The Shire of Hepburn is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. Located in the central part of the state, it covers an area of . The recorded a population of 16,604 in the shire.
Notable settlements include Clunes, Creswick, Daylesford, Hepburn Springs, Trentham, Allendale, Denver, Glenlyon, Kingston, Leonards Hill, Lyonville, Newlyn and Smeaton.
The shire is governed and administered by the Hepburn Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Daylesford. It also has a service centre located in Creswick. The shire is named after an early squatter named John Hepburn, who established the Smeaton Hill pastoral run, which was located a few kilometres north of present-day Creswick.
History The Shire of Hepburn was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Creswick, Shire of Daylesford and Glenlyon, the Trentham district of the Shire of Kyneton, and the Clunes district of the Shire of Talbot and Clunes.
Council Current composition The council is composed of seven councillors, the councillors are: WardPartyCouncillorNotes Independent Pat Hockey IndependentLesley Hewitt Independent Shirley Cornish Independent Brian Hood Independent Don Henderson Greens Tim Drylie Independent Tony Clark
Administration and governance The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Daylesford Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Daylesford, and its service centre in Creswick.
Election results 2024
Townships and localities At the , the shire had a population of 16,604, up from 15,330 at the census.
Population Locality 2016 2021 166 185 ^ 107 114 10 23 212 237 228 213 ^ 99 77 73 89 ^ 33 48 ^ 51 63 18 10 ^ 55 51 1,728 1,844 58 62 252 308 ^ 3,170 3,279 58 55 2,548 2,781 120 132 ^ 150 148 ^ 283 294 ^ 187 203 25 41 203 206 37 39 ^ 131 147 ^ 104 125 ^ 66 71 ^ 13 15 389 431 ^ 333 330 599 631 329 368 177 190 28 41 ^ 168 196 21 23 17 8 45 47 ^ 29 85 62 74 175 189 ^ 831 905 ^ 89 105 9 15 ^ 9 15 89 99 41 41 150 177 132 170 71 84 128 136 174 230 51 50 122 149 62 43 62 79 81 72 66 71 231 245 31 32 ^ 198 200 181 184 6 0 ^ 87 101 ^ 232 234 ^ 448 524 ^ 21 26 ^ 1,180 1,382 ^ 153 181 ^ 535 645 * # 34 25 ^ 97 104 ^ 275 308 ^ 46 43 241 252 154 181 ^ - Territory divided with another LGA * - Not noted in 2016 Census # - Not noted in 2021 Census
Traditional owners The traditional owners of the Shire of Hepburn are the Dja Dja Wurrung.
See also List of places of worship in Hepburn Shire
References
External links Hepburn Shire Council official website PTV local public transport map