thumb|Ovens River seen from [[Murray Valley Highway]]
Moira Shire is a local government area in the Northern Victoria Region of Victoria, Australia. Located in the north-east part of the state, it covers an area of . As at August 2021 the population was 30,522.
In the Local Government Board's initial proposal, the Shire was to be called "Muckatah". was taken from the locality of Muckatah situated near the geographic centre of the LGA, and the Muckatah Depression, a drainage basin extending across much of the Shire from Boomahnoomoonah (south-east of Yarrawonga) to Numurkah.center|thumb|425x425px|Moira 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 nine councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.
In the wake of a report detailing the "preventable" murder of a senior manager, the Moira Shire council was dismissed by the Minister for Local Government, Melissa Horne on 7 March 2023. An interim administrator has been appointed. Elections for a new council will not be held until 2028.
Administration and governance
The council meets in various locations around the Shire. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Cobram and its service centre in Yarrawonga.
Townships and localities
In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 30,522, up from 29,112 in the 2016 census.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population
|-
! Locality !! 2016 !! 2021
|-
| || 26 || 31
|-
| || 282 || 229
|-
| || 62 || 76
|-
| || 145 || 167
|-
| || 22 || 14
|-
| || 105 || 108
|-
| || 43 || 42
|-
| || 428 || 512
|-
| || 51 || 42
|-
| || 197 || 241
|-
| || 24 || 24
|-
| || 6,014 || 6,148
|-
| || 242 || 232
|-
| || 41 || 41
|-
| || 9 || 17
|-
| || 610 || 601
|-
| || 85 || 93
|-
| || 401 || 453
|-
| || 35 || 30
|-
| || 996 || 1,025
|-
| || 296 || 305
|-
| || 105 || 132
|-
| || 66 || 70
|-
| || 25 || 30
|-
| ^ || 111 || 98
|-
| || 213 || 170
|-
| || 119 || 138
|-
| || 14 || 20
|-
| || 120 || 122
|-
| || 1,880 || 1,982
|-
| || 4,477 || 4,604
|-
| ^ || 184 || 177
|-
| || 33 || 29
|-
| || 207 || 206
|-
| || 9 || 14
|-
| || 132 || 123
|-
| || 1,052 || 1,072
|-
| || 24 || 21
|-
| || 408 || 449
|-
| || 23 || 17
|-
| || 390 || 420
|-
| || 40 || 52
|-
| || 166 || 192
|-
| || 334 || 326
|-
| || 101 || 104
|-
| || 27 || 32
|-
| || 206 || 222
|-
| || 7,930 || 8,661
|-
| || 15 || 15
|-
| || 548 || 551
|-
| || 87 || 93
|-
| || 59 || 56
|-
| || 39 || 34
|-
| || 44 || 52
|}
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
See also
- List of localities (Victoria)
- List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Shire of Moira
References
External links
- Moira Shire Council official website
- Metlink local public transport map
- Link to Land Victoria interactive maps