City of Wyndham

The City of Wyndham is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the outer south-western suburbs of Melbourne, within the Melbourne Metropolitan Area, between Melbourne and the regional city of Geelong. It has an area of Template:Convert. The city had a population of 292,011 as of the Template:Census AU.<ref name=ABSLGA/> For the year to 2018 the City of Wyndham increased its population by 14,251, the largest number of any LGA in Victoria, as well as being the second most populous and the second fastest growing at a rate of 5.9 per cent.<ref name=ABSLGA/>

History

The Wyndham District was first incorporated as a local government entity on 6 October 1862. Under changes made to Local Government legislation, it became the Shire of Wyndham on 7 March 1864 and was renamed the Shire of Werribee on 15 December 1909.<ref name=vmd>Template:Cite book Accessed at State Library of Victoria La Trobe Reading Room.</ref>

With an initial size of Template:Convert and being largely rural in character, the shire ceded land to metropolitan Melbourne as suburban development encroached. On 6 January 1922 and 5 February 1941, the City of Footscray annexed two parcels of land totalling about 700 hectares. On 20 February 1957, the Altona Riding of the Shire of Werribee was severed and incorporated as the Shire of Altona, which became a City eleven years later. After this, the boundaries remained fairly stable, and on 20 March 1987 Werribee was proclaimed a City.<ref name=vmd/>

On 15 December 1994, during major restructuring of Victoria's local governments, Werribee changed less than most. It gained no new territory, and lost only some rural areas in its north-west (Balliang East to the Shire of Moorabool and Exford to the Shire of Melton) and residential areas on its eastern flank (Seabrook, the western half of Altona Meadows and the residential part of Laverton to the City of Hobsons Bay). After 85 years of being known as Werribee, the area's former name of Wyndham was restored.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Population

The City is home to numerous new housing estates in suburbs such as Williams Landing, Point Cook, Wyndham Vale, Truganina, Tarneit and Manor Lakes. The following table presents data from official census and other publications by the Australian Bureau of Statistics:

Year	Population	Annual growth rate
1871	1,476
1933	7,853	7.0%
1954	9,414#	0.9%
1958	10,520*	2.9%
1961	13,629	9.9%
1966	18,369	7.0%
1971	25,116	7.3%
1976	31,790	5.3%
1981	40,555	5.5%
1986	52,458	5.9%
1991	60,563	3.1%
1996	73,691	4.3%
2001	84,861	3.0%
2006	112,695	6.6%
2011	161,575	8.7%
2016	217,122<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	6.9%
2021	292,011	6.9%

* Estimates in 1958, 1983 and 1988 Victorian Year Books.
# Excludes Altona Shire which was severed in 1957. Source: 1958 Victorian Year Book.
^ Based on 2011 Census data.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Wards and councillors

The City of Wyndham is divided into three wards (Chaffey, Harrison and Iramoo) and is represented by eleven elected councillors. The Victorian Electoral Commission undertook a representation review in 2011–2012, which resulted in the former Truganina ward being renamed Harrison ward. Ward boundaries were also redrawn.<ref>Victorian Electoral Commission – Wyndham City Council profile Template:Webarchive</ref> The council has adopted a portfolio system for councillors from 2013 onward.

Victorian local government elections were last held in October 2024, and the following were elected as councillors:

Ward	Party		Councillor	Notes
Bemin	Template:Australian party style|	Independent Liberal	Preet Singh
Brinbeal	Template:Australian party style|	Independent Labor	Robert Szatkowski
Cheetham	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Susan McIntyre
Featherbrook	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Jasmine Hill
Grange	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Shannon McGuire
Heathdale	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Jennie Barrera
Iramoo	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Maria King
Quandong	Template:Australian party style|	Independent Labor	Peter Maynard
Werribee Park	Template:Australian party style|	Independent Liberal	Mia Shaw	Mayor
Williams Landing	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Larry Zhao
Wimba	Template:Australian party style|	Independent Labor	Josh Gilligan	Deputy Mayor

Mayors

• 2012–2013: Heather Marcus
• 2013–2014: Bob Fairclough
• 2014–2015: Peter Maynard
• 2015–2016: Adele Hegedich
• 2016–2017: Henry Barlow
• 2017–2018: Peter Maynard
• 2018–2019: Mia Shaw
• 2019–2020: Josh Gilligan
• 2020–2021: Adele Hegedich
• 2021-2022: Peter Maynard
• 2022-2023: Susan McIntyre
• 2023-2024: Dr. Jennie Barrera

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the city had a population of 292,011 up from 217,122 in the 2016 census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	0	0
Template:VICcity^	2,577	2,838
Template:VICcity	38,701	37,216
Template:VICcity^	4,915	4,760
Template:VICcity	73	119
Template:VICcity^	1,322	1,353
Template:VICcity	4	315
Template:VICcity	*	12,675
Template:VICcity^	569	496
Template:VICcity	49,929	66,781
Template:VICcity	0	5
Template:VICcity	34,562	56,370
Template:VICcity^	20,687	36,305
Template:VICcity	40,345	50,027
Template:VICcity	1,768	2,392
Template:VICcity	6,646	9,448
Template:VICcity	23,273	20,518

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

Sister cities

• Template:FlagiconChangzhou<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Template:FlagiconCosta Mesa, California, United States<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Template:FlagiconChiryū, Aichi Prefecture, Chūbu region, Japan<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• Wyndham City Council
• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the City of Wyndham
• Wyndham City Libraries

External links

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• Wyndham City Council
• City of Wyndham (Local Government Victoria)
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps Template:Webarchive
• Template:Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link