Shire of Indigo

Shire of Indigo
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population17,368 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density8.514/km2 (22.05/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted18 November 1994[2]
Area2,040 km2 (787.6 sq mi)[1]
MayorBernard Gaffney
Council seatBeechworth
RegionHume
State electorate(s)Benambra
Federal division(s)Indi
WebsiteShire of Indigo
LGAs around Shire of Indigo:
Federation (NSW) Greater Hume (NSW) Wodonga
Moira Shire of Indigo Towong
Wangaratta Alpine Towong

The Shire of Indigo, a local government area (LGA) in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, lies in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 2,040 square kilometres (790 sq mi) and in August 2021 had a population of 17,368.[1]

It includes the towns of Beechworth, Chiltern, Rutherglen and Yackandandah. It formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Rutherglen, Shire of Chiltern, Shire of Yackandandah and United Shire of Beechworth.[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Indigo Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Beechworth, it also has service centres located in Chiltern, Rutherglen and Yackandandah. The Shire is named after the Indigo Valley and Indigo Creek, geographical features that meander through the LGA and into the Murray River.

In 2008, the Bankwest Quality of Life Index rated Indigo fifteenth of 590 Australian local government areas.[3]

Council

Current composition

As of 22 September 2016, the council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.[4]

Ward Councillor Notes
Unsubdivided   Jenny O'Connor Mayor, Member of the Greens[5]
  Sophie Price Deputy Mayor
  Bernard Gaffney
  James Trenery
  Barbara Murdoch
  Larry Goldsworthy
  Diane Shepheard

The makeup of the council is as follows:[6]

Party Councillors
  Unaligned 6
  Greens 1
Total 7

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Beechworth Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Beechworth, and its service centres in Chiltern, Rutherglen and Yackandandah.

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 17,368 up from 15,952 in the 2016 census[7]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Allans Flat 318 297
Barnawartha 904 987
Beechworth 3,859 4,274
Brimin 171 181
Browns Plains 102 99
Bruarong 77 114
Carlyle 79 82
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Charleroi 73 82
Chiltern 1,605 1,580
Chiltern Valley 60 77
Cornishtown 96 94
Gooramadda 58 62
Gundowring^ 214 208
Huon 219 206
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Indigo Valley 329 346
Kergunyah 215 232
Kiewa 474 483
Lilliput 76 84
Norong 118 130
Osbornes Flat 233 285
Rutherglen 2,378 2,579
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Sandy Creek 179 200
Staghorn Flat^ 293 368
Stanley 364 371
Tangambalanga 542 908
Wahgunyah 1,098 1,061
Wooragee 345 342
Yackandandah 1,811 2,008

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Indigo (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S87 of 1994: Order estg (Part 3) the Shire of Indigo". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 18 November 1994). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ "BankWest Quality of Life Index 2008" (PDF). Bankwest. 20 August 2008. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
  4. ^ Local Government in Victoria. "Indigo Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Jenny the region's first Green". The Border Mail. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  6. ^ VEC. "Results for Indigo Shire Council Elections 2012". Victorian Electoral Commission. Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.