Barossa Council

This article is about the local government area. For other uses, see Barossa (disambiguation).

Barossa Council is a local government area in the Barossa Valley in South Australia. The council area covers 912 square kilometres, and had a population of over 23,000 in the 2016 Census and 25,066 in the 2021 census.^[3]

Barossa District Council South Australia
The location of the Barossa Council in blue
Population	25,066 (2021)
• Density	27.48/km2 (71.2/sq mi)
Established	1996
Area	912 km2 (352.1 sq mi)
Mayor	Michael "Bim" Lange[1]
Council seat	Nuriootpa
Region	Barossa Light and Lower North[2]
State electorate(s)	Schubert
Federal division(s)	Barker Spence
Website	Barossa District Council
LGAs around Barossa District Council: Town of Gawler Light Regional Council Mid Murray Council City of Playford Barossa District Council Mid Murray Council Adelaide Hills Council Adelaide Hills Council Mid Murray Council

History

Barossa Council was created in July 1996, following the amalgamation of the District Council of Angaston, the District Council of Barossa and the District Council of Tanunda. The council gained a portion of the former District Council of Mount Pleasant in July 1997.^[4]

Description

Townships in the council area include

• Angaston
• Eden Valley
• Lyndoch
• Moculta
• Mount Pleasant
• Nuriootpa
• Penrice
• Springton
• Stockwell
• Tanunda
• Williamstown

Mayors

• Brian Hurn - 1996-2014
• Bob Sloane - 2014-2018
• Michael "Bim" Lange - 2018 - present

See also

• List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia
• Hoffnungsthal, South Australia