Shire of Mansfield

Template:About Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Australian place The Shire of Mansfield is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of Template:Convert and in August 2021, had a population of 10,178.<ref name=ABSLGA/>

It includes the towns of Mansfield, Maindample, Mount Buller, Bonnie Doon, Jamieson, Kevington, Merrijig, Tolmie and Woods Point. It was formed in 2002 from the de-amalgamation of the Delatite Shire into the current shire and the Rural City of Benalla.<ref name=Gazette />

The de-amalgamation was the only successful de-amalgamation following the Kennett Government's policy of local government mergers. It was the result of organised political activity, with parallels to other autonomy movements.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Shire is governed and administered by Mansfield Shire Council, its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Mansfield. The Shire is named after the main urban settlement located in the north of the LGA, that is Mansfield, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 4,360.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Shire is bordered by the Rural City of Benalla, the Shire of Baw Baw, the Shire of Murrindindi, the Shire of Yarra Ranges, the Shire of Strathbogie and the Shire of Wellington. There are two unincorporated areas within the shire; the areas around Mount Buller and Mount Stirling.

Council

Current composition

The Shire has an unsubdivided structure, with five councillors elected to represent the community across the shire.

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Administration and governance

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

Townships and localities

According to the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 10,178, compared to 8,584 in the 2016 census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	84	99
Template:VICcity	132	141
Template:VICcity	228	269
Template:VICcity	570	666
Template:VICcity	143	166
Template:VICcity^	97	117
Template:VICcity^	16	34
Template:VICcity	15	13
Template:VICcity^	0	3
Template:VICcity	10	3
Template:VICcity	261	328
Template:VICcity	70	67

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	110	158
Template:VICcity	4	5
Template:VICcity	56	63
Template:VICcity	301	382
Template:VICcity^	59	53
Template:VICcity	43	36
Template:VICcity	0	0
Template:VICcity	7	3
Template:VICcity	91	121
Template:VICcity	212	239
Template:VICcity	4,787	5,541
Template:VICcity^	4	7

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	549	721
Template:VICcity^	190	216
Template:VICcity^	*	0
Template:VICcity^	243	333
Template:VICcity	43	54
Template:VICcity	58	66
Template:VICcity^	0	0
Template:VICcity	88	86
Template:VICcity^	447	547
Template:VICcity	37	33
Template:VICcity	36	62

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

See also

• List of localities (Victoria)
• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Shire of Mansfield

External links

• Mansfield 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