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{{Distinguish|City of Yarra}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga
| name     = Shire of Yarra Ranges
| state    = vic
| image =  Australia Victoria Yarra Ranges Shire.svg
| image_alt = Location in Victoria
| caption = Location in Victoria
| local_map   = yes
| zoom        = 8
| image2    = MelbLGA-YarraRanges.gif
| image2_alt = Map of Melbourne with Yarra Ranges Highlighted
| caption2  = Map of Melbourne with Yarra Ranges LGA highlighted.
| pop = 158173
| pop_year = 2018
| pop_footnotes = <ref name=ABSLGA>{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|date=27 March 2019|access-date=25 October 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.</ref>
| poprank = 45th
| area     = 2468
| area_footnotes = <ref name=ABSLGA/>
| est      = 15 December 1994
| seat     = [[Lilydale, Victoria|Lilydale]]
| mayor    = Sophie Todorov 
| region   = [[Melbourne|Greater Melbourne]]
| logo     = Yarra Ranges Council Logo.jpg
| url      = https://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Croydon (Victoria)|Croydon]]
| stategov2 = [[Electoral district of Eildon|Eildon]]
| stategov3 = [[Electoral district of Evelyn|Evelyn]]
| stategov4 = [[Electoral district of Monbulk|Monbulk]]
| stategov5 = [[Electoral district of Warrandyte|Warrandyte]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Casey|Casey]]
| near-nw  = [[Shire of Nillumbik|Nillumbik]]
[[City of Manningham|Manningham]] 
| near-n   = [[Shire of Murrindindi|Murrindindi]]
| near-ne  = [[Shire of Mansfield|Mansfield]]
| near-e   = [[Shire of Baw Baw|Baw Baw]]
| near-se  = [[Shire of Cardinia|Cardinia]]
| near-s   = [[City of Casey|Casey]]
| near-sw  = [[City of Knox|Knox]]       
| near-w   = [[City of Maroondah|Maroondah]]
}}

The '''Shire of Yarra Ranges''', also known as '''Yarra Ranges Council''', is a [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], located in the outer eastern and northeastern suburbs of [[Melbourne]] extending into the [[Yarra Valley]] and [[Dandenong Ranges]]. It has an area of {{convert|2468|km2|sqmi}},<ref name=ABSLGA/> of which 3% is classified as urban.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/About-Council/About-the-region/Demographic-profile |title=Demographic Profile |website=Yarra Ranges Council |access-date=5 August 2019}}</ref> In June 2018, it had a population of 158,173.<ref name=ABSLGA/>

It was formed on 15 December 1994 by the merger of parts of the [[Shire of Sherbrooke]], [[Shire of Lillydale]], [[Shire of Healesville]] and [[Shire of Upper Yarra]].<ref name="history">{{cite web |url=https://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/About-Council/About-the-region/Our-history |title=Our history |website=Yarra Ranges Council |access-date=5 August 2019}}</ref>

== History ==
Prior to European settlement, the land within and beyond the Yarra Ranges was occupied by the [[Wurundjeri]] people.<ref name="YRCabout">{{cite web |title=About the region |url=https://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Council/About-the-region#section-4 |website=Yarra Ranges Council |access-date=15 August 2020}}</ref>

European settlement was established from the 1830s with settlers engaging in agriculture and gold mining.<ref name=YRCabout/>
[[File:Lilydale Shire of Yarra Ranges.jpg|thumb|right|Shire Offices, Lilydale (building prior to 2010s-20s overhaul and extension)]]

== Council ==
Yarra Ranges is divided into nine wards, each of which elects one councillor for a period of four years.<ref name="history" /> 

=== Wards ===
* Billanook Ward, named after the [[Wurundjeri]] name for the region and pioneered by explorer [[Robert Hoddle]]<ref name="YRChist">{{cite web |title=About the region - Our history |url=https://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Council/About-the-region#section-4 |website=Yarra Ranges Council |access-date=29 November 2020}}</ref>
* Chandler Ward, named after a pioneering family<ref name=YRChist/>
* Chirnside Ward, named after George Chirnside, a [[Mooroolbark, Victoria|Mooroolbark]] settler and owner of the [[Werribee Park Mansion]]<ref name=YRChist/>
* Lyster Ward, named after [[William Saurin Lyster]], an impresario who had a dairy farm in the area<ref name=YRChist/>
* Melba Ward, named after opera singer Dame [[Nellie Melba]]<ref name=YRChist/>
* O'Shannassy Ward, named after O'Shannassy River and reservoir, in turn named after [[John O'Shanassy]] ''(sic.)'', [[Premier of Victoria]] in the mid-1800s<ref name=YRChist/>
* Ryrie Ward, named after [[William Ryrie]] who planted the first [[vineyards]] in the area<ref name=YRChist/>
* Streeton Ward, named after Sir [[Arthur Streeton]], a painter who lived in [[Olinda, Victoria|Olinda]]<ref name=YRChist/>
* Walling Ward, named after landscape designer [[Edna Walling]]<ref name=YRChist/>

