Corangamite Shire Council

Address

181 Maniford Street, CAMPERDOWN 3260

Postal

PO Box 84, CAMPERDOWN 3260

Tel

03 5593 7100

Fax

03 5593 2695

Email

shire@corangamite.vic.gov.au

Website

www.corangamite.vic.gov.au

Municipality Profile

Corangamite Shire is located in Victoria’s south west. The Shire extends from the 12 Apostles on the coast near Port Campbell and Princetown to Skipton in the north. The eastern boundary is Lake Corangamite and the western border is near Garvoc. The shire's economic base is provided through agriculture and some value-adding manufacturing. Corangamite contains wool growing and cropping areas in the north, while the south has one of the most intensive dairying areas in the State. Farming includes milk, wool, beef, fat lamb and grain. Several milk processing industries are located within Corangamite. The Great Ocean Road, the 12 Apostles, the Port Campbell National Park, fishing and volcanic hills and craters attract tourists. Corangamite also produces gourmet food - cheeses, eel processing and ice cream.

Localities

Alvie, Ayrford, Berrybank, Bookaar, Boorcan, Bostock Creek, Bradvale, Brucknell, Bullaharre, Camperdown, Carlisle River, Carpendeit, Chapple Vale, Chocolyn, Cobden, Cobrico, Cooriemungle, Cowleys Creek, Cressy, Cundare North, Curdie Vale, Curdies River, Darlington, Derrinallum, Dixie, Dreeite, Dreeite South, Duverney, Ecklin South, Elingamite, Elingamite North, Foxhow, Garvoc, Gellibrand Lower, Glenfyne, Glenormiston North, Glenormiston South, Gnotuk, Heytesbury Lower, Jancourt, Jancourt East, Kariah, Kennedys Creek, Koallah, Kolora, Larralea, Leslie Manor, Lismore, Mingay, Mount Bute, Naroghid, Newfield, Nirranda East, Noorat, Noorat East, Paaratte, Peterborough, Pirron Yallock, Pittong, Pomborneit, Pomborneit East, Pomborneit North, Port Campbell, Princetown, Pura Pura, Purrumbete South, Scotts Creek, Simpson, Skibo, Skipton, Stonyford, Tandarook, Taroon, Terang, Tesbury, Timboon, Timboon West, Vite Vite, Vite Vite North, Waarre, Wattle Hill, Weerite, Werneth, Wool Wool 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
4,404 sq km	17,469	17,875	18,172	18,477	18,821

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

Corangamite Shire Council is a subdivided municipality consisting of 5 wards and 7 councillors.
Councillors in the 4 single member wards are elected through preferential voting.
Councillors in the 1 multi-member wards are elected through proportional representation voting.
Since 2008, all Victorian councillors serve a four year term.  The next general election is in October 2016.
The council's next independent Electoral Representation Review is scheduled to be conducted prior to the 2016 elections.
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.
Central - Cr Ruth Gstrein
Central - Cr Wayne Oakes
Central - Cr Chris O'Connor (Mayor 2012-13)
Coastal - Cr Peter Harkin
North - Cr Geoff Smith
South Central - Cr Joanne Beard
South-West - Cr Neil Trotter

Chief Executive Officer

Mr Andrew  Mason

Finances

	2010-11	2009-10	2008-09	2007-08
Recurrent Expenditure ($)	39.353m	32.256m	30.325m	30.325m
Recurrent Revenue ($)	39.724m	34.606m	34.463m	33.367m
- Rates & Charges ($)	15.239m	14.425m	13.692m	12.753m
- VGC Grants ($)	6.628m	5.904m	5.632m	5.383m

Source: Victoria Grants Commission