City of Wodonga

City of Wodonga
Victoria
Wodonga within Victoria
Council Offices in Wodonga
Coordinates36°07′00″S 146°53′00″E / 36.11667°S 146.88333°E / -36.11667; 146.88333
Population43,253 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density99.89/km2 (258.72/sq mi)
Established1876
Gazetted18 November 1994[2]
Area433 km2 (167.2 sq mi)[1]
MayorRon Mildren
Council seatWodonga
RegionHume
State electorate(s)Benambra
Federal division(s)Indi
WebsiteCity of Wodonga
LGAs around City of Wodonga:
Greater Hume (NSW) Albury (NSW) Greater Hume (NSW)
Indigo City of Wodonga Towong
Indigo Indigo Indigo

The City of Wodonga 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 433 square kilometres (167 sq mi) and in August 2021, had a population of 43,253.[1]

It is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living in the Greater Wodonga urban area, while other significant settlements within the LGA include Bandiana and Bonegilla. Its floral and fauna emblems are pink heath and the Leadbeater's possum respectively—the same as those of the state of Victoria. 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 gained some portions of the former shires of Chiltern and Yackandandah.[2]

The city is governed and administered by the Wodonga City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Wodonga. The city is named after the main urban settlement located in the north-east of the LGA, that is Wodonga, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 16,487.[3] It provides governance for the Victorian part of the Albury-Wodonga urban area.

  1. ^ a b c "2021 Wodonga, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Order Re-Constituting ... the Rural City of Wodonga ... (Part 4)". Victoria Government Gazette (S87). State Government of Victoria: 3. 18 November 1994. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ Census QuickStats (2011). "Wodonga (SS) – SSC21487". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Government of Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2014.