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Shire of Glenelg
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | lga |
| name | Shire of Glenelg |
| state | vic |
| image | {{multiple image |
| border | infobox |
| total_width | 280 |
| perrow | 1/1 |
| caption_align | center |
| image1 | PortlandMunicipalOffices.JPG |
| caption1 | Municipal offices in Portland |
| image2 | Australia Victoria Glenelg Shire.svg |
| caption2 | Location in Victoria |
| pop | 19665 |
| pop_year | 2018 |
| pop_footnotes | |
| area | 6219 |
| area_footnotes | |
| est | 1994 |
| gazetted | 23 September 1994 |
| mayor | Cr Karen Stephens |
| seat | Portland |
| region | Barwon South West |
| logo | Glenelg Shire Logo.png |
| logo_upright | 1.2 |
| url | http://www.glenelg.vic.gov.au/ |
| stategov | Lowan |
| stategov2 | South-West Coast |
| fedgov | Wannon |
| near-nw | Wattle Range (SA) |
| near-n | West Wimmera |
| near-ne | Southern Grampians |
| near-w | Grant (SA) |
| near-e | Moyne |
| near-sw | Grant (SA) |
| near-s | Southern Ocean |
| near-se | Southern Ocean |
the local government area in western Victoria
| near-nw = Wattle Range (SA) | near-n = West Wimmera | near-ne = Southern Grampians | near-w = Grant (SA) | near-e = Moyne | near-sw = Grant (SA) | near-s = Southern Ocean | near-se = Southern Ocean
The Shire of Glenelg is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of 6219 km2 and in June 2018 had a population of 19,665. It includes the towns of Casterton, Heywood, Merino and Portland.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Glenelg Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Portland, it also has service centres located in Casterton and Heywood. The Shire is named after the Glenelg River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the Shire.
Service industries, timber production, grazing and manufacturing are the Shire's main economic activities.
History
The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Glenelg Shire sits are the Gunditjmara People who are represented by the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation.
Although a shire of the same name existed before the amalgamations of the mid-1990s, the current Shire was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of most of the former Shire of Glenelg with the Shire of Heywood and City of Portland.
During the local government review process in 1993 and 1994, all three former municipalities made submissions to the Local Government Board arguing that the City of Portland should continue to stand alone, even if Glenelg and Heywood were to be merged. However, the Board considered that, despite Portland's industrial character, the city's role as a service and export centre gave it a sufficiently strong connection to its rural hinterland, and proposed to merge the three LGAs into a "Shire of Henty". The name "Glenelg" was substituted later.
Council
Current composition
The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. The current councillors, in order of election at the 2020 election, are:
| Ward | Party | Councilor | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsubdivided | Labor | Gilbert Wilson | ||
| Nationals | Anita Rank | |||
| Independent | Karen Stephens | |||
| Independent | Martin Scott | |||
| Independent | Michael Carr | |||
| Independent | Chrissy Hawker | |||
| Independent | Jayden Smith |
2024 election results
Administration and governance
The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Portland Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Portland, and its service centres in Casterton and Heywood.
Townships and localities
The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 20,152 up from 19,557 in the 2016 census
| Population | Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | 168 | ||
| 35 | 56 | ||
| ^ | 98 | 113 | |
| 601 | 647 | ||
| ^ | 351 | 304 | |
| ^ | 50 | 39 | |
| 4 | 11 | ||
| ^ | 123 | 129 | |
| 150 | 151 | ||
| ^ | 70 | 67 | |
| 228 | 197 | ||
| 1,668 | 1,673 | ||
| ^ | 86 | 85 | |
| ^ | 17 | 15 | |
| 121 | 104 | ||
| 33 | 27 |
| Population | Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 322 | 299 | ||
| ^ | 43 | 57 | |
| 124 | 122 | ||
| 47 | 46 | ||
| 152 | 160 | ||
| 73 | 70 | ||
| 116 | 91 | ||
| 188 | 236 | ||
| 227 | 237 | ||
| 18 | 54 | ||
| 51 | 58 | ||
| 237 | 238 | ||
| 60 | 75 | ||
| 1,726 | 1,815 | ||
| 23 | 36 | ||
| 45 | 34 |
| Population | Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 9 | ||
| ^ | 6 | 9 | |
| 29 | 37 | ||
| 7 | 9 | ||
| 29 | 31 | ||
| 253 | 249 | ||
| 63 | 46 | ||
| 43 | 42 | ||
| 111 | 100 | ||
| ^ | 31 | 29 | |
| 73 | 64 | ||
| 14 | 17 | ||
| ^ | 93 | 79 | |
| 387 | 462 | ||
| 190 | 191 |
| Population | Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 33 | ||
| 9,712 | 10,016 | ||
| 625 | 708 | ||
| 569 | 619 | ||
| 144 | 130 | ||
| 183 | 176 | ||
| ^ | 36 | 30 | |
| 20 | 20 | ||
| 21 | 17 | ||
| ^ | 212 | 198 | |
| ^ | 113 | 94 | |
| 48 | 41 | ||
| ^ | 104 | 96 | |
| 28 | 46 | ||
| 20 | 14 |
^ - 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]].
- (23 September 1994). "Part 6—Shire of Glenelg". [[Government of Victoria]].
- "Glenelg Shire".
- "Map of formally recognised traditional owners". Aboriginal Victoria.
- "Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal". Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation.
- (20 January 1995). "Part 7—Glenelg Shire". [[Government of Victoria]].
- (1994). "South West review: interim report". Local Government Board.
- "Glenelg Shire Council election results 2020".
- (11 January 2023). "Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics".
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