| City of Greater Shepparton Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 68,409 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 28.245/km2 (73.154/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 18 November 1994[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,422 km2 (935.1 sq mi)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Shane Sali | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Shepparton | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hume | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Nicholls | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | City of Greater Shepparton | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Greater Shepparton 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 2,422 square kilometres (935 sq mi) and, in August 2021, had a population of 68,409.[1] It includes the city of Shepparton and the towns of Arcadia, Ardmona, Congupna, Dookie, Grahamvale, Kialla, Lemnos, Merrigum, Mooroopna, Murchison, Tallygaroopna, Tatura, Toolamba and Undera. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Shepparton, Shire of Shepparton, and parts of the Shire of Rodney, Shire of Euroa, Shire of Goulburn, Shire of Tungamah, Shire of Violet Town and Shire of Waranga.[2]
The city is governed and administered by the Greater Shepparton City Council. Its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Shepparton; it also has a service centre located in Tatura. The city is named after the main urban settlement located in the centre of the LGA, that is Shepparton, which together with adjoining Mooroopna form the LGA's most populous urban area with a population of 51,903.[3]
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Greater Shepparton (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Order Constituting ... the City of Greater Shepparton ...(part 12)". Victoria Government Gazette (S87). State Government of Victoria: 5. 18 November 1994. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2008 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
