Local government areas of Victoria

This is a list of local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria, sorted by region.

This article is about local government areas in Victoria. For the history and responsibilities of local government in Victoria, see Local government in Victoria.

Types of LGAs.
Victoria LGAs by largest council faction as of December 2022.

Also referred to as municipalities, the 79 Victorian LGAs are classified as cities (34), shires (38), rural cities (6) and boroughs (1). In general, an urban or suburban LGA is called a city and is governed by a city council, while a rural LGA covering a larger rural area is usually called a shire and is governed by a shire council. Local councils have the same administrative functions and similar political structures, regardless of their classification.

Local elections are held in Victoria every four years with the most recent elections being held in 2020.

Current local government areas

Greater Melbourne
Detail of Local Government Areas in and around Melbourne.
Local government areaCouncil seatDate establishedLand area Population

(2021) [1]

 Pop. density Councillors
(2022)		Map Council / Shire Icon
City of MelbourneMelbourne12 August 184237 km2 (14 sq mi)149,61511,897 11
City of Port PhillipSt Kilda22 June 199421 km2 (8.1 sq mi)101,94213,961 9
City of StonningtonMalvern22 June 199426 km2 (10 sq mi)104,70311,576 9
City of YarraRichmond22 June 199420 km2 (7.7 sq mi)90,11412,758 9
City of BanyuleGreensborough15 December 199463 km2 (24 sq mi)126,2365,354 9
City of BaysideSandringham15 December 199437 km2 (14 sq mi)101,3067,400 7
City of BoroondaraCamberwell22 June 199460 km2 (23 sq mi)167,9007,826 11
City of DarebinPreston22 June 199454 km2 (21 sq mi)148,5707,751 9
City of Glen EiraCaulfield North15 December 199439 km2 (15 sq mi)148,90810,218 9
City of Hobsons BayAltona22 June 199464 km2 (25 sq mi)91,3223,904 7
City of KingstonCheltenham15 December 199491 km2 (35 sq mi)158,1294,651 9
City of ManninghamDoncaster15 December 1994113 km2 (44 sq mi)124,7002,877 9
City of MaribyrnongFootscray15 December 199431 km2 (12 sq mi)85,2097,635 7
City of MonashGlen Waverley15 December 199482 km2 (32 sq mi)190,3976,319 11
City of Moonee ValleyMoonee Ponds15 December 199443 km2 (17 sq mi)121,8517,703 9
City of Merri-bekCoburg22 June 199451 km2 (20 sq mi)171,3579,229 11
City of WhitehorseNunawading15 December 199464 km2 (25 sq mi)169,3467,130 11
City of BrimbankSunshine15 December 1994123 km2 (47 sq mi)194,6184,395 11
Shire of CardiniaOfficer15 December 19941,283 km2 (495 sq mi)118,194216 9
City of CaseyNarre Warren15 December 1994409 km2 (158 sq mi)365,2392,156 11
City of FrankstonFrankston15 December 1994130 km2 (50 sq mi)139,2812,826 9
City of Greater DandenongDandenong15 December 1994130 km2 (50 sq mi)158,2083,309 11
City of HumeBroadmeadows15 December 1994504 km2 (195 sq mi)243,9011,153 11
City of KnoxWantirna South16 November 1963114 km2 (44 sq mi)159,1033,552 9
City of MaroondahRingwood15 December 199461 km2 (24 sq mi)115,0434,989 9
City of MeltonMelton16 September 1862528 km2 (204 sq mi)178,960769 9
Shire of Mornington PeninsulaRosebud15 December 1994724 km2 (280 sq mi)168,948593 11
Shire of NillumbikGreensborough15 December 1994432 km2 (167 sq mi)62,895389 7
City of WhittleseaSouth Morang12 December 1862490 km2 (190 sq mi)229,3961,180 11
City of WyndhamWerribee6 October 1862542 km2 (209 sq mi)292,0111,220 11
Shire of Yarra RangesLilydale15 December 19942,468 km2 (953 sq mi)156,068166 9

Regional Victoria
Map of LGAs in regional Victoria.

