Shire of Hepburn

Hepburn Shire Council
Local government area
Location in Victoria
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionGrampians
Established1995
Council seatDaylesford
Government
 • MayorTony Clark
 • State electorates
 • Federal division
Area
[1]
 • Total
1,473 km2 (569 sq mi)
Population
 • Total16,604 (2021)[1]
 • Density11.272/km2 (29.195/sq mi)
Gazetted19 January 1995[2]
WebsiteHepburn Shire Council
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The Shire of Hepburn is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. Located in the central part of the state, it covers an area of 1,473 square kilometres (569 mi2). The 2021 census recorded a population of 16,604 in the shire.[1]

Notable settlements include Clunes, Creswick, Daylesford, Hepburn Springs, Trentham, Allendale, Denver, Glenlyon, Kingston, Leonards Hill, Lyonville, Newlyn and Smeaton.

The shire is governed and administered by the Hepburn Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Daylesford. It also has a service centre located in Creswick. The shire is named after an early squatter named John Hepburn, who established the Smeaton Hill pastoral run, which was located a few kilometres north of present-day Creswick.[3]

History

The Shire of Hepburn was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Creswick, Shire of Daylesford and Glenlyon, the Trentham district of the Shire of Kyneton, and the Clunes district of the Shire of Talbot and Clunes.[2]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors, the councillors are:[4]

Ward Party Councillor Notes
  Independent Pat Hockey
  Independent Lesley Hewitt
  Independent Shirley Cornish
  Independent Brian Hood
  Independent Don Henderson
  Greens Tim Drylie
  Independent Tony Clark

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Daylesford Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Daylesford, and its service centre in Creswick.

Election results

2024

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Grampians § Hepburn results.[edit]
2024 Victorian local elections: Hepburn [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Don Henderson (elected 1) 2,440 23.48
Independent Brian Hood (elected 2) 1,540 14.82
Independent Lesley Hewitt (elected 3) 1,079 10.38
Greens Tim Drylie (elected 5) 963 9.27
Independent Pat Hockey (elected 6) 768 7.39
Independent Tony Clark (elected 4) 660 6.35
Independent Shirley Cornish (elected 7) 618 5.95
Independent Christian Porochowsky 537 5.17
Independent Derek Sedgman 492 4.73
Independent Cameron Stone 438 4.21
Independent Bernie Winfield-Gray 434 4.18
Independent Benny Pettersson 423 4.07
Total formal votes 10,392 94.29
Informal votes 629 5.71
Turnout 11,021 83.30

Townships and localities

At the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 16,604, up from 15,330 at the 2016 census census.[6]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Allendale 166 185
Bald Hills^ 107 114
Basalt 10 23
Blampied 212 237
Broomfield 228 213
Bullarook^ 99 77
Bullarto 73 89
Bullarto South^ 33 48
Bung Bong^ 51 63
Cabbage Tree 18 10
Campbelltown^ 55 51
Clunes 1,728 1,844
Clydesdale 58 62
Coomoora 252 308
Creswick^ 3,170 3,279
Creswick North 58 55
Daylesford 2,548 2,781
Dean 120 132
Denver^ 150 148
Drummond^ 283 294
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Drummond North^ 187 203
Dry Diggings 25 41
Eganstown 203 206
Elevated Plains 37 39
Evansford^ 131 147
Fern Hill^ 104 125
Franklinford^ 66 71
Glengower^ 13 15
Glenlyon 389 431
Guildford^ 333 330
Hepburn 599 631
Hepburn Springs 329 368
Kingston 177 190
Kooroocheang 28 41
Korweinguboora^ 168 196
Langdons Hill 21 23
Lawrence 17 8
Leonards Hill 45 47
Lillicur^ 29 85
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Little Hampton 62 74
Lyonville 175 189
Malmsbury^ 831 905
Mollongghip^ 89 105
Mount Beckworth 9 15
Mount Cameron^ 9 15
Mount Franklin 89 99
Mount Prospect 41 41
Musk 150 177
Musk Vale 132 170
Newbury 71 84
Newlyn 128 136
Newlyn North 174 230
North Blackwood 51 50
Porcupine Ridge 122 149
Rocklyn 62 43
Sailors Falls 62 79
Sailors Hill 81 72
Shepherds Flat 66 71
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Smeaton 231 245
Smokeytown 31 32
Spring Hill^ 198 200
Springmount 181 184
Stony Creek 6 0
Strangways^ 87 101
Sulky^ 232 234
Taradale^ 448 524
Tarilta^ 21 26
Trentham^ 1,180 1,382
Trentham East^ 153 181
Tylden^ 535 645
Tylden South * #
Ullina 34 25
Wattle Flat^ 97 104
Waubra^ 275 308
Werona^ 46 43
Wheatsheaf 241 252
Yandoit 154 181

^ - Territory divided with another LGA
* - Not noted in 2016 Census
# - Not noted in 2021 Census

Traditional owners

The traditional owners of the Shire of Hepburn are the Dja Dja Wurrung.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "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.
  2. ^ a b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S2 of 1995: Order estg (Part 6) the Shire of Hepburn". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 19 January 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Hepburn Shire – A Brief Profile". Hepburn Shire Council. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Hepburn Shire Council election results 2020". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. ^ VEC. "Results". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Cultural Diversity & Heritage". Hepburn Shire Council. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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