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Local government areas of Victoria

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Local government areas of Victoria
Summary

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Types of LGAs.
Victoria LGAs by largest council faction as of 2025.

This is a list of local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria, sorted by region.

Also referred to as municipalities, the 79 Victorian LGAs are classified as cities (34), shires (38), rural cities (6) and boroughs (1). In general, an urban or suburban LGA is called a city and is governed by a city council, while a rural LGA covering a larger rural area is usually called a shire and is governed by a shire council. Local councils have the same administrative functions and similar political structures, regardless of their classification.

Local elections are held in Victoria every four years with the most recent elections held in 2024.

Current local government areas

[[Melbourne|Greater Melbourne]]

Detail of Local Government Areas in and around Melbourne.
Local government areaCouncil seatDate establishedLand areaPopulationCouncillors
(2022)Map
Greensborough63 km2126,2369[[File:MelbLGA-Banyule.gif100px]]
Sandringham37 km2101,3067[[File:MelbLGA-Bayside.gif100px]]
Camberwell60 km2167,90011[[File:MelbLGA-Boroondara.gif100px]]
Sunshine123 km2194,61811[[File:MelbLGA-Brimbank.gif100px]]
Officer1283 km2118,1949[[File:MelbLGA-Cardinia.gif100px]]
Narre Warren409 km2365,23911[[File:MelbLGA-Casey.gif100px]]
Preston54 km2148,5709[[File:MelbLGA-Darebin.gif100px]]
Frankston130 km2139,2819[[File:MelbLGA-Frankston.gif100px]]
Caulfield North39 km2148,9089[[File:MelbLGA-GlenEira.gif100px]]
Dandenong130 km2158,20811[[File:MelbLGA-GreaterDandenong.gif100px]]
Altona64 km291,3227[[File:MelbLGA-HobsonsBay.gif100px]]
Broadmeadows504 km2243,90111[[File:MelbLGA-Hume.gif100px]]
Cheltenham91 km2158,1299[[File:MelbLGA-Kingston.gif100px]]
Wantirna South114 km2159,1039[[File:MelbLGA-Knox.gif100px]]
Doncaster113 km2124,7009[[File:MelbLGA-Manningham.gif100px]]
Footscray31 km285,2097[[File:MelbLGA-Maribyrnong.gif100px]]
Ringwood61 km2115,0439[[File:MelbLGA-Maroondah.gif100px]]
Melbourne37 km2149,61511[[File:MelbLGA-Melbourne.gif100px]]
Melton528 km2178,9609[[File:MelbLGA-Melton.gif100px]]
Coburg51 km2171,35711[[File:MelbLGA-Merri-bek.gif100px]]
Glen Waverley82 km2190,39711[[File:MelbLGA-Monash.gif100px]]
Moonee Ponds43 km2121,8519[[File:MelbLGA-MooneeValley.gif100px]]
Rosebud724 km2168,94811[[File:MelbLGA-MorningtonPeninsula.gif100px]]
Greensborough432 km262,8957[[File:MelbLGA-Nillumbik.gif100px]]
St Kilda21 km2101,9429[[File:MelbLGA-PortPhillip.gif100px]]
Malvern26 km2104,7039[[File:MelbLGA-Stonnington.gif100px]]
Nunawading64 km2169,34611[[File:MelbLGA-Whitehorse.gif100px]]
South Morang490 km2229,39611[[File:MelbLGA-Whittlesea.gif100px]]
Werribee542 km2292,01111[[File:MelbLGA-Wyndham.gif100px]]
Richmond20 km290,1149[[File:MelbLGA-Yarra.gif100px]]
{{sortnameYarra Ranges Shire}}Lilydale2468 km2156,0689

Regional Victoria

Map of LGAs in regional Victoria.

