The South Gippsland Shire is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the south-eastern part of the state. It covers an area of and, in June 2018, had a population of 29,576. It includes the towns of Leongatha, Korumburra, Foster, Poowong, Mirboo North and Meeniyan.

The Shire is governed and administered by the South Gippsland Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Leongatha, it also has a service centre located in Mirboo North. The Shire is named after the Gippsland region, in which the LGA occupies the southernmost portion, including Wilsons Promontory at the southern tip of the Australian continent.

History The South Gippsland Shire was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the former Shire of South Gippsland with the Shire of Mirboo and most of the Shire of Korumburra and Shire of Woorayl.

Council

Current composition The council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward. The entire council were sacked by the state government on 19 June 2019 due to bullying allegations and general dysfunctionality.South Gippsland council sacked The council was run by administrators until 2021 when a new council was elected.

Administration and governance The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Leongatha Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Leongatha, and its service centre in Mirboo North.

Election results 2021

Townships and localities In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 30,577, up from 28,703 in the 2016 census.

Population Locality 2016 2021 57 61 ^ 95 96 79 92 127 149 294 303 43 42 152 174 ^ 130 134 15 5 51 54 272 284 ^ 30 46 ^ 32 37 57 61 413 455 95 90 41 52 827 858 1,842 2,044 165 152 4 0 156 157 41 55 ^ 125 108 ^ 5,437 6,526 106 124 127 150 172 169 108 135 ^ 197 207 404 366 105 115 4,469 4,749 103 114 ^ 108 134 ^ 1,585 2,556 5,654 5,869 138 141 628 616 ^ 638 707 210 248 771 840 95 91 ^ 290 334 2,197 2,263 16 46 104 139 * # * # 248 238 ^ 1,527 1,644 ^ 235 270 643 717 ^ 82 88 ^ 186 202 134 174 209 220 ^ 104 126 71 83 188 187 270 312 6 0 ^ 89 107 56 59 358 462 ^ 30 27 * # 681 713 103 107 ^ 62 87 30 33 944 904 84 130 5 5 3 13 56 48 331 361 29 30 62 78 13 16 33 44 40 43 56 48 89 91 251 283

^ - Territory divided with another LGA * - Not noted in 2016 Census # - Not noted in 2021 Census

See also List of localities (Victoria)

References

External links South Gippsland Shire Council official website Metlink local public transport map Link to Land Victoria interactive maps