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Rural City of Wangaratta

Rural City of Wangaratta
FieldValue
typelga
nameRural City of Wangaratta
statevic
imageAustralia Victoria Wangaratta RC.svg
captionLocation in Victoria
pop29,808
pop_year
pop_footnotes
area3645
area_footnotes
est1994
gazetted18 November 1994
mayorIrene Grantmayortitle= Mayor
seatWangaratta
regionHume
logoRural City of Wangaratta logo.svg
urlhttp://www.wangaratta.vic.gov.au/
stategovOvens Valley
fedgovIndi
near-nwMoira
near-nIndigo
near-neIndigo
near-wBenalla
near-eAlpine
near-swMansfield
near-sMansfield
near-seWellington
Note

the local government area

| near-nw = Moira | near-n = Indigo | near-ne = Indigo | near-w = Benalla | near-e = Alpine | near-sw = Mansfield | near-s = Mansfield | near-se = Wellington

Council Offices and chambers

The Rural City of Wangaratta 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 3645 km2 and, in August 2021, had a population of 29,808. It includes the towns of Cheshunt, Eldorado, Everton, Glenrowan, Greta, Greta West, Milawa, Moyhu, Oxley, Tarrawingee, Wangaratta and Whitfield. When formed the municipality was originally called the Shire of Milawa, but a few months later, was renamed to its current name.

The Rural City is governed and administered by the Wangaratta Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Wangaratta. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the north of the LGA, that is Wangaratta, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of around 18,500.

History

The Rural City of Wangaratta was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Wangaratta, the Shire of Wangaratta, the Shire of Oxley (less the Merriang district and the Buffalo River valley), the Glenrowan district of the Shire of Benalla, the Everton and Murmungee districts of the United Shire of Beechworth, and the township of Peechelba from the Shire of Yarrawonga.

The Rural City's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven single-councillor wards. As of the 2024 election, the seven councillors are:

WardCouncillorNotes
AppinTania Maxwell
BullawahDave Fuller
King RiverHarry Bussell
OvensHarvey Benton
WarbyIrene Grant
WareenaAshlee Fitzpatrick
YarrungaAllison Winters

History

The election of Councillors in 2016 followed a three year period where the Council was governed by Administrators. Administrators had been appointed by an Act of Parliament, following the dismissal of the Councillors elected at the 2012 general election. A panel of three administrators, by an Act of Parliament, was appointed to oversee the council until the 2016 municipal elections.

In 2023, the Victoria Electoral Commission commenced an electoral structure review into the existing Ward structures of the Rural City of Wangaratta to satisfy the requirements of the Local Government Act 2020 (Vic). As a result of this review, the council moved to seven single-councillor wards for the 2024 election. Previously, the council was divided into 4 wards, including a four-councillor city ward.

Administration and governance

The councillors meet in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Wangaratta Government Centre, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre in Wangaratta.

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the rural city had a population of 29,808, up from 28,310 in the 2016 census.

PopulationLocality20162021
83100
129135
1713
4953
6979
^4151
96106
4744
155160
9597
231213
00
120106
5459
PopulationLocality20162021
8066
7560
92109
385382
203193
158154
^9631,049
10786
132131
162157
139155
418391
10187
247304
PopulationLocality20162021
127159
258230
84112
587588
445437
5769
152168
288282
631710
5549
^184177
4554
2626
PopulationLocality20162021
348349
370416
^447547
00
618677
227217
18,10219,214
509550
215220
3537
376383
8292
5164

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

References

References

  1. {{Census 2021 AUS
  2. Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive. (1837–1997). "S87 of 1994: Order estg (Part 5) the Shire of Milawa". State Government of Victoria.
  3. Census QuickStats. (2016). "Wangaratta (UCL) – UCL213017". Government of Australia.
  4. Rural City of Wangaratta. "Electoral Structure". Rural City of Wangaratta.
  5. Rural City of Wangaratta. "Councillors". Rural City of Wangaratta.
  6. (18 September 2013). "Wangaratta Council to be dismissed". [[Premier of Victoria]].
  7. Parliament of Victoria. (2013). "Local Government (Rural City of Wangaratta) Act 2013". Australasian Legal Information Institute.
  8. Wangaratta Rural City Council. (2013). "About Council – Councillors".
  9. (11 January 2023). "Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics".
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