[[Barwon South West]]

Local government areaCouncil seatDate establishedLand areaPopulationCouncillors
(2022)Mapkm2sq mi(2013)(2021)
{{sortnameColac Otway Shire}}Colac19943438 km222,4237[[File:Australia Victoria Colac Otway Shire.svg100px]]
{{sortnameCorangamite Shire}}Camperdown19944408 km216,1157[[File:Australia Victoria Corangamite Shire.svg100px]]
Portland19946219 km220,1527[[File:Australia Victoria Glenelg Shire.svg100px]]
Geelong19931248 km2271,05711[[File:Australia Victoria Greater Geelong City.svg100px]]
Port Fairy19945482 km217,3747[[File:Australia Victoria Moyne Shire.svg100px]]
Queenscliff18638.6 km23,2765[[File:Australia Victoria Queenscliffe Borough.svg100px]]
Hamilton19946654 km216,5887[[File:Australia Victoria Southern Grampians Shire.svg100px]]
{{sortnameSurf Coast Shire}}Torquay19941553 km237,6949[[File:Australia Victoria Surf Coast Shire.svg100px]]
Warrnambool1855121 km235,4067[[File:Australia Victoria Warrnambool City.svg100px]]

[[Grampians (region)|Grampians]]

Local government areaCouncil seatDate establishedLand areaPopulationCouncillors
(2022)Mapkm2sq mi(2013)(2021)
Ararat19944211 km211,8807[[File:Australia Victoria Ararat RC.svg100px]]
Ballarat1994739 km2113,7639[[File:Australia Victoria Ballarat City.svg100px]]
{{sortnameGolden Plains Shire}}Bannockburn19942703 km224,9857[[File:Australia Victoria Golden Plains Shire.svg100px]]
Daylesford19951473 km216,6047[[File:Australia Victoria Hepburn Shire.svg100px]]
Nhill19957524 km25,6986[[File:Australia Victoria Hindmarsh Shire.svg100px]]
Horsham19954267 km220,4297[[File:Australia Victoria Horsham RC.svg100px]]
Ballan19942111 km237,6327[[File:Australia Victoria Moorabool Shire.svg100px]]
Stawell19955730 km211,9487[[File:Australia Victoria Northern Grampians Shire.svg100px]]
{{sortnamePyrenees Shire}}Beaufort19943435 km27,6715[[File:Australia Victoria Pyrenees Shire.svg100px]]
Edenhope19959108 km24,0065[[File:Australia Victoria West Wimmera Shire.svg100px]]
Warracknabeal19957326 km26,5567[[File:Australia Victoria Yarriambiack Shire.svg100px]]

[[Gippsland]]

Local government areaCouncil seatDate establishedLand areaPopulationCouncillors
(2022)Mapkm2sq mi(2013)(2021)
{{sortnameBass Coast Shire}}Wonthaggi1994866 km240,7899[[File:Australia Victoria Bass Coast Shire.svg100px]]
Warragul19944028 km257,6269[[File:Australia Victoria Baw Baw Shire.svg100px]]
Bairnsdale199420940 km248,7159[[File:Australia Victoria East Gippsland Shire.svg100px]]
Morwell19941426 km277,3189[[File:Australia Victoria Latrobe City.svg100px]]
{{sortnameSouth Gippsland Shire}}Leongatha19943435 km230,5779[[File:Australia Victoria South Gippsland Shire.svg100px]]
Sale199410817 km245,6399[[File:Australia Victoria Wellington Shire.svg100px]]

[[Hume (region)|Hume]]

Local government areaCouncil seatDate establishedLand areaPopulationCouncillors
(2022)Mapkm2sq mi(2013)(2021)
{{sortnameAlpine Shire}}Bright19944788 km213,2357[[File:Australia Victoria Alpine Shire locator map.svg100px]]
Benalla20022353 km214,5287[[File:Australia Victoria Benalla RC locator map.svg100px]]
Shepparton19942422 km268,4099[[File:Australia Victoria Greater Shepparton City.svg100px]]
Beechworth19942040 km217,3687[[File:Australia Victoria Indigo Shire.svg100px]]
Mansfield20023844 km210,1785[[File:Australia Victoria Mansfield Shire.svg100px]]
Broadford19942862 km249,4609[[File:Australia Victoria Mitchell Shire.svg100px]]
Cobram19944046 km230,5229[[File:Australia Victoria Moira Shire.svg100px]]
Alexandra19943880 km215,1977[[File:Australia Victoria Murrindindi Shire.svg100px]]
Euroa19943303 km211,4557[[File:Australia Victoria Strathbogie Shire.svg100px]]
Tallangatta19946675 km26,2235[[File:Australia Victoria Towong Shire.svg100px]]
Wangaratta19973645 km229,8087[[File:Australia Victoria Wangaratta RC.svg100px]]
Wodonga1876433 km243,2537[[File:Australia Victoria Wodonga City.svg100px]]

