Local government areas of Victoria

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

Types of LGAs.
Victoria LGAs by largest council faction as of December 2022.

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.

Local elections are held in Victoria every four years with the most recent elections held in 2024.

Current local government areas

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Greater Melbourne

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Detail of Local Government Areas in and around Melbourne.
Local government area Council seat Date established Land area Population

(2021)[1]

Councillors
(2022)		 Map
City of Banyule Greensborough 15 December 1994 63 km2 (24 sq mi) 126,236 9
City of Bayside Sandringham 15 December 1994 37 km2 (14 sq mi) 101,306 7
City of Boroondara Camberwell 22 June 1994 60 km2 (23 sq mi) 167,900 11
City of Brimbank Sunshine 15 December 1994 123 km2 (47 sq mi) 194,618 11
Shire of Cardinia Officer 15 December 1994 1,283 km2 (495 sq mi) 118,194 9
City of Casey Narre Warren 15 December 1994 409 km2 (158 sq mi) 365,239 11
City of Darebin Preston 22 June 1994 54 km2 (21 sq mi) 148,570 9
City of Frankston Frankston 15 December 1994 130 km2 (50 sq mi) 139,281 9
City of Glen Eira Caulfield North 15 December 1994 39 km2 (15 sq mi) 148,908 9
City of Greater Dandenong Dandenong 15 December 1994 130 km2 (50 sq mi) 158,208 11
City of Hobsons Bay Altona 22 June 1994 64 km2 (25 sq mi) 91,322 7
City of Hume Broadmeadows 15 December 1994 504 km2 (195 sq mi) 243,901 11
City of Kingston Cheltenham 15 December 1994 91 km2 (35 sq mi) 158,129 9
City of Knox Wantirna South 16 November 1963 114 km2 (44 sq mi) 159,103 9
City of Manningham Doncaster 15 December 1994 113 km2 (44 sq mi) 124,700 9
City of Maribyrnong Footscray 15 December 1994 31 km2 (12 sq mi) 85,209 7
City of Maroondah Ringwood 15 December 1994 61 km2 (24 sq mi) 115,043 9
City of Melbourne Melbourne 12 August 1842 37 km2 (14 sq mi) 149,615 11
City of Melton Melton 16 September 1862 528 km2 (204 sq mi) 178,960 9
City of Merri-bek Coburg 22 June 1994 51 km2 (20 sq mi) 171,357 11
City of Monash Glen Waverley 15 December 1994 82 km2 (32 sq mi) 190,397 11
City of Moonee Valley Moonee Ponds 15 December 1994 43 km2 (17 sq mi) 121,851 9
Shire of Mornington Peninsula Rosebud 15 December 1994 724 km2 (280 sq mi) 168,948 11
Shire of Nillumbik Greensborough 15 December 1994 432 km2 (167 sq mi) 62,895 7
City of Port Phillip St Kilda 22 June 1994 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) 101,942 9
City of Stonnington Malvern 22 June 1994 26 km2 (10 sq mi) 104,703 9
City of Whitehorse Nunawading 15 December 1994 64 km2 (25 sq mi) 169,346 11
City of Whittlesea South Morang 12 December 1862 490 km2 (190 sq mi) 229,396 11
City of Wyndham Werribee 6 October 1862 542 km2 (209 sq mi) 292,011 11
City of Yarra Richmond 22 June 1994 20 km2 (7.7 sq mi) 90,114 9
Yarra Ranges Shire Lilydale 15 December 1994 2,468 km2 (953 sq mi) 156,068 9

Regional Victoria

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Map of LGAs in regional Victoria.

Barwon South West

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Local government area Council seat Date established Land area[2] Population Councillors
(2022)		 Map
km2 sq mi (2013)[3] (2021)[2]
Colac Otway Shire Colac 1994 3,438 1,327 21,035 22,423 7
Corangamite Shire Camperdown 1994 4,408 1,702 16,410 16,115 7
Shire of Glenelg Portland 1994 6,219 2,401 19,797 20,152 7
City of Greater Geelong Geelong 1993 1,248 482 223,357 271,057 11
Shire of Moyne Port Fairy 1994 5,482 2,117 16,431 17,374 7
Borough of Queenscliffe Queenscliff 1863 8.6 3 3,002 3,276 5
Shire of Southern Grampians Hamilton 1994 6,654 2,569 16,355 16,588 7
Surf Coast Shire Torquay 1994 1,553 600 28,228 37,694 9
City of Warrnambool Warrnambool 1855 121 47 33,423 35,406 7

