Shire of Campaspe

The Shire of Campaspe is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the northern part of the state. It covers an area of Template:Convert and in August 2021 had a population of 38,735.<ref name=ABSLGA/> It includes the towns of Girgarre, Echuca, Kyabram, Rochester, Tongala and Rushworth.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Campaspe Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Echuca, it also has service centres located in Kyabram, Rochester, Rushworth and Tongala. The Shire is named after the Campaspe River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the LGA.

History

The Shire of Campaspe was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Echuca, Shire of Deakin, Shire of Rochester, Shire of Waranga, and Town of Kyabram, along with parts of the Shire of Rodney and small sections of the Shires of Gordon and Cohuna around Kow Swamp.<ref name="Gazette" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Campaspe Shire'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 unsubdivided, with all nine councillors elected to represent the whole shire area.<ref name=Council>Template:Cite web</ref>

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Campaspe Shire	Template:Australian party style|	Robert Amos
	Template:Australian party style|	Jessica Mitchell
	Template:Australian party style|	Paul Jarman
	Template:Australian party style|	John Zobec
	Template:Australian party style|	Luke Sharrock
	Template:Australian party style|	Tony Marwood
	Template:Australian party style|	Adrian Weston
	Template:Australian party style|	Daniel Mackrell
	Template:Australian party style|	Zoe Cook

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Echuca Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Echuca, and its service centres in Kyabram, Rochester, Rushworth and Tongala.

Sister cities

• Template:Flagicon Shiroi, Chiba, Japan<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Template:Flagicon Lequidoe, Aileu Municipality, East Timor
• Template:Flagicon Shangri-La County, Yunnan Province, China

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 38,735, up from 37,061 in the 2016 census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	124	120
Template:VICcity	504	491
Template:VICcity	238	282
Template:VICcity	33	48
Template:VICcity	36	37
Burramboot	32	36
Template:VICcity	71	61
Template:VICcity	304	285
Template:VICcity	43	43
Template:VICcity	129	161
Template:VICcity	*	39
Template:VICcity	94	78
Template:VICcity	14,043	15,056
Template:VICcity	540	577
Template:VICcity	425	442
Template:VICcity	80	93
Template:VICcity	561	563
Template:VICcity	32	45
Template:VICcity	551	578

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	56	51
Template:VICcity	109	134
Template:VICcity	315	355
Template:VICcity^	7,331	7,416
Template:VICcity	329	363
Template:VICcity^	393	398
Template:VICcity	808	850
Template:VICcity^	35	37
Template:VICcity^	117	116
Template:VICcity	17	32
Template:VICcity	50	59
Template:VICcity	39	7
Template:VICcity	388	425
Template:VICcity	108	138
Template:VICcity	35	40
Template:VICcity^	68	67
Template:VICcity	3,113	3,154
Template:VICcity	48	49
Template:VICcity	56	64

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	1,335	1,411
Template:VICcity	828	826
Template:VICcity	144	180
Template:VICcity	48	60
Template:VICcity	6	8
Template:VICcity	96	90
Template:VICcity	1,926	1,973
Template:VICcity^	182	221
Template:VICcity	279	257
Template:VICcity	*	#
Template:VICcity	315	314
Template:VICcity	488	483
Template:VICcity^	42	45
Template:VICcity^	262	278
Template:VICcity	103	106
Template:VICcity	110	109

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

External links

• Official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
• Template:Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link