[[Loddon Mallee (region)|Loddon Mallee]]

Local government areaCouncil seatDate establishedLand areaPopulationCouncillors
(2022)Mapkm2sq mi(2013)(2021)
Wycheproof19958000 km26,1787[[File:Australia Victoria Buloke Shire.svg100px]]
Echuca19944519 km238,7359[[File:Australia Victoria Campaspe Shire.svg100px]]
Maryborough19951533 km213,4837[[File:Australia Victoria Central Goldfields Shire.svg100px]]
Kerang19953735 km210,6837[[File:Australia Victoria Gannawarra Shire.svg100px]]
Bendigo19943000 km2121,4709[[File:Australia Victoria Greater Bendigo City.svg100px]]
Wedderburn19956696 km27,7595[[File:Australia Victoria Loddon Shire.svg100px]]
Kyneton19941748 km251,4589[[File:Australia Victoria Macedon Ranges Shire.svg100px]]
Mildura199522083 km256,9729[[File:Australia Victoria Mildura RC.svg100px]]
Castlemaine19951530 km220,2537[[File:Australia Victoria Mount Alexander Shire.svg100px]]
Swan Hill19956115 km221,4037[[File:Australia Victoria Swan Hill RC.svg100px]]

Former local government areas

This is a list of former local government areas in Victoria. Many of these existed from the 19th century until the 1994 statewide local government amalgamations.

[[Melbourne|Greater Melbourne]]

Map of local government areas in Greater Melbourne in 1993

This is a list of former local government areas in what is now considered Greater Melbourne. Some of these local government areas were not considered part of Greater Melbourne at the time of their dissolution.

Local government areaDate establishedDate dissolvedAmalgamated into:
City of Hobsons Bay
City of Casey
City of Greater Dandenong
City of Whitehorse
City of Bayside
City of Hume
City of Merri-bek
City of Merri-bek
City of Hume
City of Boroondara
City of Glen Eira
City of Kingston
{{Date table sorting1859format=dmy}}
City of Yarra
City of Casey
City of Frankston
City of Greater Dandenong
Bass Coast Shire
Shire of Mornington Peninsula
City of Maroondah
{{Date table sorting1857format=dmy}}
City of Banyule
Shire of Nillumbik
City of Darebin
City of Manningham
City of Moonee Valley
Shire of Nillumbik
Shire of Murrindindi
City of Banyule
City of Yarra
City of Melbourne
Shire of Mornington Peninsula
City of Maribyrnong
City of Hobsons Bay
City of Frankston (new)
Shire of Mornington Peninsula
Shire of Mornington Peninsula
City of Boroondara
Shire of Yarra Ranges
Shire of Nillumbik
{{Date table sorting1840format=dmy}}
City of Brimbank
City of Moonee Valley
City of Hume
City of Boroondara
Shire of Yarra Ranges
City of Stonnington
City of Glen Eira
City of Bayside
City of Kingston
City of Kingston
City of Bayside
Shire of Mornington Peninsula
City of Melbourne
City of Darebin
City of Yarra
City of Whitehorse
City of Monash
City of Kingston
Shire of Cardinia
City of Port Phillip
City of Stonnington
City of Port Phillip
City of Darebin
City of Yarra
City of Maroondah
City of Bayside
Shire of Yarra Ranges
Shire of Cardinia
City of Knox
City of Port Phillip
City of Greater Dandenong
City of Kingston
City of Port Phillip
City of Brimbank
City of Maribyrnong
Shire of Yarra Ranges
City of Monash
City of Hobsons Bay

Regional Victoria

Main article: Former local government areas of Victoria (state)

Map of local government areas in Victoria in 1993

References

References

  1. "2021 Victoria, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics.
  2. (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.
  3. (27 March 2019). "People: Population: ERP by LGA (ASGS 2018), 2001 to 2018". [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]].
  4. (25 April 2004). "Kennett's blitz a decade on". The Age.
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