Shire of Pyrenees

The Shire of Pyrenees is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 3,435 square kilometres (1,326 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 7,353.[1]

Shire of Pyrenees
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population7,671 (2021)[1]
 • Density2.2332/km2 (5.7839/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted23 September 1994[2]
Area3,435 km2 (1,326.3 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Tanya Kehoe
Council seatBeaufort
RegionGrampians
State electorate(s)Ripon
Federal division(s)
WebsiteShire of Pyrenees
LGAs around Shire of Pyrenees:
Northern Grampians Northern Grampians Central Goldfields
Ararat Shire of Pyrenees Hepburn, Ballarat
Ararat Corangamite Golden Plains
The Pyrenees Shire Council offices in Beaufort

It includes the towns of Avoca, Beaufort, Lexton and Trawalla. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Avoca, Shire of Lexton and Shire of Ripon.[2][3]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Pyrenees Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Beaufort, it also has a service centre located in Avoca. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, The Pyrenees Ranges which also gives its name to the Pyrenees wine region, which is located in the north of the Local Government Area.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of five wards and five councillors, with one councillor per ward elected to represent each ward.[4] Council Composition as of September 2022:

WardCouncillorNotes
Avoca  Ron EasonMayor
Beaufort  Damian Ferrari
De Cameron  Robert Vance
Ercildoune  David Clark
Mount Emu  Tanya Kehoe

Administration and governance

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

Traditional owners

The traditional owners of this land are the Wadawurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wotjobaluk and Eastern Maar.[5]

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 7,671 up from 7,238 in the 2016 census[6]

Population
Locality20162021
Amphitheatre248223
Avoca1,1931,356
Barkly^4349
Beaufort1,5391,712
Bo Peep^2125
Brewster5147
Buangor^103112
Bung Bong^5163
Burnbank5947
Burrumbeet^232249
Carngham146171
Carranballac^4243
Chepstowe6160
Chute1813
Cross Roads1927
Crowlands^8972
Elmhurst^183185
Population
Locality20162021
Ercildoune^7090
Evansford^131147
Eversley^1014
Frenchmans137
Glenbrae3030
Glenlofty1711
Glenlogie^3329
Glenpatrick3113
Hillcrest9599
Homebush3631
Lake Goldsmith2922
Lake Wongan83
Lamplough6149
Landsborough180200
Landsborough West^4149
Langi Kal Kal400336
Lexton231284
Population
Locality20162021
Lillicur^2985
Linton^580635
Main Lead4642
Mena Park2732
Middle Creek^1922
Moonambel167185
Mount Emu2628
Mount Lonarch4244
Natte Yallock^9489
Navarre^9899
Nerring1514
Nowhere Creek1720
Percydale3922
Pittong^1512
Raglan231223
Rathscar^2119
Population
Locality20162021
Rathscar West2331
Redbank^94102
Shays Flat^133
Skipton^586609
Smythesdale^1,0321,189
Snake Valley743820
Stockyard Hill4949
Stoneleigh^4545
Streatham^156158
Tanwood2615
Trawalla141140
Wareek^6872
Warrenmang1716
Waterloo110122
Wattle Creek^00
Waubra^275308

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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. Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S63 of 1994: Order estg the Shire of Pyrenees". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 23 September 1994). pp. 16–23. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order altg (Part 12) the Shire of Pyrenees". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 5. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. Victorian Electoral Commission. "Pyrenees Shire Council election results 2020". Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  5. "Reconciliation". www.pyrenees.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  6. "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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