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Shire of Glenelg Victoria
Municipal offices in Portland
Location in Victoria
Population	19,665 (2018)
• Density	3.1621/km (8.1898/sq mi)
Established	1994
Gazetted	23 September 1994
Area	6,219 km (2,401.2 sq mi)
Mayor	Cr Anita Rank
Council seat	Portland
Region	Barwon South West
State electorate(s)	Lowan South-West Coast
Federal division(s)	Wannon
Website	Shire of Glenelg
LGAs around Shire of Glenelg: Wattle Range (SA) West Wimmera Southern Grampians Grant (SA) Shire of Glenelg Moyne Grant (SA) Southern Ocean Southern Ocean

The Shire of Glenelg is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of 6,219 square kilometres (2,401 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 19,665. It includes the towns of Casterton, Heywood, Merino and Portland. Although a shire of the same name existed before the amalgamations of the mid-1990s, the current Shire was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the former Shire of Glenelg with the Shire of Heywood and City of Portland.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Glenelg Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Portland, it also has service centres located in Casterton and Heywood. The Shire is named after the Glenelg River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the Shire.

At the 2001 Census, the population of the Shire was distributed in the following way: Portland: 49.7%, Casterton: 8.7%, Heywood: 6.3%, Dartmoor: 1.3%, Merino: 1.1%, Narrawong: 0.9% and Rural Balance: 32%.

Service industries, timber production, grazing and manufacturing are the Shire's main economic activities.

Traditional ownership

The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Glenelg Shire sits are the Gunditjmara People who are represented by the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. The current councillors, in order of election at the 2020 election, are:

2024 election results

Administration and governance

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

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 20,152 up from 19,557 in the 2016 census

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

• List of localities (Victoria)

References

1. ^ "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.
2. ^ "Part 6—Shire of Glenelg". Victoria Government Gazette (1837-1997). 1994 (S63 ed.). Melbourne: Government of Victoria: 5. 23 September 1994. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
3. "Part 7—Glenelg Shire". Victoria Government Gazette (1837–1997). 1994 (S4 ed.). Melbourne: Government of Victoria: 4. 20 January 1995. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
4. "Glenelg Shire". Know Your Council. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
5. "Map of formally recognised traditional owners". Aboriginal Victoria. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
6. "Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal". Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
7. "Glenelg Shire Council election results 2020". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
8. "Glenelg Shire Council election candidates". VEC. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
9. "Glenelg Shire Council results". VEC. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
10. "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

External links

• Glenelg Shire Council official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps

v t e Localities in the Shire of Glenelg
City	Portland
Town	Bolwarra Branxholme^ Casterton Dartmoor Gorae Gorae West Heathmere Heywood Merino Narrawong Portland North Portland West
Locality	Allestree Bahgallah Bessiebelle^ Breakaway Creek^ Brimboal Byaduk^ Cape Bridgewater Carapook^ Cashmore Chetwynd^ Clover Flat^ Condah Corndale Dergholm^ Digby Drik Drik Drumborg Dunrobin Dutton Way Grassdale Greenwald Henty Homerton Hotspur Killara Lake Condah^ Lake Mundi Lindsay Lyons Milltown Mount Richmond Mumbannar Muntham^ Myamyn Nangeela Nareen^ Nelson Paschendale Sandford Strathdownie Tahara^ Tahara Bridge Tahara West Tyrendarra^ Wallacedale^ Wando Bridge Wando Vale^ Warrock Winnap
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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