Rural City of Swan Hill

For the town itself, see Swan Hill, Victoria.

The Rural City of Swan Hill is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the north-western part of the state. It covers an area of 6,115 square kilometres (2,361 sq mi) and, in August 2021, had a population of 21,403.^[3] It includes the towns of Swan Hill, Lake Boga, Manangatang, Nyah, Nyah West, Piangil, Robinvale, Ultima and Woorinen South. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Swan Hill, Shire of Swan Hill and part of the Shire of Kerang.^[2]

Rural City of Swan Hill Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	21,403 (2021)[1]
• Density	3.5001/km2 (9.0652/sq mi)
Established	1995
Gazetted	20 January 1995[2]
Area	6,115 km2 (2,361.0 sq mi)[3]
Mayor	Les McPhee
Council seat	Swan Hill
Region	Loddon Mallee
State electorate(s)	Mildura Murray Plains
Federal division(s)	Mallee
Website	Rural City of Swan Hill
LGAs around Rural City of Swan Hill: Mildura Balranald (NSW) Balranald (NSW) Mildura Rural City of Swan Hill Murray River (NSW) Buloke Buloke Gannawarra

The Rural City is governed and administered by the Swan Hill Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Swan Hill, it also has a service centre located in Robinvale. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement lying in the south-east of the LGA, that is Swan Hill, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 10,431.^[4]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of four wards and seven councillors, with four councillors elected to represent the Central Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.^[5]

Ward	Party		Councillor	Notes
Central		Independent	Chris Jeffery
		United Australia Party[6]	Stuart King
		Independent	Bill Moar	Mayor (2019–2022)
		Independent	Ann Young	Mayor (2016–2019)
Lakes		Independent	Les McPhee	Mayor (2022-present)
Murray-Mallee		Independent	Nicole McKay
Robinvale		Independent	Jacqui Kelly	Elected in 2023 on a countback to replace Jade Benham[7]

Administration and governance

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

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the rural city had a population of 21,403 up from 20,584 in the 2016 census^[8]

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Annuello	25	40
Bannerton	40	78
Beauchamp^	44	44
Beverford	336	337
Bolton	12	15
Boundary Bend	132	154
Bulga	3	0
Castle Donnington	131	139
Chillingollah	5	3
Chinangin	6	3
Chinkapook	32	17
Cocamba	4	4
Fish Point	15	11
Gerahmin	21	11
Goschen	27	35
Gowanford	3	8

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Happy Valley	85	87
Kenley	48	64
Kooloonong	39	19
Kunat	36	45
Lake Boga	985	982
Lake Powell	19	86
Liparoo	38	33
Manangatang	309	274
Meatian^	20	19
Miralie	0	0
Murnungin	12	14
Murrawee	143	126
Murraydale	125	105
Narrung	18	24
Natya	38	40
Nowie	21	24

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Nyah	530	536
Nyah West	663	673
Nyrraby	18	18
Pental Island	135	159
Piangil	259	230
Pira	10	16
Polisbet	5	5
Robinvale	3,088	3,497
Speewa	*	#
Swan Hill	10,905	11,186
Swan Hill West	4	11
Tol Tol	142	175
Towan	11	13
Tresco	209	162
Tresco West	152	153
Turoar	0	8

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Tyntynder	151	157
Tyntynder South	268	250
Tyrrell^	13	16
Ultima	174	173
Ultima East	3	0
Vinifera	159	163
Waitchie	48	43
Wandown	0	0
Wemen	111	128
Winlaton	7	0
Winnambool	22	8
Wood Wood	85	91
Woorinen	260	262
Woorinen North	87	94
Woorinen South	356	404

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

Sister cities

• Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan

See also

• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Rural City of Swan Hill

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Swan Hill (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
2. Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S4 of 1995: Order estg (Part 14) the Rural City of Swan Hill". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 20 January 1995). p. 5. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
3. "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.
4. Census QuickStats (2011). "Swan Hill (SS) – SSC21287". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Government of Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
5. Local Government in Victoria. "Swan Hill Rural City Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
6. "Swan Hill councillor Stuart King is Palmer's man for Mallee".
7. "New councillor for Swan Hill Rural City Council".
8. "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

External links

Media related to Rural City of Swan Hill at Wikimedia Commons

• Swan Hill Rural City Council official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps

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