |
See alsoEdit
- List of localities (Victoria)
- List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Shire of Mitchell
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Mitchell 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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