Local Government Areas in Victoria

The state of Victoria in southeast Australia

The Australian state of Victoria is divided into 79 local administrative areas, the Local Government Areas (LGA) and 11 unincorporated areas ( unincorporated areas ).

In addition to the place name, the areas have the following names:

• City - for urban areas;
• Rural City - for small towns in rural areas;
• Shire - rural counties;
• Borough - boroughs that arose in larger settlements.

The name has only historical background and does not mean a different status. The unincorporated areas are comparatively small and have little or no population. There are four islands, six holiday resorts and the former mining town of Yallourn .

The current structure goes back to a major reform around 1994, in which the former 210 LGAs were merged and redistributed ("amalgamation").

The Municipal Association of Victoria is a joint body of area administrations and a representation of interests vis-à-vis the state without political decision-making power .

Rural towns and shires

Victoria's 48 LGAs outside Melbourne (gray)

The national territory of Victoria excluding the capital Melbourne is divided into 48 LGAs. These are spread over 13 urban districts (Citys, Rural Citys and a borough) and 35 Shires.

Each LGA is administered by a council elected by the residents of the area. The council chairman is the mayor ("mayor") of the LGA. Sometimes the areas are divided into districts (wards or ridings).

Alpine Shire Ararat Rural City Ballarat City Bass Coast Shire Baw Baw Shire Benalla Rural City Buloke Shire Campaspe Shire Central Goldfields Shire Colac Otway Shire Corangamite Shire East Gippsland Shire Gannawarra Shire Glenelg Shire Golden Plains Shire Greater Bendigo City Greater Geelong City Greater Shepparton City Hepburn Shire Hindmarsh Shire Horsham Rural City Indigo Shire Latrobe City Loddon Shire

Macedon Ranges Shire Mansfield Shire Mildura Rural City Mitchell Shire Moira Shire Moorabool Shire Mount Alexander Shire Moyne Shire Murrindindi Shire Northern Grampians Shire Pyrenees Shire Queenscliffe Borough South Gippsland Shire Southern Grampians Shire Strathbogie Shire Surf Coast Shire Swan Hill Rural City Towong Shire Wangaratta Rural City Warrnambool City Wellington Shire West Wimmera Shire Wodonga City Yarriambiack Shire

Greater Melbourne

Melbourne's 31 LGAs around the city (gray)

31 LGAs are located in the metropolitan area of ​​the capital Melbourne . These Metro Councils make up the Greater Melbourne Region. 3.4 of Victoria's 5 million people live here. The 26 cities are also referred to as the Metropolitan Area, the five Shires as the Outer Metropolitan Area of ​​Melbourne. The central LGA Melbourne City in the city center plays a special role, the head of which bears the title of Lord Mayor (otherwise only Mayor ) and which represents the city of Melbourne to the outside world.

Geographically, one differentiates between the inner city and the northern, eastern, south-eastern and western suburbs (suburbs). Melbourne also consists of 217 districts geographically, some of which overlap with the LGA.

Inner City Melbourne City Port Phillip City Yarra City Northern suburbs Banyule City City in it Hume City Moonee Valley City Moreland City Nillumbik Shire Whittlesea City Eastern suburbs Boroondara City Knox City Manningham City Maroondah City Whitehorse City Yarra Ranges Shire

Southeastern Suburbs Bayside City Cardinia Shire Casey City Greater Dandenong City Frankston City Glen Eira City Kingston City Monash City Mornington Peninsula Shire Stonnington City Western suburbs Brimbank City Hobson's Bay City Maribyrnong City Melton City Wyndham City

See also: List of places in Victoria (Australia)

Unregulated areas

• Elizabeth Island
• Falls Creek Alpine Resort
• French Island
• Gabo Island
• Lady Julia Percy Island
• Lake Mountain Alpine Resort
• Mount Baw Baw Alpine Resort
• Mount Buller Alpine Resort
• Mount Hotham Alpine Resort
• Mount Stirling Alpine Resort
• Yallourn Works Area

Web links

• Municipal Association of Victoria
• Population statistics of the ABS (June 2006; English)