Shire of Moorabool

The Shire of Moorabool is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 2,111 square kilometres (815 sq mi) and, in June 2018, had a population of 34,158.^[1] It includes the towns of Ballan, Bacchus Marsh, Balliang, Mount Wallace, Myrniong, Blackwood, Greendale, Gordon, Korweinguboora and Mount Egerton, Bungaree, Elaine and Wallace. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Bacchus Marsh, Shire of Ballan and parts of the Shire of Bungaree and City of Werribee.^[2][3]

Shire of Moorabool Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	34,158 (2018)[1]
• Density	16.181/km2 (41.908/sq mi)
Established	1994
Gazetted	6 May 1994[2]
Area	2,111 km2 (815.1 sq mi)[1]
Mayor	Cr Tom Sullivan
Council seat	Bacchus Marsh
Region	Grampians
State electorate(s)	Eureka Macedon Melton
Federal division(s)	Ballarat Hawke
Website	Shire of Moorabool
LGAs around Shire of Moorabool: Hepburn Hepburn Macedon Ranges Ballarat Shire of Moorabool Melton Golden Plains Greater Geelong Wyndham

The Shire is governed and administered by the Moorabool Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ballan, it also has service centres located in Bacchus Marsh and Darley. The Shire is named after the Moorabool River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the area, which is named after the Wathawurrung word moo-roo-bul referring to Bunyip-like creature that lives in the river.^[4]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of four wards and seven councillors, with four councillors elected to represent the East Moorabool Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.^[5] Council Composition as of September 2022:

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Central Moorabool		Paul Tatchell
East Moorabool		Rod Ward
		Tonia Dudzik	Deputy Mayor
	Moira Berry
	David Edwards
West Moorabool		Tom Sullivan	Mayor
Woodlands		Ally Munari

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Administration and governance

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

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire's population was 37,632, compared to 31,818 in the 2016 census.^[7]

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Bacchus Marsh	6,394	7,808
Ballan	2,985	3,392
Balliang^	290	254
Balliang East	147	199
Barkstead	42	41
Barrys Reef	36	39
Beremboke	149	165
Blackwood	295	387
Blakeville	29	43
Bolwarrah	25	48
Bullarook^	99	77
Bullarto South^	33	48
Bunding	55	61
Bungal	43	32
Bungaree	269	302
Buninyong^	3,714	3,797

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Cargerie	35	38
Clarendon	145	163
Claretown	24	35
Clarkes Hill	67	75
Coimadai	416	409
Colbrook	29	41
Dales Creek	398	403
Darley	8,372	9,190
Dunnstown	244	259
Durham Lead^	392	408
Elaine	228	232
Fiskville	19	18
Glen Park^	103	110
Glenmore	63	75
Gordon	1,151	1,393
Greendale	602	623

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Grenville^	99	113
Hopetoun Park	798	914
Ingliston	50	96
Korobeit	77	75
Korweinguboora^	168	196
Lal Lal	476	621
Leigh Creek	63	65
Lerderderg	0	0
Long Forest	361	343
Maddingley	3,453	5,491
Meredith^	788	821
Merrimu	374	397
Millbrook	156	180
Mollongghip^	89	105
Morrisons^	128	118
Mount Doran	130	118

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Mount Egerton	582	706
Mount Wallace	113	117
Myrniong	404	387
Navigators	253	276
Parwan^	170	188
Pentland Hills	185	158
Pootilla	75	79
Rowsley	192	231
Scotsburn^	258	244
Spargo Creek	36	42
Springbank	111	117
Trentham^	1,180	1,382
Wallace	187	227
Warrenheip^	669	721
Wattle Flat^	97	104
Yendon	307	320

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

References

1. "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
2. Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S23 of 1994: Order estg (Part 4) the Shire of Moorabool". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 9 May 1994). p. 1. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
3. Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S97 of 1994: Order altg (Part 22) the Shire of Moorabool". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 15 December 1994). p. 10. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
4. Massola, Aldo (1968). Bunjil's Cave. Lansdowne Press. ISBN 9780391019621.
5. Local Government in Victoria. "Victorian Electoral Commission". Moorabool Shire Council election results 2020. Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
6. "Meet your Councillors".
7. "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

The Shire

External links

• Moorabool Shire Council official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps

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