The Shire of Indigo, a local government area (LGA) in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, lies in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of and in August 2021 had a population of 17,368.

History

The Shire of Indigo was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Rutherglen and most of the Shire of Chiltern, Shire of Yackandandah and United Shire of Beechworth.

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

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| rowspan="7"|Unsubdivided

| | || Jenny O'Connor || Mayor, Member of the Greens

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| | || Sophie Price || Deputy Mayor

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| | || Bernard Gaffney ||

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| | || James Trenery ||

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| | || Barbara Murdoch ||

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| | || Larry Goldsworthy ||

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| | || Diane Shepheard ||

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The makeup of the council is as follows:

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!colspan="2"|Party!!Councillors

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| Unaligned

| align=right | 6

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| Greens

| align=right | 1

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| Total

| align=right | 7

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Administration and governance

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

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 17,368 up from 15,952 in the 2016 census

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! colspan="3" | Population

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! Locality !! 2016 !! 2021

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| Allans Flat || 318 || 297

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| Barnawartha || 904 || 987

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| Beechworth || 3,859 || 4,274

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| || 171 || 181

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| || 102 || 99

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| Bruarong || 77 || 114

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| || 79 || 82

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| || 73 || 82

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| || 1,605 || 1,580

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| Chiltern Valley || 60 || 77

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| || 96 || 94

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| Gooramadda || 58 || 62

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| Gundowring^ || 214 || 208

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| || 219 || 206

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| Indigo Valley || 329 || 346

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| Kergunyah || 215 || 232

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| Kiewa || 474 || 483

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| || 76 || 84

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| Norong || 118 || 130

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| Osbornes Flat || 233 || 285

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| || 2,378 || 2,579

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| || 179 || 200

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| Staghorn Flat^ || 293 || 368

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| || 364 || 371

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| Tangambalanga || 542 || 908

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| Wahgunyah || 1,098 || 1,061

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| Wooragee || 345 || 342

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| Yackandandah || 1,811 || 2,008

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^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

  • List of localities (Victoria)

References

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