Shire of Central Goldfields is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of and, in August 2021 had a population of 13,483.

Councillors elected at the 2024 election are:

{| class="wikitable"

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!Ward!! colspan="2" |Councillor!!Notes

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| Flynn

| | ||Liesbeth Long

|

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|Maryborough Central

| | || Gerard Murphy||

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|Maryborough East

| | || Jake Meyer||

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|Maryborough North

| | || Geoff Bartlett||

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|Maryborough West

| | || Grace La Vella||

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| Paddys Ranges

| | || Ben Green||Mayor

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| Tullaroop

| | || Anna De Villiers||Deputy

|}

Administration and governance

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

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 13,483, up from 12,995 in the 2016 census.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

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! colspan="3" | Population

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! Locality !! 2016 !! 2021

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| || 81 || 85

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| || 201 || 195

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| || 65 || 63

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| ^ || 21 || 23

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| ^ || 6 || 12

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| ^ || 206 || 213

|-

| || 129 || 135

|-

| || 102 || 101

|-

| || 181 || 209

|-

| || 56 || 46

|-

| || 3 || 3

|-

| ^ || 1,115 || 1,192

|-

| || 12 || 20

|-

| || 57 || 62

|-

| || 385 || 398

|-

| || 58 || 83

|-

| || 36 || 36

|-

| ^ || 893 || 899

|-

| ^ || 96 || 113

|-

| ^ || 32 || 37

|-

| || 87 || 97

|-

| ^ || 36 || 37

|-

| || 74 || 83

|-

| ^ || * || #

|-

| ^ || 12 || 20

|-

| || 211 || 198

|-

| || 7,921 || 8,160

|-

| ^ || 88 || 80

|-

| ^ || 32 || 44

|-

| Moonlight Flat || 77 || 85

|-

| || 85 || 92

|-

| || 19 || 18

|-

| ^ || 94 || 89

|-

| ^ || 21 || 19

|-

| || 120 || 111

|-

| || 69 || 76

|-

| ^ || 24 || 33

|-

| || 442 || 452

|-

| || 58 || 68

|-

| || 24 || 23

|-

| ^ || 68 || 72

|}

^ - Territory divided with another LGA<br>

* - Not noted in 2016 Census<br>

# - Not noted in 2021 Census

See also

List of localities (Victoria)

References

  • Central Goldfields Shire Council official website
  • Metlink local public transport map
  • Link to Land Victoria interactive maps