Shire of Corangamite

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Australian place The Shire of Corangamite is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of Template:Convert and in 2021 had a population of 16,115.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It includes the towns of Camperdown, Terang, Cobden, Timboon, Port Campbell and Skipton.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Corangamite Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Camperdown. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, Lake Corangamite, which is located on the eastern boundary of the LGA.

History

The Shire of Corangamite came into existence on 23 September 1994 from the amalgamation of the Town of Camperdown, the vast bulk of the Shire of Hampden and the Shire of Heytesbury, the Simpson and Princetown districts of the Shire of Otway, and small parts of the Shire of Mortlake and Shire of Warrnambool around Lake Keilambete.<ref name="Gazette" />

File:Victoria LGAs pre- vs post-amalgamation Corangamite.png

A map of Corangamite Shire showing the predecessor LGAs that overlapped the area before the 1994 local government amalgamations

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven wards and seven councillors, with one councillor elected to represent each ward.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Ward	Party		Councillor	Notes
Lake Keilambete	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Geraldine Conheady
Gnotuk	Template:Australian party style |	Independent	Ruth Gstrein
Leura	Template:Australian party style |	Independent	Laurie Hickey
Cooriemungle	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Jamie Vogels
Mount Elephant	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Nicholas Cole
Tandarook	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Joanne Beard
Elingamite	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Kate Makin

Administration and governance

The Council meets at the Killara Centre in Camperdown while its main Council offices are located at 181 Manifold Street.

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 16,115, compared to 16,051 in the 2016 census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity^	44	39
Template:VICcity^	40	37
Template:VICcity	163	159
Template:VICcity	146	142
Template:VICcity	83	85
Template:VICcity	59	46
Template:VICcity^	116	127
Template:VICcity	17	19
Template:VICcity	3,369	3,354
Template:VICcity^	135	168
Template:VICcity^	134	115
Template:VICcity^	36	42
Template:VICcity	67	61
Template:VICcity	1,839	1,804
Template:VICcity	80	72
Template:VICcity	364	311
Template:VICcity	37	34
Template:VICcity^	175	176
Template:VICcity^	9	10
Template:VICcity	28	25
Template:VICcity^	124	125
Template:VICcity^	107	84
Template:VICcity	415	386
Template:VICcity	131	148
Template:VICcity	33	23

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity^	188	222
Template:VICcity	55	57
Template:VICcity	78	118
Template:VICcity	19	31
Template:VICcity^	243	248
Template:VICcity^	13	19
Template:VICcity	135	131
Template:VICcity^	56	63
Template:VICcity	108	123
Template:VICcity	99	120
Template:VICcity	52	39
Template:VICcity	29	16
Template:VICcity^	188	185
Template:VICcity	94	94
Template:VICcity	42	44
Template:VICcity	29	28
Template:VICcity^	142	188
Template:VICcity	*	#
Template:VICcity	64	66
Template:VICcity	420	472
Template:VICcity	51	44
Template:VICcity^	58	61
Template:VICcity	71	66
Template:VICcity	69	59
Template:VICcity^	14	12
Template:VICcity^	333	318
Template:VICcity	20	17

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	31	36
Template:VICcity^	247	322
Template:VICcity^	113	132
Template:VICcity^	15	12
Template:VICcity	62	73
Template:VICcity	25	42
Template:VICcity	71	48
Template:VICcity	478	440
Template:VICcity	241	236
Template:VICcity	248	214
Template:VICcity^	569	583
Template:VICcity	65	70
Template:VICcity^	586	609
Template:VICcity	109	124
Template:VICcity^	51	65
Template:VICcity	19	46
Template:VICcity^	22	25
Template:VICcity^	2,288	2,254
Template:VICcity	112	110
Template:VICcity	1,202	1,250
Template:VICcity	54	57
Template:VICcity	39	37
Template:VICcity	28	32
Template:VICcity	15	0
Template:VICcity	6	11
Template:VICcity	117	121
Template:VICcity^	60	66

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 (Australia)

External links

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