Barwon South West
Local government areaCouncil seatDate establishedLand area[2]PopulationCouncillors
(2022)		Map
km2sq mi(2013)[3](2021)[2]
Colac Otway ShireColac19943,438 1,32721,03522,4237
Corangamite ShireCamperdown19944,408 1,70216,41016,1157
Shire of GlenelgPortland19946,219 2,40119,79720,1527
City of Greater GeelongGeelong19931,248 482223,357271,05711
Shire of MoynePort Fairy19945,482 2,11716,43117,3747
Borough of QueenscliffeQueenscliff18638.6 33,0023,2765
Shire of Southern GrampiansHamilton19946,654 2,56916,35516,5887
Surf Coast ShireTorquay19941,553 60028,22837,6949
City of WarrnamboolWarrnambool1855121 4733,42335,4067

Grampians
Local government areaCouncil seatDate establishedLand area[2]PopulationCouncillors
(2022)		Map
km2sq mi(2013)[3](2021)[2]
Rural City of AraratArarat19944,211 1,62611,49011,8807
City of BallaratBallarat1994739 28598,344113,7639
Golden Plains ShireBannockburn19942,703 1,04420,36224,9857
Shire of HepburnDaylesford19951,473 56915,02216,6047
Shire of HindmarshNhill19957,524 2,9055,8525,6986
Rural City of HorshamHorsham19954,267 1,64719,69420,4297
Shire of MooraboolBallan19942,111 81530,41037,6327
Shire of Northern GrampiansStawell19955,730 2,21211,88011,9487
Pyrenees ShireBeaufort19943,435 1,3266,9387,6715
Shire of West WimmeraEdenhope19959,108 3,5174,1244,0065
Shire of YarriambiackWarracknabeal19957,326 2,8297,0326,5567

Gippsland
Local government areaCouncil seatDate establishedLand area[2]PopulationCouncillors
(2022)		Map
km2sq mi(2013)[3](2021)[2]
Bass Coast ShireWonthaggi1994866 33431,33140,7899
Shire of Baw BawWarragul19944,028 1,55545,62757,6269
Shire of East GippslandBairnsdale199420,940 8,08543,80948,7159
City of LatrobeMorwell19941,426 55174,12477,3189
South Gippsland ShireLeongatha19943,435 1,32628,27330,5779
Shire of WellingtonSale199410,817 4,17642,72145,6399

Hume
Local government areaCouncil seatDate establishedLand area[2]PopulationCouncillors
(2022)		Map
km2sq mi(2013)[3](2021)[2]
Alpine ShireBright19944,788 1,84912,28313,2357
Rural City of BenallaBenalla20022,353 90813,87814,5287
City of Greater SheppartonShepparton19942,422 93563,24468,4099
Shire of IndigoBeechworth19942,040 78815,60517,3687
Shire of MansfieldMansfield20023,844 1,4848,27610,1785
Shire of MitchellBroadford19942,862 1,10537,78849,4609
Shire of MoiraCobram19944,046 1,56225,40130,5229
Shire of MurrindindiAlexandra19943,880 1,49813,56315,1977
Shire of StrathbogieEuroa19943,303 1,2759,11911,4557
Shire of TowongTallangatta19946,675 2,5775,9616,2235
Rural City of WangarattaWangaratta19973,645 1,40727,65029,8087
City of WodongaWodonga1876433 16737,57543,2537

Loddon Mallee
Local government areaCouncil seatDate establishedLand area[2]PopulationCouncillors
(2022)		Map
km2sq mi(2013)[3](2021)[2]
Shire of BulokeWycheproof19958,000 3,0896,3886,1787
Shire of CampaspeEchuca19944,519 1,74537,21338,7359
Shire of Central GoldfieldsMaryborough19951,533 59212,81513,4837
Shire of GannawarraKerang19953,735 1,44210,52610,6837
City of Greater BendigoBendigo19943,000 1,158105,957121,4709
Shire of LoddonWedderburn19956,696 2,5857,5187,7595
Shire of Macedon RangesKyneton19941,748 67544,59551,4589
Rural City of MilduraMildura199522,083 8,52653,15656,9729
Shire of Mount AlexanderCastlemaine19951,530 59118,24720,2537
Rural City of Swan HillSwan Hill19956,115 2,36121,00321,4037


Former local government areas

This is a list of former local government areas in Victoria. Many of these existed from the 19th century until the 1994 statewite local government amalgamations.[4]

Greater Melbourne

This is a list of former Greater Melbourne local government areas. These local government areas were considered part of Greater Melbourne at the time of their dissolution.

Local government areaDate establishedDate dissolvedAmalgamated into:
City of Altona20 February 195722 June 1994City of Hobsons Bay
City of Box Hill7 August 185715 December 1994City of Whitehorse
City of Brighton18 January 185915 December 1994City of Bayside
City of Broadmeadows27 November 185715 December 1994City of Hume

City of Merri-bek

City of Brunswick29 September 185722 June 1994City of Merri-bek
City of Camberwell11 July 186422 June 1994City of Boroondara
City of Caulfield17 April 187115 December 1994City of Glen Eira
City of Chelsea1 May 192015 December 1994City of Kingston
City of Coburg185915 December 1994City of Merri-bek

