City of Greater Shepparton

Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Australian place The City of Greater Shepparton 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 Template:Convert and, in August 2021, had a population of 68,409.<ref name=ABSLGA/> It includes the city of Shepparton and the towns of Arcadia, Ardmona, Congupna, Dookie, Grahamvale, Kialla, Lemnos, Merrigum, Mooroopna, Murchison, Tallygaroopna, Tatura, Toolamba and Undera.

The city is governed and administered by the Greater Shepparton City Council. Its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Shepparton; it also has a service centre located in Tatura. The city is named after the main urban settlement located in the centre of the LGA, that is Shepparton, which together with adjoining Mooroopna form the LGA's most populous urban area with a population of 51,903.<ref name=ABSSUA>Template:Cite web Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.</ref>

History

The City was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Shepparton, the Shire of Shepparton, the vast bulk of the Shire of Rodney, and parts of the Shire of Euroa, Shire of Goulburn, Shire of Tungamah, Shire of Violet Town and Shire of Waranga.<ref name="Gazette" />

File:Victoria LGAs pre- vs post-amalgamation Greater Shepparton.png

Greater Shepparton's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of nine councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.<ref name="Council">Template:Cite web</ref> The last council election was in 2020. The elected councillors of Greater Shepparton in 2022 are:<ref name="councillors">Template:Cite web</ref>

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Unsubdivided	Template:Australian party style|	Shane Sali	Mayor
	Template:Australian party style|	Anthony Brophy
	Template:Australian party style|	Seema Abdullah
	Template:Australian party style|	Geoff Dobson
	Template:Australian party style|	Greg James
	Template:Australian party style|	Ben Ladson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Template:Australian party style|	Fern Summer
	Template:Australian party style|	Dinny Adem<ref name="Election">Template:Cite web</ref>
	Template:Australian party style|	Sam Spinks	Deputy Mayor,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Greens

Administration and governance

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

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the city had a population of 68,409, up from 63,837 in the 2016 census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	217	212
Template:VICcity	487	497
Template:VICcity^	20	19
Template:VICcity	276	313
Template:VICcity	158	161
Template:VICcity	74	82
Template:VICcity	605	620
Template:VICcity	108	94
Template:VICcity	131	134
Template:VICcity	54	50
Template:VICcity	58	53
Template:VICcity	445	369
Template:VICcity	328	333
Template:VICcity	44	51
Template:VICcity	60	45
Template:VICcity	121	143

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Goulburn Weir^	82	90
Template:VICcity	16	18
Template:VICcity	682	685
Template:VICcity	174	167
Template:VICcity	37	40
Template:VICcity	113	120
Template:VICcity	476	492
Template:VICcity	6,817	8,667
Template:VICcity	137	170
Template:VICcity	431	415
Template:VICcity^	7,331	7,416
Template:VICcity	80	69
Template:VICcity^	393	398
Template:VICcity	246	251
Template:VICcity^	37	36
Template:VICcity	91	116

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity^	111	98
Template:VICcity	679	679
Template:VICcity^	25	25
Template:VICcity	7,942	8,312
Template:VICcity	123	144
Template:VICcity	74	67
Template:VICcity	6	10
Template:VICcity	925	884
Template:VICcity	135	140
Template:VICcity	187	185
Template:VICcity^	25	22
Template:VICcity	438	450
Template:VICcity	241	267
Template:VICcity	31,197	32,067
Template:VICcity	1,138	1,192

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	1,033	2,048
Template:VICcity	75	75
Template:VICcity	*	#
Template:VICcity^	116	118
Template:VICcity	579	600
Template:VICcity	34	24
Template:VICcity	4,669	4,955
Template:VICcity	143	135
Template:VICcity	769	822
Template:VICcity	112	110
Template:VICcity	442	450
Template:VICcity^	874	936
Template:VICcity	*	#
Template:VICcity^	262	278
Template:VICcity	149	147

Template:Columns-end ^ – Territory divided with another LGA
* – Not noted in 2016 Census
# – Not noted in 2021 Census

See also

• List of localities in Victoria
• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the City of Greater Shepparton

External links

• Greater Shepparton City Council official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps Template:Webarchive
• Template:Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link