The Shire of Indigo, a local government area (LGA) in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, lies in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of and in August 2021 had a population of 17,368. It includes the larger towns of Beechworth, Chiltern, Rutherglen, Wahgunyah and Yackandandah, the smaller towns of Barnawartha and Tangambalanga, and surrounding rural areas.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Indigo Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Beechworth, it also has service centres located in Chiltern, Rutherglen and Yackandandah. The Shire is named after the Indigo Valley and Indigo Creek, geographical features that meander through the LGA and into the Murray River.

In 2008, the Bankwest Quality of Life Index rated Indigo fifteenth of 590 Australian local government areas.

History The Shire of Indigo was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Rutherglen and most of the Shire of Chiltern, Shire of Yackandandah and United Shire of Beechworth.

Council

Current composition As of 22 September 2016, the council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. WardCouncillorNotesUnsubdivided  Jenny O'Connor Mayor, Member of the Greens  Sophie Price Deputy Mayor  Bernard Gaffney   James Trenery   Barbara Murdoch   Larry Goldsworthy   Diane Shepheard

The makeup of the council is as follows:

PartyCouncillors  Unaligned 6  Greens 1 Total 7

Administration and governance The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Beechworth Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Beechworth, and its service centres in Chiltern, Rutherglen and Yackandandah.

Townships and localities The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 17,368 up from 15,952 in the 2016 census

Population Locality 2016 2021 Allans Flat 318 297 Barnawartha 904 987 Beechworth 3,859 4,274 171 181 102 99 Bruarong 77 114 79 82 73 82 1,605 1,580 Chiltern Valley 60 77 96 94 Gooramadda 58 62 Gundowring^ 214 208 219 206 Indigo Valley 329 346 Kergunyah 215 232 Kiewa 474 483 76 84 Norong 118 130 Osbornes Flat 233 285 2,378 2,579 179 200 Staghorn Flat^ 293 368 364 371 Tangambalanga 542 908 Wahgunyah 1,098 1,061 Wooragee 345 342 Yackandandah 1,811 2,008 ^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also List of localities (Victoria)

References

External links Indigo Shire Council official website Metlink local public transport map Link to Land Victoria interactive maps