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]

WardCouncillorNotes
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
Locality20162021
Archerton1716
Baddaginnie^338347
Benalla10,33010,822
Boho South^7793
Boweya^4151
Boxwood^2019
Bridge Creek^97117
Broken Creek3945
Bungeet3129
Bungeet West4544
Chesney Vale157204
Creek Junction^1634
Devenish197208
Glenrowan^9631,049
Glenrowan West6275
Goomalibee8391
Goorambat297269
Lima7992
Lima East151165
Population
Locality20162021
Lima South99142
Lurg225220
Major Plains^3736
Molyullah131160
Moorngag9675
Mount Bruno5447
Samaria5757
Stewarton^116118
Swanpool207227
Taminick103139
Tarnook89103
Tatong287281
Thoona127133
Upper Lurg121107
Upper Ryans Creek3940
Warrenbayne145144
Winton108103
Winton North78

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Benalla (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 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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