Grampians

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Local government area Council seat Date established Land area[2] Population Councillors
(2022)		 Map
km2 sq mi (2013)[3] (2021)[2]
Rural City of Ararat Ararat 1994 4,211 1,626 11,490 11,880 7
City of Ballarat Ballarat 1994 739 285 98,344 113,763 9
Golden Plains Shire Bannockburn 1994 2,703 1,044 20,362 24,985 7
Shire of Hepburn Daylesford 1995 1,473 569 15,022 16,604 7
Shire of Hindmarsh Nhill 1995 7,524 2,905 5,852 5,698 6
Rural City of Horsham Horsham 1995 4,267 1,647 19,694 20,429 7
Shire of Moorabool Ballan 1994 2,111 815 30,410 37,632 7
Shire of Northern Grampians Stawell 1995 5,730 2,212 11,880 11,948 7
Pyrenees Shire Beaufort 1994 3,435 1,326 6,938 7,671 5
Shire of West Wimmera Edenhope 1995 9,108 3,517 4,124 4,006 5
Shire of Yarriambiack Warracknabeal 1995 7,326 2,829 7,032 6,556 7

Gippsland

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Local government area Council seat Date established Land area[2] Population Councillors
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km2 sq mi (2013)[3] (2021)[2]
Bass Coast Shire Wonthaggi 1994 866 334 31,331 40,789 9
Shire of Baw Baw Warragul 1994 4,028 1,555 45,627 57,626 9
Shire of East Gippsland Bairnsdale 1994 20,940 8,085 43,809 48,715 9
City of Latrobe Morwell 1994 1,426 551 74,124 77,318 9
South Gippsland Shire Leongatha 1994 3,435 1,326 28,273 30,577 9
Shire of Wellington Sale 1994 10,817 4,176 42,721 45,639 9

Hume

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Local government area Council seat Date established Land area[2] Population Councillors
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km2 sq mi (2013)[3] (2021)[2]
Alpine Shire Bright 1994 4,788 1,849 12,283 13,235 7
Rural City of Benalla Benalla 2002 2,353 908 13,878 14,528 7
City of Greater Shepparton Shepparton 1994 2,422 935 63,244 68,409 9
Shire of Indigo Beechworth 1994 2,040 788 15,605 17,368 7
Shire of Mansfield Mansfield 2002 3,844 1,484 8,276 10,178 5
Shire of Mitchell Broadford 1994 2,862 1,105 37,788 49,460 9
Shire of Moira Cobram 1994 4,046 1,562 25,401 30,522 9
Shire of Murrindindi Alexandra 1994 3,880 1,498 13,563 15,197 7
Shire of Strathbogie Euroa 1994 3,303 1,275 9,119 11,455 7
Shire of Towong Tallangatta 1994 6,675 2,577 5,961 6,223 5
Rural City of Wangaratta Wangaratta 1997 3,645 1,407 27,650 29,808 7
City of Wodonga Wodonga 1876 433 167 37,575 43,253 7

Loddon Mallee

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Local government area Council seat Date established Land area[2] Population Councillors
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km2 sq mi (2013)[3] (2021)[2]
Shire of Buloke Wycheproof 1995 8,000 3,089 6,388 6,178 7
Shire of Campaspe Echuca 1994 4,519 1,745 37,213 38,735 9
Shire of Central Goldfields Maryborough 1995 1,533 592 12,815 13,483 7
Shire of Gannawarra Kerang 1995 3,735 1,442 10,526 10,683 7
City of Greater Bendigo Bendigo 1994 3,000 1,158 105,957 121,470 9
Shire of Loddon Wedderburn 1995 6,696 2,585 7,518 7,759 5
Shire of Macedon Ranges Kyneton 1994 1,748 675 44,595 51,458 9
Rural City of Mildura Mildura 1995 22,083 8,526 53,156 56,972 9
Shire of Mount Alexander Castlemaine 1995 1,530 591 18,247 20,253 7
Rural City of Swan Hill Swan Hill 1995 6,115 2,361 21,003 21,403 7


Former local government areas

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This is a list of former local government areas in Victoria. Many of these existed from the 19th century until the 1994 statewite local government amalgamations.[4]

Greater Melbourne

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This is a list of former Greater Melbourne local government areas. These local government areas were considered part of Greater Melbourne at the time of their dissolution.

Local government area Date established Date dissolved Amalgamated into:
City of Altona 20 February 1957 22 June 1994 City of Hobsons Bay
City of Box Hill 7 August 1857 15 December 1994 City of Whitehorse
City of Brighton 18 January 1859 15 December 1994 City of Bayside
City of Broadmeadows 27 November 1857 15 December 1994 City of Hume

City of Merri-bek

City of Brunswick 29 September 1857 22 June 1994 City of Merri-bek
City of Camberwell 11 July 1864 22 June 1994 City of Boroondara
City of Caulfield 17 April 1871 15 December 1994 City of Glen Eira
City of Chelsea 1 May 1920 15 December 1994 City of Kingston
City of Coburg 1859 15 December 1994 City of Merri-bek

City of Darebin

City of Collingwood 24 April 1855 22 June 1994 City of Yarra
City of Croydon 24 May 1961 15 December 1994 City of Maroondah
City of Dandenong 1857 15 December 1994 City of Greater Dandenong
Shire of Diamond Valley 30 September 1964 15 December 1994 City of Banyule

