Type: | lga |
Shire of Campaspe | |
State: | vic |
Pop: | 38735 |
Pop Year: | 2021 |
Area: | 4519 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Est: | 1994 |
Gazetted: | 20 January 1995[2] |
Seat: | Echuca |
Mayor: | Cr Adrian Weston |
Region: | Loddon Mallee |
Url: | http://www.campaspe.vic.gov.au/ |
Stategov: | Euroa |
Stategov2: | Murray Plains |
Fedgov: | Nicholls |
Near-Nw: | Gannawarra |
Near-N: | Murray River (NSW) |
Near-Ne: | Moira |
Near-W: | Loddon |
Near-E: | City of Greater Shepparton |
Near-Sw: | Greater Bendigo |
Near-S: | Strathbogie |
Near-Se: | Strathbogie |
The Shire of Campaspe is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the northern part of the state. It covers an area of 4519km2 and in August 2021 had a population of 38,735.[1]
It includes the towns of Girgarre, Echuca, Kyabram, Rochester, Tongala and Rushworth. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Echuca, Shire of Deakin, Shire of Rochester, Shire of Waranga, Town of Kyabram and part of the Shire of Rodney.[3]
The Shire is governed and administered by the Campaspe Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Echuca, it also has service centres located in Kyabram, Rochester, Rushworth and Tongala. The Shire is named after the Campaspe River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the LGA.
The council is composed of five wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each of the Echuca and Kyabram-Deakin wards, and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[4]
Ward | Councillor | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Echuca | Tony Marwood | ||||
Robert Amos | |||||
Christine Weller | |||||
Kyabram-Deakin | Colleen Gates | ||||
Daniel Mackrell | |||||
John Zobec | |||||
Rochester | Paul Jarman | ||||
Waranga | Adrian Weston | ||||
Western | Leanne Pentreath |
The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Echuca Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Echuca, and its service centres in Kyabram, Rochester, Rushworth and Tongala.
In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 38,735, up from 37,061 in the 2016 census.[6]
Population | |||
---|---|---|---|
Locality | 2016 | 2021 | |
124 | 120 | ||
504 | 491 | ||
238 | 282 | ||
33 | 48 | ||
36 | 37 | ||
32 | 36 | ||
71 | 61 | ||
304 | 285 | ||
43 | 43 | ||
129 | 161 | ||
39 | |||
94 | 78 | ||
14,043 | 15,056 | ||
540 | 577 | ||
425 | 442 | ||
80 | 93 | ||
561 | 563 | ||
32 | 45 | ||
551 | 578 |
Population | |||
---|---|---|---|
Locality | 2016 | 2021 | |
56 | 51 | ||
109 | 134 | ||
315 | 355 | ||
^ | 7,331 | 7,416 | |
329 | 363 | ||
^ | 393 | 398 | |
808 | 850 | ||
^ | 35 | 37 | |
^ | 117 | 116 | |
17 | 32 | ||
50 | 59 | ||
39 | 7 | ||
388 | 425 | ||
108 | 138 | ||
35 | 40 | ||
^ | 68 | 67 | |
3,113 | 3,154 | ||
48 | 49 | ||
56 | 64 |
Population | |||
---|---|---|---|
Locality | 2016 | 2021 | |
1,335 | 1,411 | ||
828 | 826 | ||
144 | 180 | ||
48 | 60 | ||
6 | 8 | ||
96 | 90 | ||
1,926 | 1,973 | ||
^ | 182 | 221 | |
279 | 257 | ||
315 | 314 | ||
488 | 483 | ||
^ | 42 | 45 | |
^ | 262 | 278 | |
103 | 106 | ||
110 | 109 |