| City of Warrnambool Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 35,000 (2023)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 289/km2 (749/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1855 | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 23 September 1994[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 121 km2 (46.7 sq mi)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Ben Blain[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Warrnambool | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Barwon South West | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | South-West Coast | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wannon | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | City of Warrnambool | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Warrnambool is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of 121 square kilometres (47 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 34,862.[1] It is entirely surrounded by the Shire of Moyne and the Southern Ocean. It is one of only a few regional councils in Victoria to remain serving just one urban district after the amalgamation process of 1994, although through that process it did gain some portions of the former Shire of Warrnambool.[2]
The city is governed and administered by the Warrnambool City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in the central district of Warrnambool. The city is named after the main urban settlement located in the centre of the LGA, that is Warrnambool, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 28,413.[4]
- ^ a b c "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
- ^ a b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S63 of 1994". State Library Victoria (published 23 September 1994). pp. 5–6. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ "New mayor and deputy mayor". Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Census QuickStats (2011). "Warrnambool (SS) – SSC21434". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 10 January 2014.