| Shire of Glenelg Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Municipal offices in Portland | |||||||||||||||
 Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 19,665 (2018)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 3.1621/km2 (8.1898/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 23 September 1994[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6,219 km2 (2,401.2 sq mi)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Cr Anita Rank | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Portland | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Barwon South West | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wannon | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of Glenelg | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Glenelg 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 6,219 square kilometres (2,401 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 19,665.[1] It includes the towns of Casterton, Heywood, Merino and Portland. Although a shire of the same name existed before the amalgamations of the mid-1990s, the current Shire was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the former Shire of Glenelg with the Shire of Heywood and City of Portland.[2][3]
The Shire is governed and administered by the Glenelg Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Portland, it also has service centres located in Casterton and Heywood. The Shire is named after the Glenelg River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the Shire.
At the 2001 Census, the population of the Shire was distributed in the following way: Portland: 49.7%, Casterton: 8.7%, Heywood: 6.3%, Dartmoor: 1.3%, Merino: 1.1%, Narrawong: 0.9% and Rural Balance: 32%.
Service industries, timber production, grazing and manufacturing are the Shire's main economic activities.[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. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Part 6—Shire of Glenelg". Victoria Government Gazette (1837-1997). 1994 (S63 ed.). Melbourne: Government of Victoria: 5. 23 September 1994. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "Part 7—Glenelg Shire". Victoria Government Gazette (1837–1997). 1994 (S4 ed.). Melbourne: Government of Victoria: 4. 20 January 1995. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ "Glenelg Shire". Know Your Council. Retrieved 18 October 2020.