Rural City y of Horsham
Victoria
Municipal offices in Horsham
Location in Victoria
Population19,875 (2018)[1]
 • Density4.6578/km2 (12.0637/sq mi)
Established1995
Gazetted20 January 1995[2]
Area4,267 km2 (1,647.5 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Robyn Gulline
Council seatHorsham
RegionGrampians
State electorate(s)Lowan
Federal division(s)Mallee
WebsiteRural City y of Horsham
LGAs around Rural City y of Horsham:
Hindmarsh Hindmarsh Yarriambiack
West Wimmera Rural City y of Horsham Northern Grampians
Southern Grampians Southern Grampians Northern Grampians

The Rural City of Horsham is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 4,267 square kilometres (1,647 sq mi) and in June 2018, had a population of 19,875.[1] It includes the towns of Brimpaen, Dadswells Bridge, Dooen, Haven, Horsham, Laharum, Natimuk, Noradjuha and Pimpinio. It was formed in 1995 by the amalgamation of the City of Horsham, most of the Shire of Wimmera and Shire of Arapiles, and part of the Shire of Kowree.[2]

The Rural City is governed and administered by the Horsham Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Horsham. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the north-east of the LGA, that is Horsham, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 16,514.[3]

The city was winner of Australia's tidiest town in 2001. There is a shopping precinct that offers coffee shops and restaurants. Horsham is the capital of the region and hosts events from sport to cultural interests. The Horsham golf course is known as country Victoria's best, as awarded from the pro-am circuit. The region is the site of lakes and a Wimmera River system and in normal seasons is popular with fishing, boating, swimming and water enthusiasts.

Traditional owners

There are multiple traditional owners of this land, they are Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Jupagulk, Wergaia and Wotjobaluk people.[4]

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:[5]

Ward Party Councillor Notes
Unsubdivided   Independent Penny Flynn
  Independent Di Bell
  Independent Robyn Gulline
  Independent Leslie Power
  Independent Ian Ross
  Independent Claudia Haenel
  Independent David Bowe

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Horsham Civic Centre, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre in Horsham.

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the rural city had a population of 20,429 up from 19,642 in the 2016 census[6]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Arapiles * #
Blackheath * #
Brimpaen^ 79 80
Bungalally 95 93
Clear Lake 78 57
Dadswells Bridge^ 71 69
Dooen 240 250
Douglas^ 65 74
Drung 147 119
Duchembegarra 38 47
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Grass Flat^ * #
Haven 1,304 1,443
Horsham 14,543 15,134
Jilpander * #
Jung^ 241 #
Kalkee 52 48
Kanagulk 18 28
Kewell^ 48 57
Laharum^ 196 162
Longerenong^ * 237
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Lower Norton 231 236
McKenzie Creek 136 140
Mitre^ 69 66
Mockinya 33 30
Murra Warra^ 72 63
Natimuk 514 548
Noradjuha 83 89
Nurrabiel 61 43
Pimpinio 184 191
Quantong 310 354
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Riverside 276 287
St Helens Plains 42 40
Telangatuk East 65 75
Tooan 19 23
Toolondo 59 74
Vectis 179 184
Wail 42 44
Wartook^ 84 88
Wonwondah 103 114

^ - Territory divided with another LGA
* - Not noted in 2016 Census
# - Not noted in 2021 Census

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order estg (Part 9) the Rural City of Horsham". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 4. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2008 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners". www.hrcc.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Horsham Rural City Council election results 2020". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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