The Shire of Moorabool is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of and, in June 2018, had a population of 34,158. It includes the towns of Ballan, Bacchus Marsh, Balliang, Mount Wallace, Myrniong, Blackwood, Greendale, Gordon, Korweinguboora and Mount Egerton, Bungaree, Elaine and Wallace.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Moorabool Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ballan, it also has service centres located in Bacchus Marsh and Darley. The Shire is named after the Moorabool River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the area, which is named after the Wathawurrung word moo-roo-bul referring to a Bunyip-like creature that lives in the river.
History The Shire of Moorabool was formed in May 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Ballan and parts of the Shire of Bungaree and Shire of Buninyong. In December 1994, the Shire was expanded to include the Shire of Bacchus Marsh and the Balliang East area of the City of Werribee.
Council
Current composition The council is composed of four wards and seven councillors, with four councillors elected to represent the East Moorabool Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards. Council Composition as of September 2022: WardCouncillorNotesCentral Moorabool Paul Tatchell East Moorabool Rod Ward Tonia Dudzik Deputy Mayor Moira Berry David Edwards West Moorabool Tom Sullivan Mayor Woodlands Ally Munari
Administration and governance The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Ballan Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Ballan, and its service centre in Bacchus Marsh. Townships and localities In the 2021 census, the shire's population was 37,632, compared to 31,818 in the 2016 census.
Population Locality 2016 2021 6,394 7,808 2,985 3,392 ^ 290 254 147 199 42 41 36 39 149 165 295 387 29 43 25 48 ^ 99 77 55 61 43 32 269 302 ^ 3,714 3,797 35 38 145 163 24 35 67 75 416 409 29 41 398 403 8,372 9,190 244 259 ^ 392 408 228 232 19 18 ^ 103 110 63 75 1,151 1,393 602 623 ^ 99 113 798 914 50 96 77 75 ^ 168 196 476 621 63 65 0 0 361 343 3,453 5,491 374 397 156 180 ^ 89 105 ^ 128 118 130 118 582 706 113 117 404 387 253 276 ^ 170 188 185 158 75 79 192 231 ^ 258 244 36 42 111 117 187 227 ^ 669 721 ^ 97 104 307 320
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
References
External links
Metlink local public transport map Link to Land Victoria interactive maps