City of Hume

The City of Hume is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It includes the outer north-western suburbs, including the major centres of Broadmeadows, Craigieburn and Sunbury, as well as a number of rural localities between 13 and 40 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre.

It has an area of 504 square kilometres, and in June 2018 it had a population of 224,394.<ref name=ABSLGA/> The City was formed on 15 December 1994 after the amalgamation of most of the City of Broadmeadows, the Shire of Bulla and parts of the City of Keilor and City of Whittlesea.

The City was Australia's first local government to introduce a Bill of Rights for its denizens in 2004, following the establishment of a Social Justice Charter in 2001.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> This Bill of Rights predates the State Government's Charter of Rights and Responsibilities by three years, and is more sweeping in that it explicitly includes economic, social, and cultural rights.Template:Citation needed

Council

Mayors (1997– current)

No.	Mayor	No.	Deputy Mayor	Term
1	Carl Lewis	1	Bill Muir	1997-1998
2	Bill Muir	2	Dott White	1998–1999
3	Jack Ogilvie	3	Graeme Marr	1999–2000
4	Gary Jungwirth	4	Drew Jessop	2000–2001
5	Drew Jessop	5	Burhan Yigit	2001–2002
6	Ann Potter	6	Mohamad Abbouche	2002–2003
7	Burhan Yigit	7	Kevin Sheahan	2003–2004
8	Mohamad Abbouche	8	Gary Jungwirth	2004
9	Kevin Sheehan	9	Adem Atmaca	2004–2005
10	Adem Atmaca	10	Ann Potter	2005–2006
(4)	Gary Jungwirth	(4)	Drew Jessop	2006–2007
(8)	Mohamad Abbouche	11	Moya Kathryn	2007–2008
(3)	Jack Ogilvie	12	Ros Spence	2008–2009
11	Geoff Porter	(12)	Ros Spence	2009–2010
12	Helen Patsikatheodorou	(12)	Ros Spence	2010–2011
13	Ros Spence	13	Vic Dougall	2011-2012
(11)	Geoff Porter	14	Casey Nunn	2012–2013
14	Casey Nunn	(9)	Adem Atmaca	2013–2014
(10)	Adem Atmaca	15	Alan Bolton	2014–2015
(12)	Helen Patsikatheodorou	16	Chandra Bamunusinghe	2015–2016
(5)	Drew Jessop	(10)	Ann Potter	2016−2017
(11)	Geoff Porter	17	Carly Moore	2017−2018
15	Carly Moore	18	Naim Kurt	2018−2019
(15)	Carly Moore	19	Karen Sherry	2019−2020<ref group=Note name=Note01/>
		20	Jack Medcraft
16	Joseph Haweil	(20)	Jack Medcraft	2020−2021
(15)	Carly Moore	21	Sam Misho	2021−2022
(16)	Joseph Haweil	(19)	Karen Sherry	2022−2023
17	Naim Kurt	(19)	Karen Sherry	2023−2024
18	Jarrod Bell	(18)	Naim Kurt	2024−

Current composition and election method

Between 2012 and 2024, Hume was divided into three wards – Aitken, Jacksons Creek and Meadow Valley – which elected a total of 11 Councillors:

• Aitken Ward (4 Councillors)
• Jacksons Creek Ward (3 Councillors)
• Meadow Valley Ward (4 Councillors)

Council elections are counted using single transferable vote. Voting is compulsory for residents who are on the voters' roll for local council elections, but voters aged 70 years or over are not obliged to vote at local council elections. The Mayor is a serving councillor, chosen annually by councillors. Council elections occur every four years, and were most recently held in October 2020<ref name="EC-1">Template:Cite web</ref> and October 2024.

2020–2024

Ward	Councillor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Notes
Aitken	Carly Moore
	Jodi Jackson
	Joseph Haweil
	Jim Overend
Jacksons Creek	Jack Medcraft
	Jarrod Bell
	Trevor Dance
Meadow Valley	Chris Hollow
	Karen Sherry	Deputy Mayor
	Naim Kurt	Mayor
	Sam Misho

2024-2028

Ward	Named after<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Party		Councillor	Notes
Aitken	John Aitken, first European settler in the district<ref>Template:Citation</ref>	Template:Australian party style |	Independent	Carly Moore
Bababi Marning	Bababi Marning (Cooper Street) Grassland Reserve, Epping (in turn named for the Woiwurrung word for "mother's hand")	Template:Australian party style |	Independent Labor	John Haddad
Burt-kur-min	Burt-kur-min Reserve, Craigieburn	Template:Australian party style |	Independent Liberal	Jim Overend
Emu Creek	Emu Creek	Template:Australian party style |	Independent	Kate Hamley
Jacksons Hill	Jacksons Hill, Sunbury	Template:Australian party style |	Independent Labor	Jarrod Bell	Mayor
Merlynston Creek	Merlynston Creek	Template:Australian party style |	Independent Labor	Karen Sherry
Mount Ridley	Mount Ridley, Craigieburn	Template:Australian party style |	Independent	Daniel English
Roxburgh Park	The locality of Roxburgh Park	Template:Australian party style |	Independent Liberal	Sam Misho
Tullamarine	The locality of Tullamarine	Template:Australian party style |	Independent Labor	Naim Kurt	Deputy Mayor
Woodlands	Woodlands Historic Park, Greenvale	Template:Australian party style |	Independent Labor	Steve Gagen
Yubup	Yubup Primary School, Mickleham (in turn named for the Woiwurrung word for "parakeet")	Template:Australian party style |	Independent	Ally Watson

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the city had a population of 243,901 up from 197,376 in the 2016 census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	3,419	3,309
Template:VICcity	11,970	12,524
Template:VICcity	675	668
Template:VICcity	5,056	4,977
Template:VICcity^	320	303
Template:VICcity	3,191	3,193
Template:VICcity	50,347	65,178
Template:VICcity	6,810	6,762
Template:VICcity^	2,763	5,669
Template:VICcity^	14,043	14,274
Template:VICcity	8,338	8,213
Template:VICcity	15,466	21,274
Template:VICcity	2,128	2,187
Template:VICcity	105	5,548
Template:VICcity^	5,853	5,906
Template:VICcity	14,842	14,890
Template:VICcity	104	64
Template:VICcity	3,142	17,452
Template:VICcity	433	439
Template:VICcity	21,817	24,129
Template:VICcity	0	6
Template:VICcity	36,084	38,851
Template:VICcity^	6,605	6,733
Template:VICcity	5,848	6,502
Template:VICcity	216	244
Template:VICcity	142	123

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See also

• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the City of Hume

External links

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• Official Website
• Metropolitan local area maps Public Transport Victoria local public transport maps]
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps Template:Webarchive
• Template:Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link