Shire of Moorabool explained

Type:lga
Shire of Moorabool
State:vic
Pop:34158
Pop Year:2018
Pop Footnotes:[1]
Est:1994
Gazetted:6 May 1994[2]
Area:2111
Mayor:Cr Tom Sullivan
Seat:Bacchus Marsh
Region:Grampians
Stategov:Eureka
Stategov2:Macedon
Stategov3:Melton
Fedgov:Ballarat
Fedgov2:Hawke
Url:http://www.moorabool.vic.gov.au/
Near-N:Hepburn
Near-Ne:Macedon Ranges
Near-E:Melton
Near-Se:Wyndham
Near-S:Greater Geelong
Near-Sw:Golden Plains
Near-W:Ballarat
Near-Nw:Hepburn

The Shire of Moorabool is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 2111km2 and, in June 2018, had a population of 34,158.[1] It includes the towns of Ballan, Bacchus Marsh, Balliang, Mount Wallace, Myrniong, Blackwood, Greendale, Gordon, Korweinguboora and Mount Egerton, Bungaree, Elaine and Wallace. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Bacchus Marsh, Shire of Ballan and parts of the Shire of Bungaree and City of Werribee.[3]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Moorabool Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ballan, it also has service centres located in Bacchus Marsh and Darley. The Shire is named after the Moorabool River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the area, which is named after the Wathawurrung word moo-roo-bul referring to Bunyip-like creature that lives in the river.[4]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of four wards and seven councillors, with four councillors elected to represent the East Moorabool Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[5] Council Composition as of September 2022:

WardCouncillorNotes
Central Moorabool Paul Tatchell
East Moorabool Rod Ward
 Tonia Dudzik Deputy Mayor
 Moira Berry
 David Edwards
West Moorabool Tom Sullivan Mayor
Woodlands Ally Munari
[6]

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Ballan Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Ballan, and its service centre in Bacchus Marsh.

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire's population was 37,632, compared to 31,818 in the 2016 census.[7]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
6,394 7,808
2,985 3,392
^ 290 254
147 199
42 41
36 39
149 165
295 387
29 43
25 48
^ 99 77
^ 33 48
55 61
43 32
269 302
^ 3,714 3,797
Population
Locality 2016 2021
35 38
145 163
24 35
67 75
416 409
29 41
398 403
8,372 9,190
244 259
^ 392 408
228 232
19 18
^ 103 110
63 75
1,151 1,393
602 623
Population
Locality 2016 2021
^ 99 113
798 914
50 96
77 75
^ 168 196
476 621
63 65
0 0
361 343
3,453 5,491
^ 788 821
374 397
156 180
^ 89 105
^ 128 118
130 118
Population
Locality 2016 2021
582 706
113 117
404 387
253 276
^ 170 188
185 158
75 79
192 231
^ 258 244
36 42
111 117
^ 1,180 1,382
187 227
^ 669 721
^ 97 104
307 320
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 . Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  2. Web site: S23 of 1994: Order estg (Part 4) the Shire of Moorabool . Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive . 1837–1997 . State Library of Victoria . State Government of Victoria . 9 May 1994 . 1 . 10 January 2014.
  3. Web site: S97 of 1994: Order altg (Part 22) the Shire of Moorabool . Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive . 1837–1997 . State Library of Victoria . State Government of Victoria . 15 December 1994 . 10 . 10 January 2014.
  4. Book: Massola . Aldo . Bunjil's Cave . 1968 . Lansdowne Press . 9780391019621.
  5. Web site: Victorian Electoral Commission. Moorabool Shire Council election results 2020. Victorian Electoral Commission. Local Government in Victoria. 13 September 2022.
  6. Web site: Meet your Councillors.
  7. Web site: Census Australian Bureau of Statistics . www.abs.gov.au . en . 11 January 2023.