Colac Otway Shire Council

Address

2-6 Rae Street, COLAC 3250

Postal

PO Box 283, COLAC 3250

Tel

03 5232 9400

Fax

03 5232 1046

Email

inq@colacotway.vic.gov.au

Website

www.colacotway.vic.gov.au

Municipality Profile

Located in Victoria’s south west, the Colac Otway Shire is diverse, with volcanic lakes, craters and plains in the north, the hinterland forests of the Otway Ranges and the Great Ocean Road coastline. Colac City is situated beside Lake Colac, on the Princes Highway, 138 kms south west of Melbourne, 74 kms south west of Geelong, and 101 kms south of Ballarat.

The Colac region supports a network of over 1200 businesses and well over 800 farms. The main industries are dairy, beef, sheep, crops, specified pastures, horticulture and organic farming; timber, manufacturing and service, construction, retail and wholesale. Tourism, centring on the Great Ocean Road and the coastline, is becoming increasingly important.

Localities

Aire Valley, Alvie, Apollo Bay, Balintore, Barongarook, Barongarook West, Barramunga, Barwon Downs, Beeac, Beech Forest, Birregurra, Bungador, Cape Otway, Carlisle River, Carpendeit, Chapple Vale, Colac, Colac East, Colac West, Coragulac, Cororooke, Corunnun, Cressy, Cundare, Cundare North, Dreeite, Dreeite South, Elliminyt, Eurack, Ferguson, Forrest, Gellibrand, Gellibrand Lower, Gerangamete, Glenaire, Grey River, Horden Vale, Irrewarra, Irrewillipe, Irrewillipe West, Jancourt East, Johanna, Kawarren, Kennedys Creek, Kennett River, Larpent, Lavers Hill, Marengo, Mount Sabine, Murroon, Nalangil, Ombersley, Ondit, Pennyroyal, Petticoat Creek, Pirron Yallock, Separation Creek, Simpson, Skenes Creek, Skenes Creek North, Stonyford, Sugarloaf, Swan Marsh, Tanybryn, Warncoort, Warrion, Weeaproinah, Weering, Whoorel, Winchelsea, Wingeel, Wongarra, Wool Wool, Wye River, Wyelangta, Yeo, Yeodene and Yuulong. For a detailed map showing shire boundaries and locality names, visit VICNAMES.

Area & Population

Population Projections - Estimated Resident Population (ERP)

Area	2011	2016	2021	2026	2031
3,433 sq km	22,108	23,220	24,379	25,582	26,755

Source: Victoria in Future 2012 - Population and Household Projections 2011–2031 for Victoria and its Regions, Department of Planning and Community Development, April 2012.

Elections

Colac Otway Shire Council is an unsubdivided municipality consisting of 7 councillors.
Councillors are elected through proportional representation voting.
Since 2008, all Victorian councillors serve a four year term. The next general election is in October 2016.
Visit the Guide for more information on Council Elections.
Visit the Victorian Electoral Commission for more elections details.

Councillors

7 Councillors elected in October 2012.
Unsubdivided - Cr Brian Crook
Unsubdivided - Cr Michael Delahunty
Unsubdivided - Cr Stephen Hart
Unsubdivided - Cr Mick McCrickard
Unsubdivided - Cr Lyn Russell (Mayor 2012-14)
Unsubdivided - Cr Chris Smith
Unsubdivided - Cr Terry Woodcroft

Chief Executive Officer

Mr Rob Small

Finances

	2010-11	2009-10	2008-09	2007-08
Recurrent Expenditure ($)	37.745m	36.533m	34.953m	31.954m
Recurrent Revenue ($)	40.051m	38.504m	36.328m	32.525m
- Rates & Charges ($)	18.214m	18.742m	17.634m	16.201m
- VGC Grants ($)	5.739m	5.163m	4.912m	4.664m

Source: Victoria Grants Commission