Rural City of Swan Hill

The Rural City of Swan Hill is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the north-western part of the state. It covers an area of 6,115 square kilometres (2,361 sq mi) and, in August 2021, had a population of 21,403.[3] It includes the towns of Swan Hill, Lake Boga, Manangatang, Nyah, Nyah West, Piangil, Robinvale, Ultima and Woorinen South. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Swan Hill, Shire of Swan Hill and part of the Shire of Kerang.[2]

For the town itself, see Swan Hill, Victoria.

Rural City of Swan Hill
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population21,403 (2021)[1]
 • Density3.5001/km2 (9.0652/sq mi)
Established1995
Gazetted20 January 1995[2]
Area6,115 km2 (2,361.0 sq mi)[3]
MayorLes McPhee
Council seatSwan Hill
RegionLoddon Mallee
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Mallee
WebsiteRural City of Swan Hill
LGAs around Rural City of Swan Hill:
Mildura Balranald (NSW) Balranald (NSW)
Mildura Rural City of Swan Hill Murray River (NSW)
Buloke Buloke Gannawarra

The Rural City is governed and administered by the Swan Hill Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Swan Hill, it also has a service centre located in Robinvale. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement lying in the south-east of the LGA, that is Swan Hill, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 10,431.[4]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of four wards and seven councillors, with four councillors elected to represent the Central Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[5]

WardPartyCouncillorNotes
Central  IndependentChris Jeffery
 United Australia Party[6]Stuart King
 IndependentBill Moar Mayor (2019–2022)
 IndependentAnn Young Mayor (2016–2019)
Lakes  IndependentLes McPhee Mayor (2022-present)
Murray-Mallee  IndependentNicole McKay
Robinvale  IndependentJacqui Kelly Elected in 2023 on a countback to replace Jade Benham[7]

Administration and governance

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

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the rural city had a population of 21,403 up from 20,584 in the 2016 census[8]

Population
Locality20162021
Annuello2540
Bannerton4078
Beauchamp^4444
Beverford336337
Bolton1215
Boundary Bend132154
Bulga30
Castle Donnington131139
Chillingollah53
Chinangin63
Chinkapook3217
Cocamba44
Fish Point1511
Gerahmin2111
Goschen2735
Gowanford38
Population
Locality20162021
Happy Valley8587
Kenley4864
Kooloonong3919
Kunat3645
Lake Boga985982
Lake Powell1986
Liparoo3833
Manangatang309274
Meatian^2019
Miralie00
Murnungin1214
Murrawee143126
Murraydale125105
Narrung1824
Natya3840
Nowie2124
Population
Locality20162021
Nyah530536
Nyah West663673
Nyrraby1818
Pental Island135159
Piangil259230
Pira1016
Polisbet55
Robinvale3,0883,497
Speewa*#
Swan Hill10,90511,186
Swan Hill West411
Tol Tol142175
Towan1113
Tresco209162
Tresco West152153
Turoar08
Population
Locality20162021
Tyntynder151157
Tyntynder South268250
Tyrrell^1316
Ultima174173
Ultima East30
Vinifera159163
Waitchie4843
Wandown00
Wemen111128
Winlaton70
Winnambool228
Wood Wood8591
Woorinen260262
Woorinen North8794
Woorinen South356404

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

Sister cities

See also

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Swan Hill (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order estg (Part 14) the Rural City of Swan Hill". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 5. 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. Census QuickStats (2011). "Swan Hill (SS) – SSC21287". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Government of Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. Local Government in Victoria. "Swan Hill Rural City Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  6. "Swan Hill councillor Stuart King is Palmer's man for Mallee".
  7. "New councillor for Swan Hill Rural City Council".
  8. "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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