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Shire of Yarriambiack Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	6,658 (2018)
• Density	0.90882/km (2.3538/sq mi)
Established	1995
Gazetted	20 January 1995
Area	7,326 km (2,828.6 sq mi)
Mayor	Kylie Zanker
Council seat	Warracknabeal
Region	Grampians
State electorate(s)	Lowan Mildura
Federal division(s)	Mallee
Website	Shire of Yarriambiack
LGAs around Shire of Yarriambiack: Mildura Mildura Mildura Hindmarsh Shire of Yarriambiack Buloke Horsham Northern Grampians Northern Grampians

The Shire of Yarriambiack is a local government area of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-western part of the state. It covers an area of 7,326 square kilometres (2,829 sq mi) and, in June 2018, had a population of 6,658, having fallen from 7,438 in 2008. It includes the towns of Hopetoun, Murtoa, Rupanyup and Warracknabeal. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Warracknabeal, Shire of Karkarooc, and parts of the Shire of Dunmunkle and Shire of Wimmera.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Yarriambiack Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Warracknabeal, it also has service centres located in Hopetoun and Rupanyup. The Shire is named after Yarriambiack Creek, a geographical feature that meanders through the LGA from the Wimmera River, through Warracknabeal, to Lake Coorong at Hopetoun.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of three wards and seven councillors, with three councillors elected to represent the Warracknabeal Ward and two councillors per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.

Administration and governance

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

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 6,556 down from 6,674 in the 2016 census

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

See also

• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Shire of Yarriambiack

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. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
2. ^ Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order estg (Part 16) the Shire of Yarriambiack". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 6. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
3. "People: Population: ERP: ERP by LGA (ASGS 2018), 2001 to 2018". ABS.Stat. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
4. Yarriambiack Shire Council. "Meet Your Mayor & Councillors". Yarriambiack Shire Council. Yarriambiack Shire Council. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
5. "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

External links

Media related to Shire of Yarriambiack at Wikimedia Commons

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

v t e Localities in the Shire of Yarriambiack
Town	Beulah Dimboola^ Hopetoun Lascelles Minyip Murtoa Patchewollock^ Rainbow^ Rupanyup^ Warracknabeal Woomelang Yaapeet
Locality	Areegra Aubrey Bangerang Boolite Brim Cannum Crymelon^ Jung^ Kellalac Kewell^ Laen^ Lah Lawler^ Longerenong^ Lubeck^ Murra Warra^ Rosebery Sheep Hills Speed Tempy^ Turriff Wallup Watchem West^ Wilkur^ Willenabrina
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

36°15′00″S 142°25′00″E / 36.25000°S 142.41667°E / -36.25000; 142.41667

• Populated places established in 1995
• 1995 establishments in Australia
• Local government areas of Victoria (state)
• Grampians (region)
• Shire of Yarriambiack
• Wimmera