Shire of Glenelg

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 6,219 square kilometres (2,401 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 19,665.[1] It includes the towns of Casterton, Heywood, Merino and Portland. 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 the former Shire of Glenelg with the Shire of Heywood and City of Portland.[2][3]

This article is about the local government area in western Victoria. For the former area centred on Casterton, see Shire of Glenelg (former).

Shire of Glenelg
Victoria
Municipal offices in Portland
Location in Victoria
Population19,665 (2018)[1]
 • Density3.1621/km2 (8.1898/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted23 September 1994[2]
Area6,219 km2 (2,401.2 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Anita Rank
Council seatPortland
RegionBarwon South West
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Wannon
WebsiteShire of Glenelg
LGAs around Shire of Glenelg:
Wattle Range (SA) West Wimmera Southern Grampians
Grant (SA) Shire of Glenelg Moyne
Grant (SA) Southern Ocean Southern Ocean

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.

At the 2001 Census, the population of the Shire was distributed in the following way: Portland: 49.7%, Casterton: 8.7%, Heywood: 6.3%, Dartmoor: 1.3%, Merino: 1.1%, Narrawong: 0.9% and Rural Balance: 32%.

Service industries, timber production, grazing and manufacturing are the Shire's main economic activities.[4]

Traditional ownership

The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Glenelg Shire sits are the Gunditjmara People[5] who are represented by the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation.[6]

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:[7]

Ward Party CouncilorNotes
Unsubdivided  Labor Gilbert Wilson
 Nationals Anita Rank
 Independent Karen Stephens
 Independent Martin Scott
 Independent Michael Carr
 Independent Chrissy Hawker
 Independent Jayden Smith

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[8]

Population
Locality20162021
Allestree128168
Bahgallah3556
Bessiebelle^98113
Bolwarra601647
Branxholme^351304
Breakaway Creek^5039
Brimboal411
Byaduk^123129
Cape Bridgewater150151
Carapook^7067
Cashmore228197
Casterton1,6681,673
Chetwynd^8685
Clover Flat^1715
Condah121104
Corndale3327
Population
Locality20162021
Dartmoor322299
Dergholm^4357
Digby124122
Drik Drik4746
Drumborg152160
Dunrobin7370
Dutton Way11691
Gorae188236
Gorae West227237
Grassdale1854
Greenwald5158
Heathmere237238
Henty6075
Heywood1,7261,815
Homerton2336
Hotspur4534
Population
Locality20162021
Killara89
Lake Condah^69
Lake Mundi2937
Lindsay79
Lyons2931
Merino253249
Milltown6346
Mount Richmond4342
Mumbannar111100
Muntham^3129
Myamyn7364
Nangeela1417
Nareen^9379
Narrawong387462
Nelson190191
Population
Locality20162021
Paschendale3033
Portland9,71210,016
Portland North625708
Portland West569619
Sandford144130
Strathdownie183176
Tahara^3630
Tahara Bridge2020
Tahara West2117
Tyrendarra^212198
Wallacedale^11394
Wando Bridge4841
Wando Vale^10496
Warrock2846
Winnap2014

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Part 6—Shire of Glenelg". Victoria Government Gazette (1837-1997) (S63 ed.). Melbourne: Government of Victoria. 1994: 5. 23 September 1994. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  3. "Part 7—Glenelg Shire". Victoria Government Gazette (1837–1997) (S4 ed.). Melbourne: Government of Victoria. 1994: 4. 20 January 1995. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. "Glenelg Shire". Know Your Council. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  5. "Map of formally recognised traditional owners". Aboriginal Victoria. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  6. "Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal". Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  7. "Glenelg Shire Council election results 2020". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  8. "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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