Shire of Mount Alexander
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population20,253 (2021)[1]
 • Density13.24/km2 (34.28/sq mi)
Established1995
Gazetted19 January 1995[2]
Area1,530 km2 (590.7 sq mi)[3]
MayorRosie Annear
Council seatCastlemaine
RegionLoddon Mallee
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Bendigo
WebsiteShire of Mount Alexander
LGAs around Shire of Mount Alexander:
Loddon Greater Bendigo Greater Bendigo
Central Goldfields Shire of Mount Alexander Mitchell
Hepburn Hepburn Macedon Ranges

The Mount Alexander Shire (officially Shire of Mount Alexander) is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of 1,530 square kilometres (590 sq mi) and, in August 2021, had a population of 20,253.[3] It includes the towns of Castlemaine, Chewton, Elphinstone, Maldon, Newstead, Harcourt, Taradale, Vaughan, Fryerstown and Campbells Creek. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Castlemaine, Shire of Newstead, and most of the Shire of Maldon and Shire of Metcalfe.[2] The traditional owners of the land are Dja Dja Wurrung.[4]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Mount Alexander Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Castlemaine, it also has service centres located in Maldon and Newstead. The Shire is named after the first European settlers' name for the Castlemaine region and goldfields.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of five wards and seven councillors, with three councillors elected to represent the Castlemaine Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[5]

WardCouncillorNotes
Calder  Tony Cordy
Castlemaine  Rosie Annear
 Bill Maltby
 Gary McClure
Coliban  Christine Henderson
Loddon  Matthew Driscoll
Tarrengower  Stephen Gardner

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Castlemaine Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Castlemaine, and its service centres in Maldon and Newstead.

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 20,253 up from 18,761 in the 2016 census[6]

Population
Locality20162021
Barfold8882
Baringhup205185
Baringhup West1611
Barkers Creek457487
Bradford912
Campbells Creek1,7862,071
Campbelltown^5551
Carisbrook^1,1151,192
Castlemaine6,7577,506
Chewton1,313763
Chewton Bushlands4550
Drummond North^187203
Eastville^2413
Eddington^96113
Elphinstone555633
Population
Locality20162021
Faraday158194
Franklinford^6671
Fryerstown228232
Glenluce2017
Golden Point2,1072,217
Gower4545
Green Gully6271
Greenhill^5460
Guildford^333330
Harcourt9431,038
Harcourt North^265291
Irishtown1516
Joyces Creek^1220
Langley4052
Lockwood South^9611,052
Population
Locality20162021
Maldon1,5131,665
Malmsbury^831905
McKenzie Hill502775
Metcalfe185190
Metcalfe East2925
Moolort^3244
Moonlight Flat7785
Muckleford405426
Muckleford South4533
Myrtle Creek^6768
Neereman2423
Newstead754820
Nuggetty8564
Ravenswood^436443
Ravenswood South7876
Population
Locality20162021
Redesdale^240299
Sandon8189
Shelbourne^452423
Strangways^87101
Strathlea^2433
Sutton Grange132160
Taradale^448524
Tarilta^2126
Tarrengower6456
Vaughan6455
Walmer223262
Welshmans Reef233210
Werona^4643
Yandoit Hills2844
Yapeen213272

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

List of localities (Victoria)

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Mount Alexander (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S2 of 1995: Order estg (Part 10) the Shire of Mount Alexander". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 19 January 1995). p. 4. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. 1 2 "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. ↑ Council, corporateName=Mount Alexander Shire. "Mount Alexander Shire Council - Our shire". Mount Alexander Shire Council. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Local Government in Victoria. "Mount Alexander Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
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