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This is a list of Municipalities and their suburbs (neighbourhoods), townships, and rural localities in the greater metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Suburbs are defined here as localities within the legislated Urban Growth Boundary, [1] all of which have some urban development. This line is the effective boundary of suburban ...
Different councils have different numbers of councillors. All local government areas (i.e. cities, rural cities, shires and boroughs) are governed in a similar fashion, with an elected council, one of whom is the mayor (in shires the mayor may use the title "president"; the City of Melbourne has the title "lord mayor").
Although the names of localities may in some cases be the same as parishes (surveyed cadastral divisions), their boundaries often differ.For instance the locality of Tyrendarra contains part of the parish of Narrawong to the west of the Fitzroy River, due to the township being established on the western border of the parish and postal services etc.to that area being supplied from Tyrendarra ...
Types of LGAs. Victoria LGAs by largest council faction as of 2025. This is a list of local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria, sorted by region.. Also referred to as municipalities, the 79 Victorian LGAs are classified as cities (34), shires (38), rural cities (6) and boroughs (1).
The figures below broadly represent the populations of the contiguous built-up area of each city or town as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.The population figures are drawn from the Australian Census Urban Centres and Localities data, where an "urban centre" is defined as a population cluster of 1,000 or more people. [1]
The Hume is an economic rural region [2] located in the north-eastern part of Victoria, Australia. [3] Comprising an area in excess of 40,000 square kilometres (15,000 sq mi) with a population that has grown from 263,000 (in 2011) to 309,684 (in 2021), the Hume region includes the local government areas of Alpine Shire, Rural City of Benalla, City of Wodonga, City of Greater Shepparton, Shire ...
The Rural City of Ararat is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 4,211 square kilometres (1,626 sq mi) and in the 2021 had a population of 11,880.
The Shire of Loddon is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the northern part of the state. It covers an area of 6,696 square kilometres (2,585 sq mi) and in 2021 had a population of 7,759. [3] It includes the towns of Inglewood, Boort, Serpentine, Pyramid Hill and Wedderburn.