Rural City of Swan Hill

For the town itself, see Swan Hill, Victoria.

Rural City of Swan Hill
Local government area
Location in Victoria
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionLoddon Mallee
Established1995
Council seatSwan Hill
Government
 • MayorLes McPhee
 • State electorates
 • Federal division
Area
[3]
 • Total
6,115 km2 (2,361 sq mi)
Population
 • Total21,403 (2021)[1]
 • Density3.5001/km2 (9.0652/sq mi)
Gazetted20 January 1995[2]
WebsiteRural City of Swan Hill
LGAs around Rural City of Swan Hill
Mildura Balranald (NSW) Balranald (NSW)
Mildura Rural City of Swan Hill Murray River (NSW)
Buloke Buloke Gannawarra

The Rural City of Swan Hill is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the north-western part of the state. It covers an area of 6,115 square kilometres (2,361 mi2) and, in August 2021, had a population of 21,403.[3] It includes the towns of Swan Hill, Lake Boga, Manangatang, Nyah, Nyah West, Piangil, Robinvale, Ultima and Woorinen South.

The Rural City is governed and administered by the Swan Hill Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Swan Hill, it also has a service centre located in Robinvale. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement lying in the south-east of the LGA, that is Swan Hill, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 10,431.[4]

History

The Rural City of Swan Hill was formed in 1995 in what was described as a "natural amalgamation"[5] of the City of Swan Hill, Shire of Swan Hill, and the southern Tresco district of the Shire of Kerang.[2]

In proposing the new LGA, the Local Government Board described the area as Victoria's "salad bowl". The LGA was to take in the regional service town of Swan Hill and a mix of dryland and irrigated agriculture alongside a tourism sector oriented around the Murray River and Lake Boga. A public consultation carried out by the Shire of Swan Hill in 1994 showed that more than 60% of respondents were in favour of the merger.[5]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of four wards and seven councillors, with four councillors elected to represent the Central Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[6]

Ward Party Councillor Notes
Central   Independent Chris Jeffery
  United Australia Party[7] Stuart King
  Independent Bill Moar Mayor (2019–2022)
  Independent Ann Young Mayor (2016–2019)
Lakes   Independent Les McPhee Mayor (2022-present)
Murray-Mallee   Independent Nicole McKay
Robinvale   Independent Jacqui Kelly Elected in 2023 on a countback to replace Jade Benham[8]

Administration and governance

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

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the rural city had a population of 21,403 up from 20,584 in the 2016 census[9]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Annuello 25 40
Bannerton 40 78
Beauchamp^ 44 44
Beverford 336 337
Bolton 12 15
Boundary Bend 132 154
Bulga 3 0
Castle Donnington 131 139
Chillingollah 5 3
Chinangin 6 3
Chinkapook 32 17
Cocamba 4 4
Fish Point 15 11
Gerahmin 21 11
Goschen 27 35
Gowanford 3 8
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Happy Valley 85 87
Kenley 48 64
Kooloonong 39 19
Kunat 36 45
Lake Boga 985 982
Lake Powell 19 86
Liparoo 38 33
Manangatang 309 274
Meatian^ 20 19
Miralie 0 0
Murnungin 12 14
Murrawee 143 126
Murraydale 125 105
Narrung 18 24
Natya 38 40
Nowie 21 24
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Nyah 530 536
Nyah West 663 673
Nyrraby 18 18
Pental Island 135 159
Piangil 259 230
Pira 10 16
Polisbet 5 5
Robinvale 3,088 3,497
Speewa * #
Swan Hill 10,905 11,186
Swan Hill West 4 11
Tol Tol 142 175
Towan 11 13
Tresco 209 162
Tresco West 152 153
Turoar 0 8
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Tyntynder 151 157
Tyntynder South 268 250
Tyrrell^ 13 16
Ultima 174 173
Ultima East 3 0
Vinifera 159 163
Waitchie 48 43
Wandown 0 0
Wemen 111 128
Winlaton 7 0
Winnambool 22 8
Wood Wood 85 91
Woorinen 260 262
Woorinen North 87 94
Woorinen South 356 404

^ - Territory divided with another LGA
* - Not noted in 2016 Census
# - Not noted in 2021 Census

Sister cities

See also

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Swan Hill (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order estg (Part 14) the Rural City of Swan Hill". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 5. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b "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. ^ Census QuickStats (2011). "Swan Hill (SS) – SSC21287". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Government of Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ^ a b North West review: interim report. Melbourne: Local Government Board. November 1994.
  6. ^ Local Government in Victoria. "Swan Hill Rural City Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Swan Hill councillor Stuart King is Palmer's man for Mallee".
  8. ^ "New councillor for Swan Hill Rural City Council".
  9. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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