Shire of Loddon explained

Type:	lga
Shire of Loddon
State:	vic
Pop:	7759
Pop Year:	2021
Pop Footnotes:	^[1]
Area:	6696
Est:	1995
Gazetted:	19 January 1995^[2]
Mayor:	Cr Dan Straub
Seat:	Wedderburn
Region:	Loddon Mallee
Url:	http://www.loddon.vic.gov.au/
Stategov:	Bendigo East
Stategov2:	Bendigo West
Stategov3:	Murray Plains
Stategov4:	Ripon
Fedgov:	Mallee
Near-Nw:	Gannawarra
Near-N:	Gannawarra
Near-Ne:	Campaspe
Near-W:	Buloke
Near-E:	Greater Bendigo
Near-Sw:	Northern Grampians
Near-S:	Central Goldfields
Near-Se:	Mount Alexander

The Shire of Loddon is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the northern part of the state. It covers an area of 6696km2 and in 2021 had a population of 7,759.^[3]

It includes the towns of Inglewood, Boort, Serpentine, Pyramid Hill and Wedderburn. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of East Loddon, Shire of Gordon, Shire of Korong, and parts of the Rural City of Marong, Shire of Bet Bet, Shire of Maldon and Shire of Tullaroop.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Loddon Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Wedderburn, it also has a service centre located in Serpentine. The Shire is named after the Loddon River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the LGA.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of five wards and five councillors, with one councillor per ward elected to represent each ward.^[4]

Ward	Notes
Boort	Neil Beattie
Inglewood	Wendy Murphy
Tarnagulla	Linda Jungwirth
Terrick	Dan Straub	Mayor
Wedderburn	Gavan Holt

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the Wedderburn Municipal Offices. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Wedderburn, and its service centre in Serpentine.

Traditional owners

The Dja Dja Wurrung and Barababaraba are the traditional owners of this land.^[5]

Townships and localities

The 2021 census recorded the shire's population of 7,759, compared to 7,516 in the 2016 census.^[6]

Population
Locality	2016	2021
^	29	38
	47	56
	22	19
	13	5
	37	45
	10	5
^	206	213
	72	53
	46	52
	873	940
	82	59
	28	29
	142	133
	57	54
	326	341
^	51	52
	14	20
	178	178
	45	50
	10	4
	18	14
	9	9
^	31	30
	17	18
	206	195
^	893	899
	74	60

Population
Locality	2016	2021
^	24	13
^	96	113
^	32	37
	24	27
	20	32
	25	28
	24	32
	19	21
^	13	14
^	36	37
^	20	23
^	15	13
^	91	93
	855	886
^
	37	49
	0	0
^	92	89
	15	9
	32	46
	11	12
	168	143
	7	5
	10	0
	53	61
	177	179
^	21	21

Population
Locality	2016	2021
^	23	22
	19	20
^	125	167
^	558	576
	38	62
	31	24
^	53	59
^	87	67
^	1,416	2,005
	42	47
^	13	12
^	35	37
	50	62
	21	13
^	117	116
^	88	80
	29	20
	37	46
	43	26
	192	171
^	22	19
	5	14
	50	38
	42	38
	66	37
	558	598
^	318	329

Population
Locality	2016	2021
	56	52
^	3	9
	21	38
^	217	251
	192	222
^	452	423
	26	27
^	37	34
	17	22
	48	55
	133	153
^	22	20
	11	8
	22	57
	941	951
	20	20
	39	41
	28	36
	41	45
	3	13
^	11	12
	31	29
	9	18
	40	45
	23	17
	90	78
^	16	11

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

- Not noted in 2016 Census

- Not noted in 2021 Census

External links

-36.4183°N 143.8667°W

Notes and References

Web site: 2021 Census All persons QuickStats - Loddon LGA. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2021. 12 August 2022. Estimated resident population, 2022.
Web site: S2 of 1995: Order estg (Part 7) the Shire of Loddon . Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive . 1837–1997 . State Library of Victoria . State Government of Victoria . 19 January 1995 . 3 . 10 January 2014.
Web site: 2021 Loddon, Census All persons QuickStats Australian Bureau of Statistics . 2022-08-12 . www.abs.gov.au.
Web site: Loddon Shire Council . Local Government in Victoria . Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure . State Government of Victoria . 10 January 2014.
Web site: 23 October 2022. Loddon Aboriginal Community Partnership Plan 2019-2022. Shire of Loddon .
Web site: Census Australian Bureau of Statistics . www.abs.gov.au . en . 11 January 2023.