{{about|the local government area in Victoria|the former local government area in New South Wales|Mitchell Shire (New South Wales)}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = Mitchell Shire | state = vic | image = Australia Victoria Mitchell Shire.svg | caption = Location in Victoria | pop = 61,362 | pop_year = | pop_footnotes = | gazetted = 18 November 1994<ref name=Gazette>{{cite web |url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1994&class=S&page_num=4&state=V&classNum=S87 |title=S87 of 1994: Order estg (Part 10) the Mitchell Shire |author=Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive |year=1837–1997 |website=State Library of Victoria |publisher=State Government of Victoria |publication-date=18 November 1994 |page=4 |access-date=10 January 2014}}</ref> | area = 2862 | area_footnotes = <ref name="ABSLGA">{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=27 March 2019|access-date=25 October 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.</ref> | mayor = Cr Louise Bannister | seat = Broadford | region = Hume<br>Goulburn Valley | stategov = Euroa | stategov2 = Kalkallo | stategov3 = Yan Yean | fedgov = Bendigo | fedgov2 = McEwen | fedgov3 = Nicholls | logo = Mitchell Shire Council logo.jpg | url = http://www.mitchellshire.vic.gov.au | near-n = Greater Bendigo | near-ne = Strathbogie | near-e = Murrindindi | near-se = Nillumbik | near-s = Whittlesea | near-sw = Hume | near-w = Macedon Ranges | near-nw = Mount Alexander | logo_upright = 1.2 | est = 1994 }} '''Mitchell Shire''' is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located North of Melbourne. It covers an area of {{convert|2862|km2|mi2}} and, in April 2024, had a projected population of 61,362.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Mitchell Shire {{!}} Population forecast |url=https://forecast.id.com.au/mitchell/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=forecast.id.com.au}}</ref> Larger towns include Beveridge, Broadford, Kilmore, Seymour, Tallarook, Pyalong and Wallan.
The Shire is governed and administered by Mitchell Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the Council headquarters in Broadford, it also has service centres located in Kilmore, Beveridge, Seymour and Wallan. The Shire is named after an early British surveyor and explorer, Major Thomas Mitchell, who explored the south-eastern part of Australia, and whose return route for his third expedition passed through the present-day LGA.
The Shire is Victoria’s fastest growing regional municipality. By 2041 it is expected that 170,000 people will live in Mitchell Shire.<ref name=":0" /> It is anticipated that most of this growth will occur in and around the southern townships of Beveridge, Kilmore/Kilmore East and Wallan.
== History == The Mitchell Shire was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Pyalong, the Shire of Kilmore, most of the Shire of Broadford and Rural City of Seymour, and parts of the Shire of McIvor.<ref name="Gazette" /> center|thumb|Mitchell Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.|320x320px
==Council== ===Current composition=== {{Victoria LGA ward map|year=2020 and 2024|lga=Mitchell}} The Council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.<ref name="Council">{{cite web |author=Mitchell Shire Council |title=Mitchell Shire Council |url=https://www.mitchellshire.vic.gov.au/council/councillors-and-elections/meet-our-mayor-and-councillors |access-date=27 January 2025 |website=Mitchell Shire Council |publisher=State Government of Victoria}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- !Ward!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!Notes |- | rowspan="3"|Central | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Nathan Clark || Independent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/voting/2020-local-council-election/elections/mitchell-shire-council/nominations |title=Nominations {{!}} Victorian Electoral Commission |website=www.vec.vic.gov.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929040023/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/voting/2020-local-council-election/elections/mitchell-shire-council/nominations |archive-date=2020-09-29}} </ref> |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Timothy Hanson || Independent |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Bob Humm || Independent |- | rowspan="3"|North | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || John Dougall (Mayor) || Independent |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Ned Jeffery || Independent |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Andrea Pace || Independent |- | rowspan="3"|South | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Bob Cornish (Deputy Mayor) || Independent |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Riley Evans || Independent |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Claudia James || Independent |}
===Administration and governance=== Mitchell Shire Council meets in the Council Chambers at Mitchell Civic Centre in Broadford. It also has Customer and Library Service Centres in Broadford, Kilmore, Seymour and Wallan.