=== Current composition ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Ward<ref name="councillors">{{cite web|publisher=Shire of Yarra Ranges|title=Your councillors|url=http://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/About-Council/Councillors-and-executive-team/Your-councillors|access-date=2016-07-11}}</ref>!!Suburbs<ref name="councillors" />!! colspan="2" | Party!!Councillor<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Victorian Electoral Commission |title=Results for Yarra Ranges Shire Council Elections 2012 |access-date=11 July 2016 |url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/YarraRangesResult2012.html}}</ref>!!Elected!!Notes
|-
! Billanook
| Lilydale, Mt Evelyn, Wandin North
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| Tim Heenan
| 2016
|
|-
! Chandler
| Kalorama, Macclesfield, Monbulk, Seville, Silvan, Wandin, Olinda (part), Montrose (part), Mt Evelyn (part)
| {{Australian party style|Independent Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| Independent Liberal
| Gareth Ward
| 2024
|
|-
! Chirnside
| Chirnside Park, Mooroolbark
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| Richard Higgins
| 2016
| Deputy Mayor
|-
! Lyster
| Belgrave, Belgrave Heights, Belgrave South, Kallista, Lysterfield, Menzies Creek, Narre Warren East, Selby, Sherbrooke, Tecoma, The Patch
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| Peter Mcilwain
| 2024
|
|-
! Melba
| Lilydale, Mooroolbark
| {{Australian party style|Independent Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| Independent Liberal
| Mitch Mazzarella
| 2024
|
|-
! O'Shannassy
| Don Valley, Gladysdale, Hoddles Creek, Launching Place, McMahons Creek, Millgrove, Powelltown, Reefton, Warburton, Wesburn, Woori Yallock, Yarra Junction, Yellingbo
| {{Australian party style|Independent National}}|&nbsp;
| Independent National
| Jim Child
| 2012
| Mayor
|-
! Ryrie
| Badger Creek, Chum Creek, Coldstream, Dixon's Creek, Gruyere, Healesville, Steels Creek, Tarrawarra, Yarra Glen, Yering
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| Fiona McAllister
| 2012
|
|-
! Streeton
| Ferny Creek, Montrose, Mt Dandenong, Olinda, Sassafras, Tremont, Upper Ferntree Gully, Upwey
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| Jeff Marriott
| 2024
|
|-
! Walling
| Kilsyth, Mooroolbark, Montrose
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| Len Cox
| 1982{{efn|name=LenCox|First elected to [[Shire of Lillydale]] before council amalgamations in 1994.}}
|
|-
|}

== Election results ==
=== 2024 ===
{{excerpt|Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Eastern Melbourne|section=Yarra Ranges results}}

