Shire of Campaspe

The Shire of Campaspe is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the northern part of the state. It covers an area of 4,519 square kilometres (1,745 sq mi) and in August 2021 had a population of 38,735.[3]

Shire of Campaspe
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population38,735 (2021)[1]
 • Density8.5716/km2 (22.2003/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted20 January 1995[2]
Area4,519 km2 (1,744.8 sq mi)[3]
MayorCr Adrian Weston
Council seatEchuca
RegionLoddon Mallee
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Nicholls
WebsiteShire of Campaspe
LGAs around Shire of Campaspe:
Gannawarra Murray River (NSW) Moira
Loddon Shire of Campaspe City of Greater Shepparton
Greater Bendigo Strathbogie Strathbogie

It includes the towns of Girgarre, Echuca, Kyabram, Rochester, Tongala and Rushworth. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Echuca, Shire of Deakin, Shire of Rochester, Shire of Waranga, Town of Kyabram and part of the Shire of Rodney.[2][4]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Campaspe Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Echuca, it also has service centres located in Kyabram, Rochester, Rushworth and Tongala. The Shire is named after the Campaspe River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the LGA.

Shire offices in Echuca

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of five wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each of the Echuca and Kyabram-Deakin wards, and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[5]

WardCouncillorNotes
Echuca  Tony Marwood
 Robert Amos
 Christine Weller
Kyabram-Deakin  Colleen Gates
 Daniel Mackrell
 John Zobec
Rochester  Paul Jarman
Waranga  Adrian Weston
Western  Leanne Pentreath

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Echuca Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Echuca, and its service centres in Kyabram, Rochester, Rushworth and Tongala.

Sister cities

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 38,735 up from 37,061 in the 2016 census[7]

Population
Locality20162021
Ballendella124120
Bamawm504491
Bamawm Extension238282
Bonn3348
Burnewang3637
Burramboot3236
Carag Carag7161
Colbinabbin304285
Cornella4343
Corop129161
Creek View*39
Diggora9478
Echuca14,04315,056
Echuca Village540577
Echuca West425442
Fairy Dell8093
Girgarre561563
Gobarup3245
Gunbower551578
Population
Locality20162021
Kanyapella5651
Kotta109134
Koyuga315355
Kyabram^7,3317,416
Kyvalley329363
Lancaster^393398
Lockington808850
Milloo^3537
Mitiamo^117116
Moora1732
Muskerry5059
Myola397
Nanneella388425
Patho108138
Pine Grove3540
Redcastle^6867
Rochester3,1133,154
Roslynmead4849
Runnymede5664
Population
Locality20162021
Rushworth1,3351,411
Stanhope828826
Strathallan144180
Tennyson4860
Terrick Terrick East68
Timmering9690
Tongala1,9261,973
Toolleen^182221
Torrumbarry279257
Wanalta*#
Waranga Shores315314
Wharparilla488483
Whroo^4245
Wyuna^262278
Wyuna East103106
Yambuna110109

^ - Territory divided with another LGA
* - Not noted in 2016 Census
# - Not noted in 2021 Census

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Campaspe (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  4. Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S2 of 1995". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 19 January 1995). p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. Local Government in Victoria. "Campaspe Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. "International Friendships". Shire of Campaspe. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  7. "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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