The Rural City of Benalla is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of and, in August 2021, had a population of 14,528.
It includes the towns of Baddaginnie, Benalla, Devenish, Goorambat, Major Plains, Swanpool, Tatong, Thoona, Warrenbayne and Winton. It was formed in 2002 from the de-amalgamation of the Delatite Shire into the current rural city and the Shire of Mansfield, the former being a merger between the latter, the Shire of Benalla and the City of Benalla.
The Rural City is governed and administered by the Benalla Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Benalla. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the centre-north of the LGA, that is Benalla, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 10,331.
Council
Current composition The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. WardCouncillorNotesUnsubdivided Justin King Danny Claridge Peter Davis Don Firth Bernie Hearn Gail O'Brien Punarji Hewa Gunaratne
Administration and governance
The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Benalla Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre in Benalla.
Townships and localities The 2021 census, the rural city had a population of 14,528 up from 13,861 in the 2016 census
Population Locality 2016 2021 17 16 ^ 338 347 10,330 10,822 ^ 77 93 ^ 41 51 ^ 20 19 ^ 97 117 39 45 31 29 45 44 157 204 ^ 16 34 197 208 ^ 963 1,049 62 75 83 91 297 269 79 92 151 165 99 142 225 220 ^ 37 36 131 160 96 75 54 47 57 57 ^ 116 118 207 227 103 139 89 103 287 281 127 133 121 107 39 40 145 144 108 103 7 8 ^ - Territory divided with another LGA
See also List of localities (Victoria) List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Rural City of Benalla
References
External links Benalla Rural City Council official website Link to Land Victoria interactive maps