Shire of Northern Grampians

The Shire of Northern Grampians is a local government area in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 11,431, having fallen from 12,087 in 2008. It includes the city of Stawell, the towns of St Arnaud, Great Western, Marnoo, Glenorchy, Stuart Mill, and Navarre, and the tourist town of Halls Gap.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Northern Grampians Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Stawell, it also has a service centre located in St Arnaud. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, The Grampians, and that the northern part of this feature occupies the southern part of the LGA.

The local economy is based on a diverse range of industries including agriculture, tourism, wine production, gold mining, brick manufacturing and meat production.

History The Shire of Northern Grampians was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Stawell, Town of St Arnaud, Shire of Stawell, Shire of Kara Kara, the Grampians section of the Shire of Wimmera, and parts of the Shire of Dunmunkle and Shire of Donald. Additionally, the Shire of Avoca contributed the southern half of Navarre township, the Shire of Ararat contributed an area on the outskirts of Halls Gap, and the Shire of Arapiles contributed its share of the Grampians National Park.

In January 1996, part of the Richardson River catchment east and south of Rupanyup was transferred from Northern Grampians to the Shire of Yarriambiack after a further Local Government Board review.

Council Current composition

The council is composed of three wards and six councillors, with two councillors elected to represent each ward WardCouncillorNotes Central Karen Hyslop Mayor (current) Jenny GreenbergerKara Kara Karen Probst Murray Emerson Grampians Justine Hide Deputy Mayor Jack Blake

Administration and governance The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Stawell Town Hall Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Stawell, and its service centre in St Arnaud.

Traditional owners The traditional owners of the Northern Grampians are the Djab Wurrung, Jardwadjali and Dja Dja Wurrung.

Cities, towns and localities The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 11,948 up from 11,439 in the 2016 census

Population Locality 2016 2021 ^ 21 23 ^ 6 12 7 8 28 27 ^ 43 49 25 24 57 59 Bellfield * # ^ 189 274 0 4 ^ 79 80 37 19 43 45 27 21 64 60 21 40 ^ 3 3 133 146 ^ 31 30 16 18 ^ 58 42 ^ 89 72 ^ 71 69 0 0 204 210 ^ 19 15 ^ 32 37 38 47 12 17 ^ 16 23 125 131 19 19 ^ 20 23 3 0 19 10 19 13 13 19 ^ 400 425 52 52 ^ 430 495 82 80 22 17 25 26 12 17 31 29 ^ * 4 ^ 196 162 27 23 43 58 ^ 41 49 44 43 ^ 53 59 ^ 36 40 122 99 4 6 17 11 14 6 18 23 4 0 6 8 30 31 ^ 94 89 ^ 98 99 42 41 ^ 322 356 ^ 94 102 3 13 3 7 29 34 3 7 16 10 ^ 536 545 ^ 13 3 ^ 37 34 2,193 2,318 81 100 44 43 6,032 6,220 79 78 22 16 18 10 14 17 6 5 29 22 3 9 27 37 16 11 9 12 ^ 84 88 ^ 0 0 17 18 0 0 0 0 ^ - Territory divided with another LGA * - Not noted in 2016 Census # - Not noted in 2021 Census

Shire of Northern Grampians

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