Shire of Loddon

File:Gowar East Trees south of Wedderburn Road 02.jpg

Trees south of Wedderburn Road, Gowar East

The Shire of Loddon is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the northern part of the state. It covers an area of and in 2021 had a population of 7,759. It includes the towns of Inglewood, Boort, Serpentine, Pyramid Hill and Wedderburn.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Loddon Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Wedderburn. There is also a service centre located in Serpentine. The Shire is named after the Loddon River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the LGA.

History

The Shire of Loddon was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of East Loddon, Shire of Gordon, Shire of Korong, and parts of the Rural City of Marong, Shire of Bet Bet, Shire of Maldon and Shire of Tullaroop.

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Loddon Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of five wards and five councillors, with one councillor per ward elected to represent each ward.

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Boort	Template:Australian party style|	Neil Beattie
Inglewood	Template:Australian party style|	Wendy Murphy
Tarnagulla	Template:Australian party style|	Linda Jungwirth
Terrick	Template:Australian party style|	Dan Straub	Mayor
Wedderburn	Template:Australian party style|	Gavan Holt

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the Wedderburn Municipal Offices. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Wedderburn, and its service centre in Serpentine.

Traditional owners

The Dja Dja Wurrung and Barababaraba are the traditional owners of this land.

Townships and localities

The 2021 census recorded the shire's population of 7,759, compared to 7,516 in the 2016 census.

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity^	29	38
Template:VICcity	47	56
Template:VICcity	22	19
Template:VICcity	13	5
Template:VICcity	37	45
Template:VICcity	10	5
Template:VICcity^	206	213
Template:VICcity	72	53
Template:VICcity	46	52
Template:VICcity	873	940
Template:VICcity	82	59
Template:VICcity	28	29
Template:VICcity	142	133
Template:VICcity	57	54
Template:VICcity	326	341
Template:VICcity^	51	52
Template:VICcity	14	20
Template:VICcity	178	178
Template:VICcity	45	50
Template:VICcity	10	4
Template:VICcity	18	14
Template:VICcity	9	9
Template:VICcity^	31	30
Template:VICcity	17	18
Template:VICcity	206	195
Template:VICcity^	893	899
Template:VICcity	74	60

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity^	24	13
Template:VICcity^	96	113
Template:VICcity^	32	37
Template:VICcity	24	27
Template:VICcity	20	32
Template:VICcity	25	28
Template:VICcity	24	32
Template:VICcity	19	21
Template:VICcity^	13	14
Template:VICcity^	36	37
Template:VICcity^	20	23
Template:VICcity^	15	13
Template:VICcity^	91	93
Template:VICcity	855	886
Template:VICcity^	*	#
Template:VICcity	37	49
Template:VICcity	0	0
Template:VICcity^	92	89
Template:VICcity	15	9
Template:VICcity	32	46
Template:VICcity	11	12
Template:VICcity	168	143
Template:VICcity	7	5
Template:VICcity	10	0
Template:VICcity	53	61
Template:VICcity	177	179
Template:VICcity^	21	21

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity^	23	22
Template:VICcity	19	20
Template:VICcity^	125	167
Template:VICcity^	558	576
Template:VICcity	38	62
Template:VICcity	31	24
Template:VICcity^	53	59
Template:VICcity^	87	67
Template:VICcity^	1,416	2,005
Template:VICcity	42	47
Template:VICcity^	13	12
Template:VICcity^	35	37
Template:VICcity	50	62
Template:VICcity	21	13
Template:VICcity^	117	116
Template:VICcity^	88	80
Template:VICcity	29	20
Template:VICcity	37	46
Template:VICcity	43	26
Template:VICcity	192	171
Template:VICcity^	22	19
Template:VICcity	5	14
Template:VICcity	50	38
Template:VICcity	42	38
Template:VICcity	66	37
Template:VICcity	558	598
Template:VICcity^	318	329

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	56	52
Template:VICcity^	3	9
Template:VICcity	21	38
Template:VICcity^	217	251
Template:VICcity	192	222
Template:VICcity^	452	423
Template:VICcity	26	27
Template:VICcity^	37	34
Template:VICcity	17	22
Template:VICcity	48	55
Template:VICcity	133	153
Template:VICcity^	22	20
Template:VICcity	11	8
Template:VICcity	22	57
Template:VICcity	941	951
Template:VICcity	20	20
Template:VICcity	39	41
Template:VICcity	28	36
Template:VICcity	41	45
Template:VICcity	3	13
Template:VICcity^	11	12
Template:VICcity	31	29
Template:VICcity	9	18
Template:VICcity	40	45
Template:VICcity	23	17
Template:VICcity	90	78
Template:VICcity^	16	11

^ - Territory divided with another LGA
* - Not noted in 2016 Census
# - Not noted in 2021 Census

File:Gold-Australia XlizedNugget2.jpg

Large gold specimen from Wychitella, Loddon Shire

File:WedderburnLoddonShire.JPG

Loddon Shire Council offices at Wedderburn

See also

• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Shire of Loddon

External links

• Loddon Shire Council official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
• Loddon Shire Promotional, Events & Investment Website
• Template:Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link