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Rural City of Benalla

Rural City of Benalla
FieldValue
typelga
nameRural City of Benalla
statevic
imageAustralia Victoria Benalla RC locator map.svg
captionLocation in Victoria
pop14,528
pop_year
pop_footnotes
area2353
area_footnotes
est2002
gazetted17 October 2002
mayorCr Danny Claridge
seatBenalla
regionHume
logoRural City of Benalla logo.svg
urlhttp://www.benalla.vic.gov.au
stategovEuroa
fedgovIndi
near-nwCampaspe
near-nMoira
near-neWangaratta
near-wGreater Shepparton
near-eWangaratta
near-swStrathbogie
near-sMansfield
near-seWangaratta

| near-nw = Campaspe | near-n = Moira | near-ne = Wangaratta | near-w = Greater Shepparton | near-e = Wangaratta | near-sw = Strathbogie | near-s = Mansfield | near-se = Wangaratta The Rural City of Benalla is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 2353 km2 and, in August 2021, had a population of 14,528.

It includes the towns of Baddaginnie, Benalla, Devenish, Goorambat, Major Plains, Swanpool, Tatong, Thoona, Warrenbayne and Winton. It was formed in 2002 from the de-amalgamation of the Delatite Shire into the current rural city and the Shire of Mansfield, the former being a merger between the latter, the Shire of Benalla and the City of Benalla.

The Rural City is governed and administered by the Benalla Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Benalla. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the centre-north of the LGA, that is Benalla, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 10,331.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.

WardCouncillorNotes
UnsubdividedJustin King
Danny Claridge
Peter Davis
Don Firth
Bernie Hearn
Gail O'Brien
Punarji Hewa Gunaratne

Administration and governance

The Rural City is headquartered on the main street of Benalla.

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Benalla Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre in Benalla.

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the rural city had a population of 14,528 up from 13,861 in the 2016 census

PopulationLocality20162021
1716
^338347
10,33010,822
^7793
^4151
^2019
^97117
3945
3129
4544
157204
^1634
197208
^9631,049
6275
8391
297269
7992
151165
PopulationLocality20162021
99142
225220
^3736
131160
9675
5447
5757
^116118
207227
103139
89103
287281
127133
121107
3940
145144
108103
78

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

References

References

  1. {{Census 2021 AUS
  2. Victoria Government Gazette – Online Search. "G42 of 2002: Order estg the Rural City of Benalla and Shire of Mansfield". State Government of Victoria.
  3. Census QuickStats. (2011). "Benalla (SS) – SSC20115". Government of Australia.
  4. Local Government in Victoria. "Benalla Rural City Council". State Government of Victoria.
  5. (11 January 2023). "Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics".
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