Mitchell Shire
Local government area
Location in Victoria
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Region	Hume Goulburn Valley
Established	1994
Council seat	Broadford
Government
• Mayor	Cr Louise Bannister
• State electorates	Euroa Kalkallo Yan Yean
• Federal divisions	Bendigo McEwen Nicholls
Area [2]
• Total	2,862 km2 (1,105 sq mi)
Population
• Total	61,362
• Density	21.440/km2 (55.530/sq mi)
Gazetted	18 November 1994[1]
Website	Mitchell Shire
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Mitchell Shire is alocal government area in theHume region ofVictoria,Australia, located North of Melbourne. It covers an area of 2,862 square kilometres (1,105 sq mi) and, in April 2024, had a projected population of 61,362.^[3] Larger towns includeBeveridge,Broadford,Kilmore,Seymour,Tallarook,Pyalong andWallan.

The Shire is governed and administered by Mitchell Shire Council; itsseat of local government 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 Britishsurveyor andexplorer, MajorThomas 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 regional municipality. By 2041 it is expected that 170,000 people will live in Mitchell Shire.^[3] It is anticipated that most of this growth will occur in and around the southern townships of Beveridge, Kilmore/Kilmore East and Wallan.

The Mitchell Shire was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of theShire of Pyalong, theShire of Kilmore, most of theShire of Broadford andRural City of Seymour, and parts of theShire of McIvor.^[1]

2020 and 2024 ward boundaries. Expand the map and click on a ward to see the ward name

The Council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.^[4]

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.

Mitchell Shire has a population of 61,362.^[4] Individual locality populations are based on the most recent available data on ID Forecast^[6]

• List of localities (Victoria)
• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Shire of Mitchell

• Mitchell Shire Council official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
• Interactive map of Victorian local government areas (pre-1994 vs present) -Victorian Government - Digital Twin Victoria

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