| Type: | lga |
| Shire of Warrnambool | |
| State: | vic |
| Region: | Barwon South West |
| Area: | 1605 |
| Est: | 1854 |
| Seat: | Warrnambool |
| Pop: | 8,940 |
| Pop Year: | 1992 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| County: | Villiers, Heytesbury, Hampden |
| Near-Nw: | Mount Rouse |
| Near-N: | Mortlake |
| Near-Ne: | Hampden |
| Near-W: | Minhamite |
| Near-E: | Heytesbury |
| Near-Sw: | Belfast |
| Near-S: | Southern Ocean |
| Near-Se: | Southern Ocean |
| Noautocat: | yes |
The Shire of Warrnambool was a local government area located about 260km (160miles) west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 1605km2, and existed from 1854 until 1994.
Warrnambool itself was managed by a separate entity; the City of Warrnambool.
Warrnambool was first incorporated as a road district on 11 July 1854, and became a shire on 31 December 1863.[2]
On 1 June 1985, the Borough of Koroit was merged into the Shire of Warrnambool, as an additional riding known as the Koroit Riding.[2]
On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Warrnambool was abolished, and along with the Borough of Port Fairy, the Shires of Belfast and Minhamite, parts of the Shires of Dundas, Mortlake, Mount Rouse and the Tower Hill Reserve, was merged into the newly created Shire of Moyne.[3]
The Shire of Warrnambool was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
| Year | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 8,920 | |
| 1958 | 7,910* | |
| 1961 | 7,610 | |
| 1966 | 7,492 | |
| 1971 | 6,859 | |
| 1976 | 6,753 | |
| 1981 | 6,517 | |
| 1986 | 6,571 | |
| 1991 | 8,452 | |
| 2016 | 34,618 |