Rural City of Ararat

Rural City of Ararat
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population11,880 (2021)
 • Density2.8212/km2 (7.307/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted23 September 1994[1]
Area4,211 km2 (1,625.9 sq mi)[2]
MayorCr Jo Armstrong [3]
Council seatArarat
RegionGrampians
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Wannon
WebsiteRural City of Ararat
LGAs around Rural City of Ararat:
Northern Grampians Northern Grampians Pyrenees
Southern Grampians Rural City of Ararat Pyrenees
Moyne Moyne Corangamite
Ararat Rural City Council offices – 21 Vincent Street, Ararat

The Rural City of Ararat is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 4,211 square kilometres (1,626 sq mi) and in the 2021 had a population of 11,880.[4]

It includes the towns of Ararat, Armstrong, Dunneworthy, Lake Bolac, Moyston, Pomonal, Streatham, Tatyoon, Wickliffe and Willaura. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Ararat, Shire of Ararat and parts of the Shire of Mortlake and Shire of Stawell.[1][5]

The Rural City is governed and administered by the Ararat Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ararat. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the north of the LGA, that is Ararat, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 8,076.[6]

Traditional owners

The traditional owners of this are the Djab Wurrung.[7]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.[8] Composition as of September 2022:

Ward Councillor Notes
Unsubdivided   Cr Gwenda Allgood
  Cr Jo Armstrong Mayor
  Cr Peter Beales
  Cr William Waterston
  Cr Bob Sanders Deputy Mayor
  Cr Henry Burridge
  Cr Rob Armstrong

Administration and governance

The Ararat Rural City Council meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 6pm in the Council Chamber at the Ararat Shire Hall, 239 Barkly Street, Ararat. The Ararat Municipal Offices, 59 Vincent Street, Ararat, is the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at this location and is open from 8.15am to 5.15pm on week days.

Election results

2024

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Grampians § Ararat results.[edit]
2024 Victorian local elections: Ararat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent National Jo Armstrong (elected 1) 1,757 26.51 −11.98
Independent Teli Kaur (elected 3) 743 11.21
Independent Bob Sanders (elected 2) 688 10.38 +0.22
Independent Luke Matthew Preston (elected 5) 663 10.00
Independent Peter Joyce (elected 4) 592 8.93
Independent Amanda Mead 497 7.50
Independent Bill Waterston (elected 6) 486 7.33 −4.65
Independent Rob Armstrong (elected 7) 343 5.18 +1.08
Independent Daryl Scherger 286 4.32
Independent Osman Kokcu 258 3.89
Independent Peter Beales 180 2.72 −1.69
Victorian Socialists Fiona Tipping 134 2.02
Total formal votes 6,627 95.22 +0.68
Informal votes 333 4.78 −0.68
Turnout 6,960 83.54 −0.26

2020

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Grampians § Ararat.[edit]
2020 Victorian local elections: Ararat[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent National Jo Armstrong (elected 1) 2,770 38.49
Independent William Waterston (elected 3) 862 11.98
Independent Bob Sanders (elected 4) 731 10.16
Independent Gwenda Allgood (elected 6) 538 7.48
Independent Henry Burridge (elected 5) 537 7.46
Independent Neil Manning 351 4.88
Independent Peter Beales (elected 2) 317 4.41
Independent Rob Armstrong (elected 7) 295 4.10
Independent Jane Goninon 284 3.95
Independent Colin McKenzie 212 2.95
Independent Bernardine Atkinson 165 2.29
Independent Cecilia Fresle 134 1.86
Total formal votes 7,196 95.90
Informal votes 308 4.10
Turnout 7,504 83.80

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the rural city had a population of 11,880 up from 11,600 in the 2016 census[11]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Ararat 8,297 8,500
Armstrong 88 90
Ballyrogan 67 77
Bayindeen 21 22
Black Range^ 189 274
Bornes Hill 30 33
Buangor^ 103 112
Carranballac^ 42 43
Cathcart 91 110
Chatsworth^ 44 49
Crowlands^ 89 72
Denicull Creek 27 19
Dobie 42 33
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Dunkeld^ 678 688
Dunneworthy^ 19 15
Elmhurst^ 183 185
Eversley^ 10 14
Glenlogie^ 33 29
Glenthompson^ 232 256
Great Western^ 400 425
Halls Gap^ 430 495
Lake Bolac 330 368
Langi Logan 25 23
Mafeking 19 20
Maroona 110 80
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Middle Creek^ 19 22
Mininera 62 51
Mount Cole 21 21
Mount Cole Creek 5 10
Moyston 348 403
Narrapumelap South 30 31
Nerrin Nerrin^ 38 48
Norval 38 40
Pomonal^ 322 356
Pura Pura^ 37 47
Rhymney 60 56
Rocky Point 0 4
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Rossbridge 32 27
Stavely 37 47
Stoneleigh^ 45 45
Streatham^ 156 158
Tatyoon 130 130
Warrak 66 68
Westmere 40 62
Wickliffe 113 123
Willaura 530 439
Willaura North 30 33
Woorndoo^ 169 160
Yalla-Y-Poora 16 13

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S63 of 1994: Order estg the Rural City of Ararat". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 23 September 1994). pp. 23–29. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Councillor Profiles". Ararat Rural City. Ararat Rural City. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. ^ "2021 Ararat, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  5. ^ Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order altg (Part 3) the Rural City of Ararat". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). pp. 2–3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. ^ Census QuickStats (2011). "Ararat (SS) – SSC20024". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Government of Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  7. ^ managerARArat213 (1 August 2016). "History". www.ararat.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 28 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Victorian Electoral Commission. "Ararat Rural City Council election results 2020". Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Ararat Rural City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  10. ^ "Jo Armstrong appointed to Victorian Nationals executive". The Ararat Advertiser.
  11. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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