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Golden Plains Shire
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | lga |
| name | Golden Plains Shire |
| state | vic |
| image | {{multiple image |
| total_width | 280 |
| border | infobox |
| perrow | 1/1 |
| caption_align | center |
| image1 | Golden plains shire.jpg |
| caption1 | Typical scenery of the Golden Plains Shire. |
| image2 | Australia Victoria Golden Plains Shire.svg |
| pop | 23120 |
| pop_year | 2018 |
| pop_footnotes | |
| gazetted | 6 May 1994 |
| area | 2703 |
| area_footnotes | |
| mayor | Cr Owen Sharkey |
| seat | Bannockburn |
| region | Grampians |
| stategov | Eureka |
| stategov2 | Geelong |
| stategov3 | Ripon |
| fedgov | Ballarat |
| fedgov2 | Corio |
| fedgov3 | Wannon |
| url | http://www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au/ |
| near-n | Ballarat |
| near-ne | Moorabool |
| near-e | Greater Geelong |
| near-se | Surf Coast |
| near-s | Colac Otway |
| near-sw | Corangamite |
| near-w | Corangamite |
| near-nw | Pyrenees |
| est | 1994 |
| logo_upright | 1.2 |
| near-n = Ballarat | near-ne = Moorabool | near-e = Greater Geelong | near-se = Surf Coast | near-s = Colac Otway | near-sw = Corangamite | near-w = Corangamite | near-nw = Pyrenees The Golden Plains Shire is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central-western part of the state. It covers an area of 2703 km2 and in June 2018, had a population of 23,120. It includes the towns of Bannockburn, Inverleigh, Lethbridge, Linton, Meredith, Rokewood, Smythesdale and Teesdale.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Golden Plains Shire Council. Its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the Golden Plains Civic Centre in Bannockburn, and it also has a service centre located in Smythesdale.
History
The Shire was formed on 6 May 1994 by the amalgamation of the Shire of Bannockburn (specifically, the territory remaining after part of that Shire was absorbed into the new City of Greater Geelong in May 1993), the Shire of Leigh, the bulk of the Shire of Grenville and part of the Shire of Buninyong. Upon its creation, it was known as the Southern Rural Shire and was intended to exist temporarily until the Local Government Board drew up final council boundaries for the Ballarat region. However, a few months later it was decided to make the municipality permanent, and it was renamed to Golden Plains Shire on 1 October 1994.
Council
Current composition
The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. The current councillors are:
| Ward | Party | Councillor | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsubdivided | Independent | Sarah Hayden | ||
| Independent | Des Phelan | |||
| Independent | Emma Robbins | Deputy Mayor | ||
| Independent | Helena Kirby | |||
| Independent | Owen Sharkey | Mayor | ||
| Greens | Gavin Gamble | |||
| Independent | Dom Cook |
Administration and governance
The council meets on alternate months in the council chamber at the Golden Plains Civic Centre in Bannockburn, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities, and at The Well in Smythesdale. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Bannockburn, and its service centre in Smythesdale.
Climate
| Jan record high C = 43.7 | Feb record high C = 45.2 | Mar record high C = 39.3 | Apr record high C = 33.4 | May record high C = 26.6 | Jun record high C = 23.6 | Jul record high C = 20.8 | Aug record high C = 23.2 | Sep record high C = 28.4 | Oct record high C = 35.2 | Nov record high C = 39.1 | Dec record high C = 42.0 | year record high C = 45.2 | Jan record low C = 2.0 | Feb record low C = 2.9 | Mar record low C = -0.9 | Apr record low C = -2.2 | May record low C = -2.9 | Jun record low C = -3.5 | Jul record low C = -4.2 | Aug record low C = -3.1 | Sep record low C = -2.5 | Oct record low C = -1.8 | Nov record low C = -0.2 | Dec record low C = -0.6 | year record low C = -4.2
Townships and localities
In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 24,985, up from 21,688 in the 2016 census.
| Population | Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ^ | 690 | 734 | |
| 37 | 44 | ||
| 5,283 | 6,470 | ||
| 27 | 33 | ||
| ^ | 952 | 1,141 | |
| 167 | 194 | ||
| ^ | 40 | 37 | |
| 251 | 292 | ||
| ^ | 55 | 51 | |
| 125 | 148 | ||
| 132 | 131 | ||
| ^ | 175 | 176 | |
| 533 | 664 | ||
| 9 | 12 | ||
| ^ | 392 | 408 | |
| 538 | 574 |
| Population | Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | 131 | ||
| 155 | 132 | ||
| ^ | 13 | 15 | |
| ^ | 99 | 113 | |
| 1,194 | 1,276 | ||
| 85 | 87 | ||
| 19 | 14 | ||
| 32 | 41 | ||
| ^ | 1,474 | 1,746 | |
| 1,014 | 1,181 | ||
| ^ | 580 | 635 | |
| 80 | 65 | ||
| 223 | 211 | ||
| ^ | 788 | 821 | |
| ^ | 128 | 118 |
| Population | Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ^ | 58 | 61 | |
| ^ | 9 | 15 | |
| 69 | 94 | ||
| 131 | 132 | ||
| 553 | 555 | ||
| 122 | 189 | ||
| 173 | 168 | ||
| 37 | 17 | ||
| 48 | 14 | ||
| ^ | 15 | 12 | |
| 217 | 208 | ||
| 32 | 34 | ||
| 1,153 | 1,221 | ||
| 67 | 70 | ||
| 744 | 855 |
| Population | Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 107 | 126 | ||
| 253 | 263 | ||
| ^ | 1,467 | 1,762 | |
| ^ | 1,032 | 1,189 | |
| 26 | 35 | ||
| 45 | 63 | ||
| 53 | 61 | ||
| 81 | 79 | ||
| Stony Creek | 6 | 0 | |
| 108 | 129 | ||
| 1,721 | 2,308 | ||
| 37 | 42 | ||
| ^ | 60 | 66 | |
| 7 | 10 | ||
| ^ | 23 | 26 |
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
References
References
- (27 March 2019). "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]].
- Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive. (1837–1997). "Order establishing (Part 3) the Southern Rural Shire". State Government of Victoria.
- "My Councillors | Golden Plains Shire Council".
- "Contact Us {{!}} Golden Plains Shire Council".
- "Golden Plains Shire 20th Annual Report".
- Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive. (1837–1997). "Order to provide transitional arrangements for the Golden Plains Shire Council in respect of its proposed budget for the 1995–1996 financial year". State Government of Victoria.
- "New councils for south-west".
- "Meetings, minutes and agenda {{!}} Golden Plains Shire Council".
- (11 January 2023). "Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics".
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