Shire of Hepburn

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 sq mi) and, in June 2018 had a population of 15,812.[1]

Hepburn Shire Council
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population15,812 (2018)[1]
 • Density10.735/km2 (27.802/sq mi)
Established1995
Gazetted19 January 1995[2]
Area1,473 km2 (568.7 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Licia Kokocinski
Council seatDaylesford
RegionWestern Victoria
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)Ballarat
WebsiteHepburn Shire Council
LGAs around Hepburn Shire Council:
Central Goldfields Mount Alexander Mount Alexander
Pyrenees Hepburn Shire Council Macedon Ranges
Ballarat Moorabool Macedon Ranges

It includes the towns of Clunes, Creswick, Daylesford, Hepburn Springs and Trentham and the villages of Glenlyon, Allendale, Kingston, Leonard's Hill, Lyonville, Newlyn, Denver and Smeaton.

It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Creswick, Shire of Daylesford and Glenlyon and parts of the Shire of Kyneton and Shire of Talbot and Clunes.[2]

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]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of five wards and seven councillors, with two councillors per ward elected to represent each of the Creswick and Birch wards, and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards. As of 2020, the current councillors are:[4]

WardParty CouncillorNotes
Birch  Independent Jen Bray
 Independent Lesley Hewitt
Cameron  Independent Tessa Halliday
Coliban  Independent Brian Hood
Creswick  Independent Don Henderson
 Independent Tim Drylie
Holcombe  Independent Juliet Simpson

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.

Towns and localities


Population
Locality Total
Allendale166
Bald Hills107
Basalt10
Blampied212
Broomfield228
Bullarook99
Bullarto73
Bullarto South33
Cabbage Tree18
Campbelltown55
Clunes1,728
Clydesdale58
Coomoora252
Creswick3,170
Creswick North58
Daylesford2,548
Dean120
Denver150
Population
Locality Total
Drummond283
Dry Diggings25
Dunach58
Eganstown203
Elevated Plains37
Evansford131
Fern Hill104
Franklinford66
Glengower13
Glenlyon389
Guildford333
Hepburn599
Hepburn Springs329
Invermay835
Kingston177
Kooroocheang28
Korweinguboora168
Langdons Hill21
Population
Locality Total
Lawrence17
Leonards Hill45
Little Hampton62
Lyonville175
Mollongghip89
Mount Franklin89
Mount Prospect41
Musk150
Musk Vale132
Newbury71
Newlyn128
Newlyn North174
North Blackwood51
Porcupine Ridge122
Rocklyn62
Sailors Falls62
Sailors Hill81
Sandon81
Population
Locality Total
Shepherds Flat66
Smeaton231
Smokeytown31
Spring Hill198
Springmount181
Stony Creek6
Strangways87
Sulky232
Tarilta21
Trentham1,180
Trentham East153
Ullina34
Waubra275
Wattle Flat97
Werona46
Wheatsheaf241
Yandoit154
Yandoit Hills28

References
  1. "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. 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 Council. "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.


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