The Shire of Glenelg is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 19,665.
History
The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Glenelg Shire sits are the Gunditjmara People who are represented by the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation.
Although a shire of the same name existed before the amalgamations of the mid-1990s, the current Shire was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of most of the former Shire of Glenelg with the Shire of Heywood and City of Portland.
During the local government review process in 1993 and 1994, all three former municipalities made submissions to the Local Government Board arguing that the City of Portland should continue to stand alone, even if Glenelg and Heywood were to be merged. However, the Board considered that, despite Portland's industrial character, the city's role as a service and export centre gave it a sufficiently strong connection to its rural hinterland, and proposed to merge the three LGAs into a "Shire of Henty". The name "Glenelg" was substituted later.
center|thumb|Glenelg Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.
Council
Current composition
The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. The current councillors, in order of election at the 2020 election, are:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Ward
! colspan="2" |Party
!Councilor!!Notes
|-
| rowspan="7" |Unsubdivided
| | || Labor
|Gilbert Wilson||
|-
| | || Nationals
|Anita Rank||
|-
| | || Independent
|Karen Stephens||
|-
| | || Independent
|Martin Scott||
|-
| | || Independent
|Michael Carr||
|-
| | || Independent
|Chrissy Hawker||
|-
| | || Independent
|Jayden Smith||
|}
2024 election results
Administration and governance
The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Portland Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Portland, and its service centres in Casterton and Heywood.
Townships and localities
The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 20,152 up from 19,557 in the 2016 census
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population
|-
! Locality !! 2016 !! 2021
|-
| || 128 || 168
|-
| || 35 || 56
|-
| ^ || 98 || 113
|-
| || 601 || 647
|-
| ^ || 351 || 304
|-
| ^ || 50 || 39
|-
| || 4 || 11
|-
| ^ || 123 || 129
|-
| || 150 || 151
|-
| ^ || 70 || 67
|-
| || 228 || 197
|-
| || 1,668 || 1,673
|-
| ^ || 86 || 85
|-
| ^ || 17 || 15
|-
| || 121 || 104
|-
| || 33 || 27
|-
| || 322 || 299
|-
| ^ || 43 || 57
|-
| || 124 || 122
|-
| || 47 || 46
|-
| || 152 || 160
|-
| || 73 || 70
|-
| || 116 || 91
|-
| || 188 || 236
|-
| || 227 || 237
|-
| || 18 || 54
|-
| || 51 || 58
|-
| || 237 || 238
|-
| || 60 || 75
|-
| || 1,726 || 1,815
|-
| || 23 || 36
|-
| || 45 || 34
|-
| || 8 || 9
|-
| ^ || 6 || 9
|-
| || 29 || 37
|-
| || 7 || 9
|-
| || 29 || 31
|-
| || 253 || 249
|-
| || 63 || 46
|-
| || 43 || 42
|-
| || 111 || 100
|-
| ^ || 31 || 29
|-
| || 73 || 64
|-
| || 14 || 17
|-
| ^ || 93 || 79
|-
| || 387 || 462
|-
| || 190 || 191
|-
| || 30 || 33
|-
| || 9,712 || 10,016
|-
| || 625 || 708
|-
| || 569 || 619
|-
| || 144 || 130
|-
| || 183 || 176
|-
| ^ || 36 || 30
|-
| || 20 || 20
|-
| || 21 || 17
|-
| ^ || 212 || 198
|-
| ^ || 113 || 94
|-
| || 48 || 41
|-
| ^ || 104 || 96
|-
| || 28 || 46
|-
| || 20 || 14
|}
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
See also
- List of places of worship in Glenelg Shire
- List of localities (Victoria)
References
External links
- Glenelg Shire Council official website
- Metlink local public transport map
- Link to Land Victoria interactive maps