Mitchell Shire is a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...

in the Hume region of Victoria,

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, located North of Melbourne. It covers an area of and, in April 2024, had a projected population of 61,362. Larger towns include Beveridge, Broadford, Kilmore, Seymour,

Tallarook Tallarook is a town the Shire of Mitchell local government area in central Victoria, Australia. The town is in on the Hume Highway, north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Tallarook had a population of 789. Tallarook Post Office ope ...

Pyalong Pyalong is a town in central Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Northern Highway, Victoria, Northern Highway, in the Shire of Mitchell Local government in Australia, local government area, from the state capi ...

and Wallan. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Pyalong, the Shire of Kilmore, most of the Shire of Broadford, and parts of the Shire of McIvor and Rural City of Seymour. The Shire is governed and administered by Mitchell Shire Council; its

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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

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and

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, 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 municipality. As an interface growth area, it offers a mix of rural and urban living with affordable housing and a diversity of lifestyle and housing choices. By 2041 it is expected that 170,000 people will live in Mitchell Shire. It is anticipated that most of this growth will occur in and around the southern townships of Beveridge, Kilmore/Kilmore East and Wallan.

Council

Current composition

The Council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.

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

Mitchell Shire has a population of 61,362. Individual locality populations are based on the most recent available data on ID Forecast

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