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Shire of Campaspe

Coordinates: 36°21′40″S 144°44′02″E / 36.36111°S 144.73389°E / -36.36111; 144.73389
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Shire of Campaspe
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population38,735 (2021)[1]
 • Density8.5716/km2 (22.2003/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted20 January 1995[2]
Area4,519 km2 (1,744.8 sq mi)[3]
MayorCr Adrian Weston
Council seatEchuca
RegionLoddon Mallee
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Nicholls
WebsiteShire of Campaspe
LGAs around Shire of Campaspe:
Gannawarra Murray River (NSW) Moira
Loddon Shire of Campaspe City of Greater Shepparton
Greater Bendigo Strathbogie Strathbogie

The Shire of Campaspe is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the northern part of the state. It covers an area of 4,519 square kilometres (1,745 sq mi) and in August 2021 had a population of 38,735.[3]

It includes the towns of Girgarre, Echuca, Kyabram, Rochester, Tongala and Rushworth. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Echuca, Shire of Deakin, Shire of Rochester, Shire of Waranga, Town of Kyabram and part of the Shire of Rodney.[2][4]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Campaspe Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Echuca, it also has service centres located in Kyabram, Rochester, Rushworth and Tongala. The Shire is named after the Campaspe River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the LGA.

Shire offices in Echuca

Council

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Current composition

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The council is composed of five wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each of the Echuca and Kyabram-Deakin wards, and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[5]

Ward Councillor Notes
Echuca   Tony Marwood
  Robert Amos
  Christine Weller
Kyabram-Deakin   Colleen Gates
  Daniel Mackrell
  John Zobec
Rochester   Paul Jarman
Waranga   Adrian Weston
Western   Leanne Pentreath

Administration and governance

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The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Echuca Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Echuca, and its service centres in Kyabram, Rochester, Rushworth and Tongala.

Sister cities

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Townships and localities

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In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 38,735, up from 37,061 in the 2016 census.[7]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Ballendella 124 120
Bamawm 504 491
Bamawm Extension 238 282
Bonn 33 48
Burnewang 36 37
Burramboot 32 36
Carag Carag 71 61
Colbinabbin 304 285
Cornella 43 43
Corop 129 161
Creek View * 39
Diggora 94 78
Echuca 14,043 15,056
Echuca Village 540 577
Echuca West 425 442
Fairy Dell 80 93
Girgarre 561 563
Gobarup 32 45
Gunbower 551 578
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Kanyapella 56 51
Kotta 109 134
Koyuga 315 355
Kyabram^ 7,331 7,416
Kyvalley 329 363
Lancaster^ 393 398
Lockington 808 850
Milloo^ 35 37
Mitiamo^ 117 116
Moora 17 32
Muskerry 50 59
Myola 39 7
Nanneella 388 425
Patho 108 138
Pine Grove 35 40
Redcastle^ 68 67
Rochester 3,113 3,154
Roslynmead 48 49
Runnymede 56 64
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Rushworth 1,335 1,411
Stanhope 828 826
Strathallan 144 180
Tennyson 48 60
Terrick Terrick East 6 8
Timmering 96 90
Tongala 1,926 1,973
Toolleen^ 182 221
Torrumbarry 279 257
Wanalta * #
Waranga Shores 315 314
Wharparilla 488 483
Whroo^ 42 45
Wyuna^ 262 278
Wyuna East 103 106
Yambuna 110 109

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

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Campaspe (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 8 May 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b "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. ^ Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S2 of 1995". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 19 January 1995). p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ^ Local Government in Victoria. "Campaspe Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. ^ "International Friendships". Shire of Campaspe. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  7. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
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36°21′40″S 144°44′02″E / 36.36111°S 144.73389°E / -36.36111; 144.73389