The Shire of Corangamite is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of and in 2021 had a population of 16,115. It includes the towns of Camperdown, Terang, Cobden, Timboon, Port Campbell and Skipton.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Corangamite Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Camperdown. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, Lake Corangamite, which is located on the eastern boundary of the LGA.
History The Shire of Corangamite came into existence on 23 September 1994 from the amalgamation of the Town of Camperdown, the vast bulk of the Shire of Hampden and the Shire of Heytesbury, the Simpson and Princetown districts of the Shire of Otway, and small parts of the Shire of Mortlake and Shire of Warrnambool around Lake Keilambete.
Council
Current composition The council is composed of seven wards and seven councillors, with one councillor elected to represent each ward. WardPartyCouncillorNotesLake Keilambete Independent Geraldine Conheady Gnotuk Independent Ruth Gstrein Leura Independent Laurie Hickey Cooriemungle Independent Jamie Vogels Mount Elephant Independent Nicholas Cole Tandarook Independent Joanne Beard Elingamite Independent Kate Makin
Administration and governance The Council meets at the Killara Centre in Camperdown while its main Council offices are located at 181 Manifold Street.
Townships and localities In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 16,115, compared to 16,051 in the 2016 census.
Population Locality 2016 2021 ^ 44 39 ^ 40 37 163 159 146 142 83 85 59 46 ^ 116 127 17 19 3,369 3,354 ^ 135 168 ^ 134 115 ^ 36 42 67 61 1,839 1,804 80 72 364 311 37 34 ^ 175 176 ^ 9 10 28 25 ^ 124 125 ^ 107 84 415 386 131 148 33 23 ^ 188 222 55 57 78 118 19 31 ^ 243 248 ^ 13 19 135 131 ^ 56 63 108 123 99 120 52 39 29 16 ^ 188 185 94 94 42 44 29 28 ^ 142 188 * # 64 66 420 472 51 44 ^ 58 61 71 66 69 59 ^ 14 12 ^ 333 318 20 17 31 36 ^ 247 322 ^ 113 132 ^ 15 12 62 73 25 42 71 48 478 440 241 236 248 214 ^ 569 583 65 70 ^ 586 609 109 124 ^ 51 65 19 46 ^ 22 25 ^ 2,288 2,254 112 110 1,202 1,250 54 57 39 37 28 32 15 0 6 11 117 121 ^ 60 66 ^ - Territory divided with another LGA * - Not noted in 2016 Census # - Not noted in 2021 Census
See also List of localities in Victoria (Australia) List of places of worship in Corangamite Shire
References
External links
Corangamite Shire Council official website Metlink local public transport map Link to Land Victoria interactive maps