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Rural City of Swan Hill

FieldValue
typelga
nameRural City of Swan Hill
statevic
imageAustralia Victoria Swan Hill RC.svg
captionLocation in Victoria
pop21403
pop_year2021
pop_footnotes
area6115
area_footnotes
est1995
gazetted20 January 1995
mayorLes McPhee
seatSwan Hill
regionLoddon Mallee
logoSwan Hill Rural City logo.png
urlhttp://www.swanhill.vic.gov.au/
stategovMildura
stategov2Murray Plains
fedgovMallee
near-nwMildura
near-nBalranald (NSW)
near-neBalranald (NSW)
near-eMurray River (NSW)
near-seGannawarra
near-sBuloke
near-swBuloke
near-wMildura

| near-nw = Mildura | near-n = Balranald (NSW) | near-ne = Balranald (NSW) | near-e = Murray River (NSW) | near-se = Gannawarra | near-s = Buloke | near-sw = Buloke | near-w = Mildura The Rural City of Swan Hill is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the north-western part of the state. It covers an area of 6115 km2 and, in August 2021, had a population of 21,403. It includes the towns of Swan Hill, Lake Boga, Manangatang, Nyah, Nyah West, Piangil, Robinvale, Ultima and Woorinen South.

The Rural City is governed and administered by the Swan Hill Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Swan Hill, it also has a service centre located in Robinvale. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement lying in the south-east of the LGA, that is Swan Hill, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 10,431.

History

The Rural City of Swan Hill was formed in 1995 in what was described as a "natural amalgamation" of the City of Swan Hill, Shire of Swan Hill, and the southern Tresco district of the Shire of Kerang.

In proposing the new LGA, the Local Government Board described the area as Victoria's "salad bowl". The LGA was to take in the regional service town of Swan Hill and a mix of dryland and irrigated agriculture alongside a tourism sector oriented around the Murray River and Lake Boga. A public consultation carried out by the Shire of Swan Hill in 1994 showed that more than 60% of respondents were in favour of the merger.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of four wards and seven councillors, with four councillors elected to represent the Central Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.

WardPartyCouncillorNotes
CentralIndependentChris Jeffery
United Australia PartyStuart King
IndependentBill MoarMayor (2019–2022)
IndependentAnn YoungMayor (2016–2019)
LakesIndependentLes McPhee
Murray-MalleeIndependentNicole McKay
RobinvaleIndependentJacqui Kelly

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Swan Hill Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Swan Hill, and its service centre in Robinvale.

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the rural city had a population of 21,403 up from 20,584 in the 2016 census

PopulationLocality20162021
2540
4078
^4444
336337
1215
132154
30
131139
53
63
3217
44
1511
2111
2735
38
PopulationLocality20162021
8587
4864
3919
3645
985982
1986
3833
309274
^2019
00
1214
143126
125105
1824
3840
2124
PopulationLocality20162021
530536
663673
1818
135159
259230
1016
55
3,0883,497
*#
10,90511,186
411
142175
1113
209162
152153
08
PopulationLocality20162021
151157
268250
^1316
174173
30
159163
4843
00
111128
70
228
8591
260262
8794
356404

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

***** - Not noted in 2016 Census

# - Not noted in 2021 Census

Sister cities

  • Japan Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan

References

References

  1. {{Census 2021 AUS
  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. Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive. (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order estg (Part 14) the Rural City of Swan Hill". State Government of Victoria.
  4. Census QuickStats. (2011). "Swan Hill (SS) – SSC21287". Government of Australia.
  5. (November 1994). "North West review: interim report". Local Government Board.
  6. Local Government in Victoria. "Swan Hill Rural City Council". State Government of Victoria.
  7. "Swan Hill councillor Stuart King is Palmer’s man for Mallee".
  8. "New councillor for Swan Hill Rural City Council".
  9. (11 January 2023). "Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics".
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