Rural City of Benalla

This article is about the local government area created in 2002. For the pre-1994 local government areas that formed part of Shire of Delatite, see Shire of Benalla and City of Benalla.
Rural City of Benalla
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population14,528 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density6.1742/km2 (15.991/sq mi)
Established2002
Gazetted17 October 2002[2]
Area2,353 km2 (908.5 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Danny Claridge
Council seatBenalla
RegionHume
State electorate(s)Euroa
Federal division(s)Indi
WebsiteRural City of Benalla
LGAs around Rural City of Benalla:
Campaspe Moira Wangaratta
Greater Shepparton Rural City of Benalla Wangaratta
Strathbogie Mansfield Wangaratta

The Rural City of Benalla is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 2,353 square kilometres (908 sq mi) and, in August 2021, had a population of 14,528.[1]

It includes the towns of Baddaginnie, Benalla, Devenish, Goorambat, Major Plains, Swanpool, Tatong, Thoona, Warrenbayne and Winton. It was formed in 2002 from the de-amalgamation of the Shire of Delatite into the current rural city and the Shire of Mansfield,[2] the former being a merger between the latter, the Shire of Benalla and the City of Benalla.

The Rural City is governed and administered by the Benalla Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Benalla. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the centre-north of the LGA, that is Benalla, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 10,331.[3]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.[4]

Ward Councillor Notes
Unsubdivided   Justin King
  Danny Claridge
  Peter Davis
  Don Firth
  Bernie Hearn
  Gail O'Brien
  Punarji Hewa Gunaratne

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Benalla Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre in Benalla.

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the rural city had a population of 14,528 up from 13,861 in the 2016 census[5]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Archerton 17 16
Baddaginnie^ 338 347
Benalla 10,330 10,822
Boho South^ 77 93
Boweya^ 41 51
Boxwood^ 20 19
Bridge Creek^ 97 117
Broken Creek 39 45
Bungeet 31 29
Bungeet West 45 44
Chesney Vale 157 204
Creek Junction^ 16 34
Devenish 197 208
Glenrowan^ 963 1,049
Glenrowan West 62 75
Goomalibee 83 91
Goorambat 297 269
Lima 79 92
Lima East 151 165
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Lima South 99 142
Lurg 225 220
Major Plains^ 37 36
Molyullah 131 160
Moorngag 96 75
Mount Bruno 54 47
Samaria 57 57
Stewarton^ 116 118
Swanpool 207 227
Taminick 103 139
Tarnook 89 103
Tatong 287 281
Thoona 127 133
Upper Lurg 121 107
Upper Ryans Creek 39 40
Warrenbayne 145 144
Winton 108 103
Winton North 7 8

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Benalla (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Search (17 October 2002). "G42 of 2002: Order estg the Rural City of Benalla and Shire of Mansfield" (PDF). Victoria Government Gazette. State Government of Victoria. pp. 85–97. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ Census QuickStats (2011). "Benalla (SS) – SSC20115". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Government of Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. ^ Local Government in Victoria. "Benalla Rural City Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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