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Shire of Pyrenees

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Shire of Pyrenees
Victoria

Location in Victoria

Population

7,671 (2021)^[1]

• Density

2.2332/km² (5.7839/sq mi)

Established

1994

Gazetted

23 September 1994^[2]

Area

3,435 km² (1,326.3 sq mi)^[1]

Mayor

Cr Tanya Kehoe

Council seat

Website

LGAs around Shire of Pyrenees:
Northern Grampians	Northern Grampians	Central Goldfields
Ararat	Shire of Pyrenees	Hepburn, Ballarat
Ararat	Corangamite	Golden Plains

The Pyrenees Shire Council offices in Beaufort

The Shire of Pyrenees is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 3,435 square kilometres (1,326 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 7,353.^[1]

It includes the towns of Avoca, Beaufort, Lexton and Trawalla. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Avoca, Shire of Lexton and Shire of Ripon.^[2]^[3]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Pyrenees Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Beaufort, it also has a service centre located in Avoca. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, The Pyrenees Ranges which also gives its name to the Pyrenees wine region, which is located in the north of the Local Government Area.

Council[edit]

Current composition[edit]

The council is composed of five wards and five councillors, with one councillor per ward elected to represent each ward.^[4] Council Composition as of September 2022:

Ward		Notes
Avoca	Ron Eason	Mayor
Beaufort	Damian Ferrari
De Cameron	Robert Vance
Ercildoune	David Clark
Mount Emu	Tanya Kehoe

Administration and governance[edit]

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

Traditional owners[edit]

The traditional owners of this land are the Wadawurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wotjobaluk and Eastern Maar.^[5]

Townships and localities[edit]

In the 2021 census, the shire's population was 7,671, up from 7,238 in the 2016 census.^[6]

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Amphitheatre	248	223
Avoca	1,193	1,356
Barkly^	43	49
Beaufort	1,539	1,712
Bo Peep^	21	25
Brewster	51	47
Buangor^	103	112
Bung Bong^	51	63
Burnbank	59	47
Burrumbeet^	232	249
Carngham	146	171
Carranballac^	42	43
Chepstowe	61	60
Chute	18	13
Cross Roads	19	27
Crowlands^	89	72
Elmhurst^	183	185

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Ercildoune^	70	90
Evansford^	131	147
Eversley^	10	14
Frenchmans	13	7
Glenbrae	30	30
Glenlofty	17	11
Glenlogie^	33	29
Glenpatrick	31	13
Hillcrest	95	99
Homebush	36	31
Lake Goldsmith	29	22
Lake Wongan	8	3
Lamplough	61	49
Landsborough	180	200
Landsborough West^	41	49
Langi Kal Kal	400	336
Lexton	231	284

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Lillicur^	29	85
Linton^	580	635
Main Lead	46	42
Mena Park	27	32
Middle Creek^	19	22
Moonambel	167	185
Mount Emu	26	28
Mount Lonarch	42	44
Natte Yallock^	94	89
Navarre^	98	99
Nerring	15	14
Nowhere Creek	17	20
Percydale	39	22
Pittong^	15	12
Raglan	231	223
Rathscar^	21	19

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Rathscar West	23	31
Redbank^	94	102
Shays Flat^	13	3
Skipton^	586	609
Smythesdale^	1,032	1,189
Snake Valley	743	820
Stockyard Hill	49	49
Stoneleigh^	45	45
Streatham^	156	158
Tanwood	26	15
Trawalla	141	140
Wareek^	68	72
Warrenmang	17	16
Waterloo	110	122
Wattle Creek^	0	0
Waubra^	275	308

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

References[edit]

^ ^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.

^ ^a ^b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S63 of 1994: Order estg the Shire of Pyrenees". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 23 September 1994). pp. 16–23. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

^ Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order altg (Part 12) the Shire of Pyrenees". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 5. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

^ Victorian Electoral Commission. "Pyrenees Shire Council election results 2020". Retrieved 13 September 2022.

^ "Reconciliation". www.pyrenees.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.