Shire of Nillumbik

City of Darebin

City of Doncaster & Templestowe 19 December 1856 15 December 1994 City of Manningham
City of Essendon 27 December 1861 15 December 1994 City of Moonee Valley
City of Fitzroy 10 September 1858 22 June 1994 City of Yarra
Borough of Flemington and Kensington 17 March 1882 30 October 1905 City of Melbourne
City of Footscray 10 June 1859 15 December 1994 City of Maribyrnong

City of Hobsons Bay

City of Frankston (former) 6 November 1860 15 December 1994 City of Frankston (new)

Shire of Mornington Peninsula

City of Hawthorn 27 July 1860 22 June 1994 City of Boroondara
City of Heidelberg 1840 15 December 1994 City of Banyule

City of Darebin

City of Keilor 3 March 1863 15 December 1994 City of Brimbank

City of Moonee Valley

City of Hume

City of Kew 19 December 1860 22 June 1994 City of Boroondara
City of Malvern 17 October 1856 22 June 1994 City of Stonnington
City of Moorabbin 27 February 1871 15 December 1994 City of Glen Eira

City of Bayside

City of Kingston

City of Mordialloc 26 May 1920 15 December 1994 City of Kingston

City of Bayside

Town of North Melbourne 30 September 1859 30 October 1905 City of Melbourne
City of Northcote 25 May 1883 22 June 1994 City of Darebin

City of Darebin

City of Nunawading 26 May 1925 15 December 1994 City of Whitehorse
City of Oakleigh 13 March 1891 15 December 1994 City of Monash

City of Kingston

City of Port Melbourne 13 July 1860 22 June 1994 City of Port Phillip
City of Prahran 24 April 1855 22 June 1994 City of Stonnington

City of Port Phillip

City of Preston 8 November 1871 22 June 1994 City of Darebin
City of Richmond 24 April 1855 22 June 1994 City of Yarra
City of Ringwood 22 October 1924 15 December 1994 City of Maroondah
City of Sandringham 28 February 1917 15 December 1994 City of Bayside
City of South Melbourne 26 May 1855 22 June 1994 City of Port Phillip
City of Springvale 6 February 1857 15 December 1994 City of Greater Dandenong

City of Kingston

City of St Kilda 24 April 1855 22 June 1994 City of Port Phillip
City of Sunshine 28 May 1860 15 December 1994 City of Brimbank

City of Maribyrnong

City of Waverley 1 January 1857 15 December 1994 City of Monash
City of Williamstown 14 March 1856 22 June 1994 City of Hobsons Bay

Regional Victoria

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This is a list of former regional local government areas around Geelong and surrounding the Greater Melbourne area. These local government areas were not considered part of Greater Melbourne at the time of their dissolution.

Local government area Date established Date dissolved Amalgamated into:
Shire of Bannockburn 31 October 1862 6 May 1994 Golden Plains Shire
Shire of Barrabool 28 December 1853 18 May 1993 City of Greater Geelong

Surf Coast Shire

Rural City of Bellarine 12 December 1853 18 May 1993 City of Greater Geelong
City of Berwick 1 October 1973 15 December 1994 City of Casey

City of Greater Dandenong

Shire of Bulla 16 September 1862 15 December 1994 City of Hume
Shire of Corio 3 April 1861 18 May 1993 City of Greater Geelong
City of Cranbourne 6 March 1868 15 December 1994 City of Casey

City of Frankston

City of Greater Dandenong

Bass Coast Shire

Shire of Mornington Peninsula

Shire of Eltham 26 September 1856 15 December 1994 Shire of Nillumbik

Shire of Murrindindi

City of Banyule

Shire of Flinders 24 December 1874 15 December 1994 Shire of Mornington Peninsula
City of Geelong 1 October 1849 18 May 1993 City of Greater Geelong
City of Geelong West 29 May 1875 18 May 1993 City of Greater Geelong
Shire of Hastings 19 October 1960 15 December 1994 Shire of Mornington Peninsula
Shire of Healesville 30 September 1887 15 December 1994 Shire of Yarra Ranges
Shire of Lillydale 19 September 1856 15 December 1994 Shire of Yarra Ranges
Shire of Mornington 31 May 1893 15 December 1994 Shire of Mornington Peninsula
City of Newtown 9 March 1858 18 May 1993 City of Greater Geelong
Shire of Pakenham 24 October 1862 15 December 1994 Shire of Cardinia
Shire of Sherbrooke 23 May 1889 15 December 1994 Shire of Yarra Ranges

Shire of Cardinia

City of Knox

City of South Barwon 2 June 1857 9 March 1994 City of Greater Geelong

Surf Coast Shire

Shire of Upper Yarra 19 October 1888 15 December 1994 Shire of Yarra Ranges

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2021 Victoria, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018" (XLS). Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e "People: Population: ERP by LGA (ASGS 2018), 2001 to 2018". ABS.Stat. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  4. ^ Royce Millar & Jason Dowling (25 April 2004). "Kennett's blitz a decade on". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
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