Rural City of Ararat
| Rural City of Ararat Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 11,880 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.8212/km2 (7.307/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 23 September 1994[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4,211 km2 (1,625.9 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Cr Jo Armstrong [3] | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Ararat | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Grampians | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wannon | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Rural City of Ararat | ||||||||||||||
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The Rural City of Ararat is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 4,211 square kilometres (1,626 sq mi) and in the 2021 had a population of 11,880.[4]
It includes the towns of Ararat, Armstrong, Dunneworthy, Lake Bolac, Moyston, Pomonal, Streatham, Tatyoon, Wickliffe and Willaura. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Ararat, Shire of Ararat and parts of the Shire of Mortlake and Shire of Stawell.[1][5]
The Rural City is governed and administered by the Ararat Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ararat. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the north of the LGA, that is Ararat, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 8,076.[6]
Traditional owners
[edit]The traditional owners of this are the Djab Wurrung.[7]
Council
[edit]Current composition
[edit]The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.[8] Composition as of September 2022:
| Ward | Councillor | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsubdivided | Cr Gwenda Allgood | ||
| Cr Jo Armstrong | Mayor | ||
| Cr Peter Beales | |||
| Cr William Waterston | |||
| Cr Bob Sanders | Deputy Mayor | ||
| Cr Henry Burridge | |||
| Cr Rob Armstrong | |||
2020 election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent National | Jo Armstrong (elected 1) | 2,770 | 38.49 | ||
| Independent | William Waterston (elected 3) | 862 | 11.98 | ||
| Independent | Bob Sanders (elected 4) | 731 | 10.16 | ||
| Independent | Gwenda Allgood (elected 6) | 538 | 7.48 | ||
| Independent | Henry Burridge (elected 5) | 537 | 7.46 | ||
| Independent | Neil Manning | 351 | 4.88 | ||
| Independent | Peter Beales (elected 2) | 317 | 4.41 | ||
| Independent | Rob Armstrong (elected 7) | 295 | 4.10 | ||
| Independent | Jane Goninon | 284 | 3.95 | ||
| Independent | Colin McKenzie | 212 | 2.95 | ||
| Independent | Bernardine Atkinson | 165 | 2.29 | ||
| Independent | Cecilia Fresle | 134 | 1.86 | ||
| Total formal votes | 7,196 | 95.90 | |||
| Informal votes | 308 | 4.10 | |||
| Turnout | 7,504 | 83.80 | |||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Independent | 4,426 | 61.51 | |||
| Independent National | 2,770 | 38.49 | |||
| Party total seats | Seats | ± | |||
| Independent | 6 | 
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| Independent National | 1 |
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Administration and governance
[edit]The Ararat Rural City Council meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 6pm in the Council Chamber at the Ararat Shire Hall, 239 Barkly Street, Ararat. The Ararat Municipal Offices, 59 Vincent Street, Ararat, is the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at this location and is open from 8.15am to 5.15pm on week days.
Townships and localities
[edit]The 2021 census, the rural city had a population of 11,880 up from 11,600 in the 2016 census[11]
| Population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Ararat | 8,297 | 8,500 |
| Armstrong | 88 | 90 |
| Ballyrogan | 67 | 77 |
| Bayindeen | 21 | 22 |
| Black Range^ | 189 | 274 |
| Bornes Hill | 30 | 33 |
| Buangor^ | 103 | 112 |
| Carranballac^ | 42 | 43 |
| Cathcart | 91 | 110 |
| Chatsworth^ | 44 | 49 |
| Crowlands^ | 89 | 72 |
| Denicull Creek | 27 | 19 |
| Dobie | 42 | 33 |
| Population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Dunkeld^ | 678 | 688 |
| Dunneworthy^ | 19 | 15 |
| Elmhurst^ | 183 | 185 |
| Eversley^ | 10 | 14 |
| Glenlogie^ | 33 | 29 |
| Glenthompson^ | 232 | 256 |
| Great Western^ | 400 | 425 |
| Halls Gap^ | 430 | 495 |
| Lake Bolac | 330 | 368 |
| Langi Logan | 25 | 23 |
| Mafeking | 19 | 20 |
| Maroona | 110 | 80 |
| Population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Middle Creek^ | 19 | 22 |
| Mininera | 62 | 51 |
| Mount Cole | 21 | 21 |
| Mount Cole Creek | 5 | 10 |
| Moyston | 348 | 403 |
| Narrapumelap South | 30 | 31 |
| Nerrin Nerrin^ | 38 | 48 |
| Norval | 38 | 40 |
| Pomonal^ | 322 | 356 |
| Pura Pura^ | 37 | 47 |
| Rhymney | 60 | 56 |
| Rocky Point | 0 | 4 |
| Population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Rossbridge | 32 | 27 |
| Stavely | 37 | 47 |
| Stoneleigh^ | 45 | 45 |
| Streatham^ | 156 | 158 |
| Tatyoon | 130 | 130 |
| Warrak | 66 | 68 |
| Westmere | 40 | 62 |
| Wickliffe | 113 | 123 |
| Willaura | 530 | 439 |
| Willaura North | 30 | 33 |
| Woorndoo^ | 169 | 160 |
| Yalla-Y-Poora | 16 | 13 |
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S63 of 1994: Order estg the Rural City of Ararat". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 23 September 1994). pp. 23–29. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Profiles". Ararat Rural City. Ararat Rural City. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "2021 Ararat, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order altg (Part 3) the Rural City of Ararat". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). pp. 2–3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ Census QuickStats (2011). "Ararat (SS) – SSC20024". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Government of Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ managerARArat213 (1 August 2016). "History". www.ararat.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Victorian Electoral Commission. "Ararat Rural City Council election results 2020". Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Ararat Rural City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "Jo Armstrong appointed to Victorian Nationals executive". The Ararat Advertiser.
- ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
External links
[edit]- Ararat Rural City Council official website
- Metlink local public transport map
- Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
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