==Townships and localities== The population of Mitchell Shire has grown significantly over the early 21st century. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing, the population was 30,928 in 2006,<ref>{{cite web |title=Mitchell (S) Census QuickStats 2006 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/LGA24850 |access-date=26 May 2026}}</ref> 34,637 in 2011,<ref>{{cite web |title=Mitchell (S) Census QuickStats 2011 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/LGA24850 |access-date=26 May 2026}}</ref> 40,918 in 2016,<ref>{{cite web |title=Mitchell Shire (LGA) Census QuickStats 2016 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/LGA24850 |access-date=26 May 2026}}</ref> and 49,460 in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mitchell Shire (LGA) Census QuickStats 2021 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/LGA24850 |access-date=26 May 2026}}</ref> The forecast population for 2026 is 69,600.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mitchell Shire population forecast |publisher=forecast.id |url=https://forecast.id.com.au/mitchell/ |access-date=26 May 2026}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Locality !! 2006 !! 2011 !! 2016 !! 2021 |- | Avenel^ || 815 || 1,047 || 1,049 || 1,112 |- | Beveridge^ || 1,193 || 870 || 2,328 || 4,642 |- | Broadford || 3,621 || 4,175 || 4,319 || 4,592 |- | Bylands^ || # || # || 131 || 117 |- | Clonbinane || 686 || 381 || 333 || 347 |- | Flowerdale^ || # || 429 || 689 || 790 |- | Forbes || # || # || 121 || 158 |- | Glenaroua || # || # || 156 || 208 |- | Glenhope || # || # || 76 || 66 |- | Glenhope East || # || # || 26 || 17 |- | Heathcote Junction || 885 || 847 || 838 || 811 |- | Heathcote South || # || # || 18 || 22 |- | High Camp || # || # || 106 || 122 |- | Highlands^ || # || 219 || 122 || 151 |- | Hilldene || 405 || 452 || 340 || 330 |- | Kilmore || 5,231 || 6,678 || 7,955 || 9,207 |- | Kilmore East || # || 351 || 418 || 450 |- | Mangalore^ || # || 210 || 180 || 183 |- | Mia Mia^ || # || 264 || 173 || 213 |- | Moranding || # || # || 185 || 193 |- | Northwood || # || # || 193 || 203 |- | Nulla Vale || # || # || 69 || 96 |- | Puckapunyal || 1,177 || 1,154 || 1,075 || 1,108 |- | Pyalong || 653 || 735 || 660 || 772 |- | Reedy Creek || # || 242 || 164 || 157 |- | Seymour || 6,301 || 6,370 || 6,332 || 6,569 |- | Sugarloaf Creek || 506 || 314 || 247 || 255 |- | Sunday Creek || # || # || 309 || 368 |- | Tallarook || 774 || 789 || 734 || 748 |- | Tarcombe^ || # || # || 39 || 32 |- | Tooborac || 275 || 404 || 309 || 319 |- | Trawool^ || # || # || 108 || 90 |- | Tyaak || # || # || 70 || 85 |- | Upper Plenty || 504 || 324 || 338 || 415 |- | Wallan || 6,641 || 8,504 || 11,076 || 15,004 |- | Wandong || 1,533 || 1,293 || 1,343 || 1,477 |- | Waterford Park || 205 || 202 || 192 || 217 |- | Whiteheads Creek || 522 || 373 || 353 || 347 |- | Willowmavin || 474 || 498 || 221 || 241 |- |} '''^''' - ''Territory divided with another LGA''<br> '''#''' - ''Not noted in Census''
==See also== * List of localities (Victoria) * List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Shire of Mitchell
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==External links== *[http://www.mitchellshire.vic.gov.au/ Mitchell Shire Council official website] *[http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/location/view/32 Metlink local public transport map] *[http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/jsp/map/InteractiveMapIntro.jsp Link to Land Victoria interactive maps] * {{Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link}}
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