Rural City of Ararat

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Rural City of Ararat
Victoria
Australia Victoria Ararat RC.svg
Location in Victoria
Population11,880 (2021)
 • Density2.8212/km2 (7.307/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted 23 September 1994 [1]
Area4,211 km2 (1,625.9 sq mi) [2]
MayorCr Jo Armstrong [3]
Council seat Ararat
Region Grampians
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s) Wannon
Ararat ruralcity logo.png
Website Rural City of Ararat
LGAs around Rural City of Ararat:
Northern Grampians Northern Grampians Pyrenees
Southern Grampians Rural City of Ararat Pyrenees
Moyne Moyne Corangamite
Ararat Rural City Council offices - 21 Vincent Street, Ararat Ararat city council offices.jpg
Ararat Rural City Council offices – 21 Vincent Street, Ararat

The Rural City of Ararat is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 4,211 square kilometres (1,626 sq mi) and in the 2021 had a population of 11,880. [4]

Contents

It includes the towns of Ararat, Armstrong, Dunneworthy, Lake Bolac, Moyston, Pomonal, Streatham, Tatyoon, Wickliffe and Willaura. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Ararat, Shire of Ararat and parts of the Shire of Mortlake and Shire of Stawell. [1] [5]

The Rural City is governed and administered by the Ararat Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ararat. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the north of the LGA, that is Ararat, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 8,076. [6]

Traditional owners

The traditional owners of this are the Djab Wurrung. [7]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. [8] Composition as of September 2022:

WardCouncillorNotes
Unsubdivided Cr Gwenda Allgood
 Cr Jo ArmstrongMayor
 Cr Peter Beales
 Cr William Waterston
 Cr Bob SandersDeputy Mayor
 Cr Henry Burridge
 Cr Rob Armstrong

Administration and governance

The Ararat Rural City Council meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 6pm in the Council Chamber at the Ararat Shire Hall, 239 Barkly Street, Ararat. The Ararat Municipal Offices, 59 Vincent Street, Ararat, is the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at this location and is open from 8.15am to 5.15pm on week days.

Election results

2024

2024 Victorian local elections: Ararat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bob Sanders
Victorian Socialists Fiona Tipping
Independent Rob Armstrong
Independent Daryl Scherger
Independent Peter Joyce
Independent Osman Kokcu
Independent Teli Kaur
Independent Peter Beales
Independent Bill Waterston
Independent National Jo Armstrong
Independent Luke Matthew Preston
Independent Amanda Mead
Total formal votes
Informal votes
Turnout

2020

2020 Victorian local elections: Ararat [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent National Jo Armstrong (elected 1)2,77038.49
Independent William Waterston (elected 3)86211.98
Independent Bob Sanders (elected 4)73110.16
Independent Gwenda Allgood (elected 6)5387.48
Independent Henry Burridge (elected 5)5377.46
Independent Neil Manning3514.88
Independent Peter Beales (elected 2)3174.41
Independent Rob Armstrong (elected 7)2954.10
Independent Jane Goninon2843.95
Independent Colin McKenzie2122.95
Independent Bernardine Atkinson1652.29
Independent Cecilia Fresle1341.86
Total formal votes7,19695.90
Informal votes3084.10
Turnout 7,50483.80

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the rural city had a population of 11,880 up from 11,600 in the 2016 census [11]

Population
Locality20162021
Ararat 8,2978,500
Armstrong 8890
Ballyrogan 6777
Bayindeen 2122
Black Range^189274
Bornes Hill 3033
Buangor^103112
Carranballac^4243
Cathcart 91110
Chatsworth^4449
Crowlands^8972
Denicull Creek 2719
Dobie 4233
Population
Locality20162021
Dunkeld^678688
Dunneworthy^1915
Elmhurst^183185
Eversley^1014
Glenlogie^3329
Glenthompson^232256
Great Western^400425
Halls Gap^430495
Lake Bolac 330368
Langi Logan 2523
Mafeking 1920
Maroona 11080
Population
Locality20162021
Middle Creek^1922
Mininera 6251
Mount Cole 2121
Mount Cole Creek 510
Moyston 348403
Narrapumelap South 3031
Nerrin Nerrin^3848
Norval 3840
Pomonal^322356
Pura Pura^3747
Rhymney 6056
Rocky Point 04
Population
Locality20162021
Rossbridge 3227
Stavely 3747
Stoneleigh^4545
Streatham^156158
Tatyoon 130130
Warrak 6668
Westmere 4062
Wickliffe 113123
Willaura 530439
Willaura North 3033
Woorndoo^169160
Yalla-Y-Poora 1613

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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