Shire of Corangamite

Coordinates: 38°14′00″S 143°09′00″E / 38.23333°S 143.15000°E / -38.23333; 143.15000
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Shire of Corangamite
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population16,115 (2021)[1]
 • Density3.6559/km2 (9.4686/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted23 September 1994[2]
Area4,408 km2 (1,701.9 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Kate Makin
Council seatCamperdown
RegionBarwon South West
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Wannon
WebsiteShire of Corangamite
LGAs around Shire of Corangamite:
Ararat Pyrenees Golden Plains
Moyne Shire of Corangamite Colac Otway
Southern Ocean Southern Ocean Southern Ocean

The Shire of Corangamite 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 4,408 square kilometres (1,702 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 16,140.[1] It includes the towns of Camperdown, Terang, Cobden, Timboon, Port Campbell and Skipton. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Town of Camperdown, Shire of Hampden, Shire of Heytesbury, and parts of the Shire of Otway, Shire of Mortlake and Shire of Warrnambool.[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Corangamite Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Camperdown. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, Lake Corangamite, which is located on the eastern boundary of the LGA.

It came into existence on 23 September 1994 through the amalgamation of the local government areas of Camperdown Town, Hampden Shire (part), Heytesbury Shire (part), Mortlake Shire (part), Otway Shire (part) & Warrnambool Shire (part).

Council[edit]

Current composition[edit]

The council is composed of five wards and seven councillors, with three councillors elected to represent the Central Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[3]

Ward Party Councillor Notes
Central   Independent Geraldine Conheady
  Independent Ruth Gstrein
  Independent Laurie Hickey
Coastal   Independent Jamie Vogels
North   Independent Nicholas Cole
South Central   Independent Joanne Beard
South-West   Independent Kate Makin

Administration and governance[edit]

The Council meets at the Killara Centre in Camperdown while its main Council offices are located at 181 Manifold Street.

Townships and localities[edit]

In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 16,115, compared to 16,051 in the 2016 census.[4]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Ayrford^ 44 39
Berrybank^ 40 37
Bookaar 163 159
Boorcan 146 142
Bostocks Creek 83 85
Bradvale 59 46
Brucknell^ 116 127
Bullaharre 17 19
Camperdown 3,369 3,354
Carlisle River^ 135 168
Carpendeit^ 134 115
Chapple Vale^ 36 42
Chocolyn 67 61
Cobden 1,839 1,804
Cobrico 80 72
Cooriemungle 364 311
Cowleys Creek 37 34
Cressy^ 175 176
Cundare North^ 9 10
Curdies River 28 25
Curdievale^ 124 125
Darlington^ 107 84
Derrinallum 415 386
Dixie 131 148
Duverney 33 23
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Ecklin South^ 188 222
Elingamite 55 57
Elingamite North 78 118
Foxhow 19 31
Garvoc^ 243 248
Gellibrand Lower^ 13 19
Glenfyne 135 131
Glenormiston North^ 56 63
Glenormiston South 108 123
Gnotuk 99 120
Heytesbury Lower 52 39
Jancourt 29 16
Jancourt East^ 188 185
Kariah 94 94
Kennedys Creek 42 44
Koallah 29 28
Kolora^ 142 188
Larralea * #
Leslie Manor 64 66
Lismore 420 472
Mingay 51 44
Mount Bute^ 58 61
Naroghid 71 66
Newfield 69 59
Nirranda East^ 14 12
Noorat^ 333 318
Noorat East 20 17
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Paaratte 31 36
Peterborough^ 247 322
Pirron Yallock^ 113 132
Pittong^ 15 12
Pomborneit 62 73
Pomborneit East 25 42
Pomborneit North 71 48
Port Campbell 478 440
Princetown 241 236
Scotts Creek 248 214
Simpson^ 569 583
Skibo 65 70
Skipton^ 586 609
South Purrumbete 109 124
Stonyford^ 51 65
Tandarook 19 46
Taroon^ 22 25
Terang^ 2,288 2,254
Tesbury 112 110
Timboon 1,202 1,250
Timboon West 54 57
Vite Vite 39 37
Vite Vite North 28 32
Waarre 15 0
Wattle Hill 6 11
Weerite 117 121
Werneth^ 60 66

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S63 of 1994: Order estg (Part 3) the Shire of Corangamite". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 23 September 1994). pp. 3–4. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Corangamite Shire Council election results 2020". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

External links[edit]

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