| Type: | lga |
| Mitchell Shire | |
| State: | vic |
| Pop: | 61,362 |
| Gazetted: | 18 November 1994[1] |
| Area: | 2862 |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Mayor: | Cr Louise Bannister |
| Seat: | Broadford |
| Region: | Hume Goulburn Valley |
| Stategov: | Euroa |
| Stategov2: | Kalkallo |
| Stategov3: | Yan Yean |
| Fedgov: | Bendigo |
| Fedgov2: | McEwen |
| Fedgov3: | Nicholls |
| Url: | http://www.mitchellshire.vic.gov.au |
| Near-N: | Greater Bendigo |
| Near-Ne: | Strathbogie |
| Near-E: | Murrindindi |
| Near-Se: | Nillumbik |
| Near-S: | Whittlesea |
| Near-Sw: | Hume |
| Near-W: | Macedon Ranges |
| Near-Nw: | Mount Alexander |
| Logo Upright: | 1.2 |
| Est: | 1994 |
Mitchell Shire is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located North of Melbourne. It covers an area of 2862km2 and, in April 2024, had a projected population of 61,362.[3] 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.
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. It is anticipated that most of this growth will occur in and around the southern townships of Beveridge, Kilmore/Kilmore East and Wallan.
The Council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.[4]
| Ward | Councillor | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central | Louise Bannister (Mayor) | Independent.[5] | ||
| Annie Goble | Independent | |||
| Nathan Clark (Deputy Mayor) | Independent | |||
| North | Bill Chisholm | Independent | ||
| Rhonda Sanderson | Independent | |||
| Fiona Stevens | Independent | |||
| South | Bob Cornish | Independent | ||
| Rob Eldridge | Independent | |||
| David Lowe | Independent | |||
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.
Mitchell Shire has a population of 61,362. Individual locality populations are based on the most recent available data on ID Forecast [6]
| 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 |