South Gippsland Shire

Template:For Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Australian place The South Gippsland Shire is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the south-eastern part of the state. It covers an area of Template:Convert and, in June 2018, had a population of 29,576. It includes the towns of Leongatha, Korumburra, Foster, Poowong, Mirboo North and Meeniyan.

The Shire is governed and administered by the South Gippsland Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Leongatha, it also has a service centre located in Mirboo North. The Shire is named after the Gippsland region, in which the LGA occupies the southernmost portion, including Wilsons Promontory at the southern tip of the Australian continent.

History

The South Gippsland Shire was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the former Shire of South Gippsland with the Shire of Mirboo and most of the Shire of Korumburra and Shire of Woorayl.<ref name="Gazette" />

South Gippsland 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 composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.<ref name=Council>Template:Cite web</ref> The entire council were sacked by the state government on 19 June 2019 due to bullying allegations and general dysfunctionality.<ref>South Gippsland council sacked</ref> The council was run by administrators until 2021 when a new council was elected.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Leongatha Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Leongatha, and its service centre in Mirboo North.

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 30,577, up from 28,703 in the 2016 census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	57	61
Template:VICcity^	95	96
Template:VICcity	79	92
Template:VICcity	127	149
Template:VICcity	294	303
Template:VICcity	43	42
Template:VICcity	152	174
Template:VICcity^	130	134
Template:VICcity	15	5
Template:VICcity	51	54
Template:VICcity	272	284
Template:VICcity^	30	46
Template:VICcity^	32	37
Template:VICcity	57	61
Template:VICcity	413	455
Template:VICcity	95	90
Template:VICcity	41	52
Template:VICcity	827	858
Template:VICcity	1,842	2,044
Template:VICcity	165	152
Template:VICcity	4	0
Template:VICcity	156	157

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	41	55
Template:VICcity^	125	108
Template:VICcity^	5,437	6,526
Template:VICcity	106	124
Template:VICcity	127	150
Template:VICcity	172	169
Template:VICcity	108	135
Template:VICcity^	197	207
Template:VICcity	404	366
Template:VICcity	105	115
Template:VICcity	4,469	4,749
Template:VICcity	103	114
Template:VICcity^	108	134
Template:VICcity^	1,585	2,556
Template:VICcity	5,654	5,869
Template:VICcity	138	141
Template:VICcity	628	616
Template:VICcity^	638	707
Template:VICcity	210	248
Template:VICcity	771	840
Template:VICcity	95	91

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity^	290	334
Template:VICcity	2,197	2,263
Template:VICcity	16	46
Template:VICcity	104	139
Template:VICcity	*	#
Template:VICcity	*	#
Template:VICcity	248	238
Template:VICcity^	1,527	1,644
Template:VICcity^	235	270
Template:VICcity	643	717
Template:VICcity^	82	88
Template:VICcity^	186	202
Template:VICcity	134	174
Template:VICcity	209	220
Template:VICcity^	104	126
Template:VICcity	71	83
Template:VICcity	188	187
Template:VICcity	270	312
Template:VICcity	6	0
Template:VICcity^	89	107
Template:VICcity	56	59

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	358	462
Template:VICcity^	30	27
Template:VICcity	*	#
Template:VICcity	681	713
Template:VICcity	103	107
Template:VICcity^	62	87
Template:VICcity	30	33
Template:VICcity	944	904
Template:VICcity	84	130
Template:VICcity	5	5
Template:VICcity	3	13
Template:VICcity	56	48
Template:VICcity	331	361
Template:VICcity	29	30
Template:VICcity	62	78
Template:VICcity	13	16
Template:VICcity	33	44
Template:VICcity	40	43
Template:VICcity	56	48
Template:VICcity	89	91
Template:VICcity	251	283

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

See also

List of localities (Victoria)

External links

• South Gippsland 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