== Townships and localities ==
The shire had a population of 156,068 at the 2021 census, an increase from 149,537 recorded at the 2016 census.<ref>{{cite web |title=Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census |website=www.abs.gov.au |language=en |date=11 January 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;  font-weight:bold" | Population
|-
! style="text-align:center; background:  font-weight:bold" | Locality !! style="text-align:center; background:  font-weight:bold" | '''2016''' !! style="text-align:center; background:  font-weight:bold" | '''2021'''
|-
| {{VICcity|Badger Creek}} || 1,563 || 1,610
|-
| {{VICcity|Beenak}} || 25 || 17
|-
| {{VICcity|Belgrave}} || 3,929 || 3,894
|-
| {{VICcity|Belgrave Heights}} || 1,360 || 1,398
|-
| {{VICcity|Belgrave South}} || 1,645 || 1,670
|-
| {{VICcity|Big Pats Creek}} || 73 || 60
|-
| {{VICcity|Cambarville}} || 0 || 0
|-
| {{VICcity|Chirnside Park}} || 9,872 || 11,779
|-
| {{VICcity|Chum Creek}} || 983 || 981
|-
| {{VICcity|Coldstream}} || 2,164 || 2,199
|-
| {{VICcity|Dixons Creek}} || 334 || 344
|-
| {{VICcity|Don Valley}} || 576 || 586
|-
| {{VICcity|East Warburton}} || 864 || 906
|-
| {{VICcity|Emerald}}^ || 5,778 || 5,890
|-
| {{VICcity|Fernshaw}} || 0 || 0
|-
| {{VICcity|Ferny Creek}} || 1,518 || 1,524
|-
| {{VICcity|Gilderoy}} || 65 || 62
|-
| {{VICcity|Gladysdale}} || 444 || 423
|-
| {{VICcity|Gruyere}} || 946 || 966
|-
| {{VICcity|Healesville}} || 7,461 || 7,589
|-
| {{VICcity|Hoddles Creek}} || 627 || 676
|-
| {{VICcity|Kallista}} || 1,437 || 1,418
|-
| {{VICcity|Kalorama}} || 1,239 || 1,277
|-
| {{VICcity|Kilsyth}}^ || 10,891 || 11,699
|-
| {{VICcity|Launching Place}} || 2,394 || 2,495
|-
| {{VICcity|Lilydale}} || 16,531 || 17,348
|-
| {{VICcity|Lysterfield}}^ || 6,663 || 6,681
|-
| {{VICcity|Macclesfield}} || 851 || 878
|-
| {{VICcity|Matlock}}^ || 4 || 7
|-
| {{VICcity|McMahons Creek}} || 125 || 143
|-
| {{VICcity|Menzies Creek}}^ || 998 || 966
|-
| {{VICcity|Millgrove}} || 1,653 || 1,666
|-
| {{VICcity|Monbulk}} || 3,577 || 3,651
|-
| {{VICcity|Montrose}} || 6,761 || 6,900
|-
| {{VICcity|Mooroolbark}} || 21,967 || 23,059
|-
| {{VICcity|Mount Dandenong}} || 1,251 || 1,271
|-
| {{VICcity|Mount Evelyn}} || 9,702 || 9,799
|-
| {{VICcity|Mount Toolebewong}} || 140 || 119
|-
| {{VICcity|Narre Warren East}} || 419 || 434
|-
| {{VICcity|Olinda}} || 1,738 || 1,773
|-
| {{VICcity|Powelltown}} || 217 || 214
|-
| {{VICcity|Reefton}} || 59 || 102
|-
| {{VICcity|Sassafras}}^ || 1,061 || 970
|-
| {{VICcity|Selby}} || 1,652 || 1,626
|-
| {{VICcity|Seville}} || 2,378 || 2,559
|-
| {{VICcity|Seville East}} || 797 || 837
|-
| {{VICcity|Sherbrooke}} || 265 || 294
|-
| {{VICcity|Silvan}} || 1,246 || 1,323
|-
| {{VICcity|Steels Creek}} || 225 || 276
|-
| {{VICcity|Tarrawarra}} || 78 || 81
|-
| {{VICcity|Tecoma}} || 2,082 || 2,064
|-
| {{VICcity|The Patch}} || 1,065 || 1,046
|-
| {{VICcity|Three Bridges}} || 199 || 188
|-
| {{VICcity|Toolangi}}^ || 344 || 366
|-
| {{VICcity|Toorongo}}^ || 0 || 0
|-
| {{VICcity|Tremont}} || 77 || 69
|-
| {{VICcity|Upper Ferntree Gully}}^ || 3,416 || 3,417
|-
| {{VICcity|Upwey}} || 6,652 || 6,818
|-
| {{VICcity|Wandin East}} || 431 || 408
|-
| {{VICcity|Wandin North}} || 3,051 || 3,132
|-
| {{VICcity|Warburton}} || 2,012 || 2,020
|-
| {{VICcity|Wesburn}} || 1,019 || 1,052
|-
| {{VICcity|Wonga Park}}^ || 3,796 || 3,843
|-
| {{VICcity|Woori Yallock}} || 2,913 || 2,964
|-
| {{VICcity|Yarra Glen}} || 2,869 || 3,012
|-
| {{VICcity|Yarra Junction}} || 2,549 || 2,875
|-
| {{VICcity|Yellingbo}} || 534 || 582
|-
| {{VICcity|Yering}} || 115 || 138
|}

'''^''' - ''Territory divided with another [[Local government areas of Victoria|LGA]]''

== Major thoroughfares ==
[[File:Shire of Yarra Ranges.png|thumb|right|alt=Pre-2010 Council logo|Pre-2010 Council logo]]
* {{AUshield|S|26}} [[Burwood Highway]] (State Route 26)
* {{AUshield|S|32}}{{AUshield|VIC|C401}} Canterbury Road/Swansea Road/Anderson Street (south) (State Route 32 / C401) (briefly merges with C415 before turning to SR32 (and SR22 respectively))
* {{AUshield|S|34|VIC|B300}} [[Maroondah Highway]] (State Route 34 / B300)
* {{AUshield|VIC|C404}} Belgrave-Hallam Road/Monbulk Road/Hereford Road (C404) (briefly merges with C406)
* {{AUshield|S|26}} Belgrave Road (State Route 26)
* {{AUshield|VIC|C406}} Olinda-Monbulk Road/Emerald Monbulk Road
* {{AUshield|VIC|B380}} [[Warburton Highway]] (B380)
* {{AUshield|VIC|C411}} Healesville- Koo Wee Rup Road (C411)
* {{AUshield|S|22}}{{AUshield|VIC|C415}} Mount Dandenong (Tourist) Road (State Route 22 / C415)

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{commonscat-inline}}
* [http://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/ Official website]
* [http://www.id.com.au/yarraranges/commprofile/ Community profile] at .id.com.au
* [https://static.ptv.vic.gov.au/siteassets/Maps/Localities/PDFs/54_Yarra_Ranges_LAM.pdf Public transport map] at [[Public Transport Victoria|PTV]]
* {{Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link}}

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