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Barwon South West Region
Victoria
Barwon South West Region; Victoria
	The Twelve Apostles on the southwest boundary of the region.
	Barwon South West Region The location of Warrnambool, a city in the Barwon South West region
Coordinates	38°23′S 142°29′E / 38.383°S 142.483°E
Population	360,384 (2011 census)
• Density	12.36478/km2 (32.0246/sq mi)
Area	29,146 km2 (11,253.3 sq mi)
LGA(s)	(by population); Greater Geelong; Warrnambool; Surf Coast; Colac Otway; Glenelg; Corangamite; Southern Grampians; Moyne; Queenscliffe;
State electorate(s)	Bellarine; Geelong; Lara; Lowan; Polwarth; Ripon; South Barwon; South-West Coast;
Federal division(s)	Corangamite; Corio; Wannon;
Website	Barwon South West Region
	Localities around Barwon South West Region:

Aerial views of the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia.

The Barwon South West is an economic rural region^[1] located in the southwestern part of Victoria, Australia.^[2] The Barwon South West region stretches from the tip of the Queenscliff Heads to the border of South Australia. It is home to Victoria’s largest provincial centre, Geelong and the major centres of Aireys Inlet, Apollo Bay, Camperdown, Colac, Hamilton, Lorne, Port Campbell, Port Fairy, Portland, Torquay and Warrnambool. It draws its name from the Barwon River and the geographic location of the region in the state of Victoria.

Comprising an area in excess of 40,000 square kilometres (15,000 sq mi) with approximately 360,000 residents as at the 2011 census, the Barwon South West region includes the Colac Otway, Corangamite, Glenelg, Greater Geelong, Moyne, Queenscliffe, Southern Grampians, Surf Coast and Warrnambool City local government areas and the Unincorporated area of Lady Julia Percy Island.

The Barwon South West region is located along the two major interstate transport corridors – the Princes Highway corridor and the Western Highway corridor. The region comprises two distinct and inter-connected sub-regions or districts: Greater Geelong and the Great South Coast. The region is bounded by Bass Strait and the Great Australian Bight in the south and southwest, the South Australian border in the west, the Grampians region in the north and the Greater Melbourne region in the east.^[3]

Administration

Political representation

For the purposes of Australian federal elections for the House of Representatives, the Barwon South West region is contained within all or part of the electoral divisions of Corangamite,^[4] Corio,^[5] and Wannon.^[6]

For the purposes of Victorian elections for the Legislative Assembly, the Barwon South West region is contained within all or part of the electoral districts of Bellarine, Geelong, Lara, Lowan, Polwarth, Ripon, South Barwon, and South-West Coast.

Local government areas

The region contains nine local government areas and one unincorporated area of Victoria, which are:

Hume region LGA populations
Local government area	Area		Population (2011 census)	Source(s)
Local government area	km²	sq mi	Population (2011 census)	Source(s)
Shire of Colac Otway	3,433	1,325	20,345	^[7]
Shire of Corangamite	4,407	1,702	16,376	^[8]
Shire of Glenelg	6,212	2,398	19,575	^[9]
City of Greater Geelong	1,247	481	210,875	^[10]
Shire of Moyne	5,478	2,115	15,955	^[11]
Borough of Queenscliffe	36	14	3,000	^[12]
Shire of Southern Grampians	6,652	2,568	16,359	^[13]
Surf Coast Shire	1,560	600	25,870	^[14]
City of Warrnambool	121	47	32,029	^[15]
Totals	29,146	11,253	360,384