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Shire of Indigo

Shire of Indigo
FieldValue
typelga
nameShire of Indigo
statevic
imageAustralia Victoria Indigo Shire.svg
captionLocation in Victoria
pop17,368
pop_year
pop_footnotes
area2040
area_footnotes
est1994
gazetted18 November 1994
mayorBernard Gaffney
seatBeechworth
regionHume
logoIndigo Shire logo.svg
urlhttp://www.indigoshire.vic.gov.au
stategovBenambra
fedgovIndi
near-nwFederation (NSW)
near-nGreater Hume (NSW)
near-neWodonga
near-wMoira
near-eTowong
near-swWangaratta
near-sAlpine
near-seTowong

| near-nw = Federation (NSW) | near-n = Greater Hume (NSW) | near-ne = Wodonga | near-w = Moira | near-e = Towong | near-sw = Wangaratta | near-s = Alpine | near-se = Towong The Shire of Indigo, a local government area (LGA) in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, lies in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 2040 km2 and in August 2021 had a population of 17,368. It includes the larger towns of Beechworth, Chiltern, Rutherglen, Wahgunyah and Yackandandah, the smaller towns of Barnawartha and Tangambalanga, and surrounding rural areas.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Indigo Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Beechworth, it also has service centres located in Chiltern, Rutherglen and Yackandandah. The Shire is named after the Indigo Valley and Indigo Creek, geographical features that meander through the LGA and into the Murray River.

In 2008, the Bankwest Quality of Life Index rated Indigo fifteenth of 590 Australian local government areas.

History

The Shire of Indigo was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Rutherglen and most of the Shire of Chiltern, Shire of Yackandandah and United Shire of Beechworth.

Indigo Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.

Council

Current composition

As of 22 September 2016, the council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.

WardCouncillorNotes
UnsubdividedJenny O'Connor
Sophie PriceDeputy Mayor
Bernard Gaffney
James Trenery
Barbara Murdoch
Larry Goldsworthy
Diane Shepheard

The makeup of the council is as follows:

PartyCouncillors
Unaligned
Greens
Total

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Beechworth Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Beechworth, and its service centres in Chiltern, Rutherglen and Yackandandah.

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 17,368 up from 15,952 in the 2016 census

PopulationLocality20162021
Allans Flat318297
Barnawartha904987
Beechworth3,8594,274
171181
10299
Bruarong77114
7982
PopulationLocality20162021
7382
1,6051,580
Chiltern Valley6077
9694
Gooramadda5862
Gundowring^214208
219206
PopulationLocality20162021
Indigo Valley329346
Kergunyah215232
Kiewa474483
7684
Norong118130
Osbornes Flat233285
2,3782,579
PopulationLocality20162021
179200
Staghorn Flat^293368
364371
Tangambalanga542908
Wahgunyah1,0981,061
Wooragee345342
Yackandandah1,8112,008

^ - 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 3) the Shire of Indigo". State Government of Victoria.
  3. Local Government in Victoria. "Indigo Shire Council". State Government of Victoria.
  4. (29 October 2012). "Jenny the region's first Green". [[The Border Mail]].
  5. VEC. "Results for Indigo Shire Council Elections 2012".
  6. (11 January 2023). "Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics".
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