Shire of Mitchell

Mitchell Shire Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	61,362
• Density	21.440/km2 (55.530/sq mi)
Established	1994
Gazetted	18 November 1994[1]
Area	2,862 km2 (1,105.0 sq mi)[2]
Mayor	Cr Louise Bannister
Council seat	Broadford
Region	Hume Goulburn Valley
State electorate(s)	Euroa Kalkallo Yan Yean
Federal division(s)	Bendigo McEwen Nicholls
Website	Mitchell Shire
LGAs around Mitchell Shire: Mount Alexander Greater Bendigo Strathbogie Macedon Ranges Mitchell Shire Murrindindi Hume Whittlesea Nillumbik

Mitchell Shire is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located North of Melbourne. It covers an area of 2,862 square kilometres (1,105 sq mi) and, in April 2024, had a projected population of 61,362.^[3] Larger towns include Beveridge, Broadford, Kilmore, Seymour, Tallarook, Pyalong and Wallan. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Pyalong, the Shire of Kilmore, most of the Shire of Broadford, and parts of the Shire of McIvor and Rural City of Seymour.^[1]

The Shire is governed and administered by Mitchell Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the Council headquarters in Broadford, it also has service centres located in Kilmore, Beveridge, Seymour and Wallan. The Shire is named after an early British surveyor and explorer, Major Thomas Mitchell, who explored the south-eastern part of Australia, and whose return route for his third expedition passed through the present-day LGA.

The Shire is Victoria’s fastest growing municipality. As an interface growth area, it offers a mix of rural and urban living with affordable housing and a diversity of lifestyle and housing choices. By 2041 it is expected that 170,000 people will live in Mitchell Shire.^[3] It is anticipated that most of this growth will occur in and around the southern townships of Beveridge, Kilmore/Kilmore East and Wallan.