City of Darebin

City of Collingwood24 April 185522 June 1994City of Yarra
City of Croydon24 May 196115 December 1994City of Maroondah
City of Dandenong185715 December 1994City of Greater Dandenong
Shire of Diamond Valley30 September 196415 December 1994City of Banyule

Shire of Nillumbik

City of Darebin

City of Doncaster & Templestowe19 December 185615 December 1994City of Manningham
City of Essendon27 December 186115 December 1994City of Moonee Valley
City of Fitzroy10 September 185822 June 1994City of Yarra
Borough of Flemington and Kensington17 March 188230 October 1905City of Melbourne
City of Footscray10 June 185915 December 1994City of Maribyrnong

City of Hobsons Bay

City of Frankston (former)6 November 186015 December 1994City of Frankston (new)

Shire of Mornington Peninsula

City of Hawthorn27 July 186022 June 1994City of Boroondara
City of Heidelberg184015 December 1994City of Banyule

City of Darebin

City of Keilor3 March 186315 December 1994City of Brimbank

City of Moonee Valley

City of Hume

City of Kew19 December 186022 June 1994City of Boroondara
City of Malvern17 October 185622 June 1994City of Stonnington
City of Moorabbin27 February 187115 December 1994City of Glen Eira

City of Bayside

City of Kingston

City of Mordialloc26 May 192015 December 1994City of Kingston

City of Bayside

Town of North Melbourne30 September 185930 October 1905City of Melbourne
City of Northcote25 May 188322 June 1994City of Darebin

City of Darebin

City of Nunawading26 May 192515 December 1994City of Whitehorse
City of Oakleigh13 March 189115 December 1994City of Monash

City of Kingston

City of Port Melbourne13 July 186022 June 1994City of Port Phillip
City of Prahran24 April 185522 June 1994City of Stonnington

City of Port Phillip

City of Preston8 November 187122 June 1994City of Darebin
City of Richmond24 April 185522 June 1994City of Yarra
City of Ringwood22 October 192415 December 1994City of Maroondah
City of Sandringham28 February 191715 December 1994City of Bayside
City of South Melbourne26 May 185522 June 1994City of Port Phillip
City of Springvale6 February 185715 December 1994City of Greater Dandenong

City of Kingston

City of St Kilda24 April 185522 June 1994City of Port Phillip
City of Sunshine28 May 186015 December 1994City of Brimbank

City of Maribyrnong

City of Waverley1 January 185715 December 1994City of Monash
City of Williamstown14 March 185622 June 1994City of Hobsons Bay

Regional Victoria

This is a list of former regional local government areas around Geelong and surrounding the Greater Melbourne area. These local government areas were not considered part of Greater Melbourne at the time of their dissolution.

Local government areaDate establishedDate dissolvedAmalgamated into:
Shire of Bannockburn31 October 18626 May 1994Golden Plains Shire
Shire of Barrabool28 December 185318 May 1993City of Greater Geelong

Surf Coast Shire

Rural City of Bellarine12 December 185318 May 1993City of Greater Geelong
City of Berwick1 October 197315 December 1994City of Casey

City of Greater Dandenong

Shire of Bulla16 September 186215 December 1994City of Hume
Shire of Corio3 April 186118 May 1993City of Greater Geelong
City of Cranbourne6 March 186815 December 1994City of Casey

City of Frankston

City of Greater Dandenong

Bass Coast Shire

Shire of Mornington Peninsula

Shire of Eltham26 September 185615 December 1994Shire of Nillumbik

Shire of Murrindindi

City of Banyule

Shire of Flinders24 December 187415 December 1994Shire of Mornington Peninsula
City of Geelong1 October 184918 May 1993City of Greater Geelong
City of Geelong West29 May 187518 May 1993City of Greater Geelong
Shire of Hastings19 October 196015 December 1994Shire of Mornington Peninsula
Shire of Healesville30 September 188715 December 1994Shire of Yarra Ranges
Shire of Lilydale19 September 185615 December 1994Shire of Yarra Ranges
Shire of Mornington31 May 189315 December 1994Shire of Mornington Peninsula
City of Newtown9 March 185818 May 1993City of Greater Geelong
Shire of Pakenham24 October 186215 December 1994Shire of Cardinia
Shire of Sherbrooke23 May 188915 December 1994Shire of Yarra Ranges

Shire of Cardinia

City of Knox

City of South Barwon2 June 18579 March 1994City of Greater Geelong

Surf Coast Shire

Shire of Upper Yarra19 October 188815 December 1994Shire of Yarra Ranges

See also

References
  1. "2021 Victoria, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018" (XLS). Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  3. "People: Population: ERP by LGA (ASGS 2018), 2001 to 2018". ABS.Stat. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  4. Royce Millar & Jason Dowling (25 April 2004). "Kennett's blitz a decade on". The Age. theage.com.au. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
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