Rural City of Horsham

The Rural City of Horsham is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of Template:Convert and in June 2018, had a population of 19,875.<ref name=ABSLGA/> It includes the towns of Brimpaen, Dadswells Bridge, Dooen, Haven, Horsham, Laharum, Natimuk, Noradjuha and Pimpinio.

The Rural City is governed and administered by the Horsham Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Horsham. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the north-east of the LGA, that is Horsham, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 16,514.<ref name=ABSSUA>Template:Cite web Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.</ref>

The region is the site of lakes and the Wimmera River system and in normal seasons is popular with fishing, boating, swimming and water enthusiasts.

Traditional owners

There are multiple traditional owners of this land, the Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Jupagulk, Wergaia and Wotjobaluk people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

The Rural City of Horsham was formed in 1995 by the amalgamation of the City of Horsham, most of the Shire of Wimmera and Shire of Arapiles, and part of the Shire of Kowree.<ref name="Gazette" />

The Rural City of Horsham'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 seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. The current councillors, in order of election at the 2020 election, are:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Ward	Party		Councillor	Notes
Unsubdivided	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Penny Flynn
	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Di Bell
	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Robyn Gulline
	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Leslie Power
	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Ian Ross
	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Claudia Haenel
	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	David Bowe

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Horsham Civic Centre, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre in Horsham.

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the rural city had a population of 20,429 up from 19,642 in the 2016 census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	*	#
Template:VICcity	*	#
Template:VICcity^	79	80
Template:VICcity	95	93
Template:VICcity	78	57
Template:VICcity^	71	69
Template:VICcity	240	250
Template:VICcity^	65	74
Template:VICcity	147	119
Template:VICcity	38	47

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity^	*	#
Template:VICcity	1,304	1,443
Template:VICcity	14,543	15,134
Template:VICcity	*	#
Template:VICcity^	241	#
Template:VICcity	52	48
Template:VICcity	18	28
Template:VICcity^	48	57
Template:VICcity^	196	162
Template:VICcity^	*	237

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	231	236
Template:VICcity	136	140
Template:VICcity^	69	66
Template:VICcity	33	30
Template:VICcity^	72	63
Template:VICcity	514	548
Template:VICcity	83	89
Template:VICcity	61	43
Template:VICcity	184	191
Template:VICcity	310	354

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	276	287
Template:VICcity	42	40
Template:VICcity	65	75
Template:VICcity	19	23
Template:VICcity	59	74
Template:VICcity	179	184
Template:VICcity	42	44
Template:VICcity^	84	88
Template:VICcity	103	114

Template:Columns-end ^ - 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 Rural City of Horsham
• Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk Peoples v Victoria

External links

• Horsham Rural City Council official website
• Official tourist website for Horsham
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
• Template:Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link