| Rural City of Benalla Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 14,528 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 6.1742/km2 (15.991/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 17 October 2002[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,353 km2 (908.5 sq mi)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Cr Danny Claridge | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Benalla | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hume | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Euroa | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Indi | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Rural City of Benalla | ||||||||||||||
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The Rural City of Benalla 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 2,353 square kilometres (908 sq mi) and, in August 2021, had a population of 14,528.[1]
It includes the towns of Baddaginnie, Benalla, Devenish, Goorambat, Major Plains, Swanpool, Tatong, Thoona, Warrenbayne and Winton. It was formed in 2002 from the de-amalgamation of the Shire of Delatite into the current rural city and the Shire of Mansfield,[2] the former being a merger between the latter, the Shire of Benalla and the City of Benalla.
The Rural City is governed and administered by the Benalla Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Benalla. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the centre-north of the LGA, that is Benalla, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 10,331.[3]
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Benalla (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ a b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Search (17 October 2002). "G42 of 2002: Order estg the Rural City of Benalla and Shire of Mansfield" (PDF). Victoria Government Gazette. State Government of Victoria. pp. 85–97. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ Census QuickStats (2011). "Benalla (SS) – SSC20115". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Government of Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
