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Shire of Wellington

Field	Value
type	lga
name	Shire of Wellington
state	vic
image	Australia Victoria Wellington Shire.svg
caption	Location in Victoria
pop	44019
pop_year	2018
pop_footnotes
area	10817
area_footnotes
est	1994
gazetted	2 December 1994
mayor	Cr Scott Rossetti
seat	Sale
region	Gippsland
logo	Wellington Shire Council.jpg
url	http://www.wellington.vic.gov.au/
stategov	Gippsland East
stategov2	Gippsland South
fedgov	Gippsland
near-nw	Mansfield
Wangaratta
near-ne	East Gippsland
near-n	Alpine
near-sw	South Gippsland
near-w	Baw Baw
Latrobe
near-e	East Gippsland
near-s	Bass Strait
near-se	Bass Strait

The Shire of Wellington is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of 10817 km2 and in June 2018 had a population of 44,019. It includes the major towns of Heyfield, Rosedale, Maffra, Sale, Stratford and Yarram.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Wellington Shire Council. Its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Sale; it also has service centres located in Maffra, Stratford and Rosedale. The Shire is named after a major geographical feature in the region, Lake Wellington, which is located in the south-east of the LGA.

History

The Shire of Wellington was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Alberton, Shire of Avon, Shire of Maffra and City of Sale, as well as the vast bulk of the Shire of Rosedale (the Glengarry and Toongabbie districts in Rosedale's west were annexed to the Shire of La Trobe, while the Boole Poole area at the shire's eastern tip was amalgamated into the East Gippsland Shire).

Wellington 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

Wellington Shire Council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.

Ward	Party	Notes
Northern		Edward Lowe	Independent
	Carmel Ripper	Independent
	John Tatterson	Independent	Former Deputy Mayor (2023)
Central		Liz Foat	Independent
	Geoff Wells	Independent
	Scott Rossetti	Independent	date=18 November 2024	title=Meet your new Mayor and Deputy Mayor 👏	url=https://www.facebook.com/share/p/K38x7vQXDqx57wYp/	access-date=19 November 2024	website=Facebook - Wellington Shire Council page}}
Coastal		Cindy Madeley	Independent
	Catherine Bannerman	Independent
	Garry Stephens	Independent	Former Mayor (2021)

Administration and governance

Wellington Shire service centre in [[Sale, Victoria

The Council meets in the Council Chambers of the Wellington Centre in the Port of Sale precinct at 70 Foster Street, which also houses the Gippsland Art Gallery, Visitor Information Centre and Sale Library. The council headquarters are located over the road at 18 Desailly Street which is the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its service centres in Maffra, Stratford, Rosedale and Yarram.

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire's population was 45,639, up from 42,983 in the 2016 census.

Population	Locality	2016
	146	160
	262	297
	81	76
	0	0
^	4	9
	0	0
^	130	134
	25	38
	275	307
	1,081	1,133
	0	0
	188	229
	0	0
	50	49
	50	42
	12	10
	26	30
	102	100
	112	129
	44	42
	107	133
	232	245
	183	229
	0	0
^	368	389
	0	0
	4	5
^	99	105
	12	12
	37	40
	469	453
	344	352
	27	32
	6	0

Population	Locality	2016
	93	210
^	152	194
	0	0
^	180	188
^	9	12
	951	994
	31	43
	52	73
	71	72
	0	0
	0	0
^	1,084	1,113
	277	279
	10	21
	293	356
	321	324
^	12	10
	3	6
^	125	108
	1,993	2,050
	26	36
	17	18
	15	28
	0	0
	26	20
	134	161
	171	165
	0	0
	0	0
	118	100
	11	7
	3	9
	42	42

Population	Locality	2016
	814	1,021
	1,497	1,489
	29	35
	20	21
	5,280	5,384
	82	73
	24	29
	104	121
	76	90
	0	0
	0	0
	65	65
	7	5
	0	0
	143	167
	127	126
	299	280
	0	0
	427	451
^	0	5
	160	172
	135	125
	75	72
	293	403
^	0	0
	149	165
	55	49
	1,654	1,729
	13,673	14,296
	0	0
	20	15
	322	373
	157	161

Population	Locality	2016
	0	0
	34	44
	55	41
	172	187
	2,617	2,980
	0	0
	77	85
	80	69
	29	30
	82	131
	277	358
	49	63
	0	0
^	989	1,085
	152	187
^	20	35
	0	0
	69	77
	138	146
	75	127
	222	196
^	0	0
	32	39
	364	374
	95	114
	*	#
	4	0
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
	1,112	1,177
	0	0
	2,135	2,136

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

***** - Not noted in 2016 Census

# - Not noted in 2021 Census

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]].
Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive. (1837–1997). "S94 of 1994: Order estg (Part 7) the Shire of Wellington". State Government of Victoria.
Local Government in Victoria. "Wellington Shire Council". State Government of Victoria.
"Councillors".
(18 November 2024). "Meet your new Mayor and Deputy Mayor 👏".
"Media Release: New Council sworn in and Garry Stephens elected Mayor".
"Wellington Shire Council 'The Port' Project Update".
"Wellington Shire Council Contact Us".
(11 January 2023). "Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics".

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