Shire of Pyrenees

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The Pyrenees Shire Council offices in Beaufort

The Shire of Pyrenees is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert". and in June 2018 had a population of 7,353.[1] It includes the towns of Avoca, Beaufort, Lexton, Snake Valley and Trawalla.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Pyrenees Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Beaufort, it also has a service centre located in Avoca. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, the Pyrenees Ranges, located in the north of the Shire, which also lends its name to the Pyrenees wine region.

History

The Pyrenees Shire was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Avoca (less the township of Navarre in the extreme north-west corner), Shire of Lexton, and Shire of Ripon (less the Lake Burrumbeet area).[2][3]

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Pyrenees 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

Template:Victoria LGA ward map The council is composed of five wards and five councillors, with one councillor per ward elected to represent each ward.[4] Council Composition as of August 2025:

Ward Councillor Notes
Avoca Template:Australian party style|  Rebecca Wardlaw
Beaufort Template:Australian party style|  Damian Ferrari
De Cameron Template:Australian party style|  Megan Phelan
Ercildoune Template:Australian party style|  Simon Tol
Mount Emu Template:Australian party style|  Tanya Kehoe Mayor

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Beaufort Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Beaufort, and its service centre in Avoca.

Traditional owners

The traditional owners of this land are the Wadawurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Eastern Maar, Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jardwadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk.[5]

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire's population was 7,671, up from 7,238 in the 2016 census.[6]

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Population
Locality 2016 2021
Template:VICcity 248 223
Template:VICcity 1,193 1,356
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Template:VICcity 1,539 1,712
Template:VICcity^ 21 25
Template:VICcity 51 47
Template:VICcity^ 103 112
Template:VICcity^ 51 63
Template:VICcity 59 47
Template:VICcity^ 232 249
Template:VICcity 146 171
Template:VICcity^ 42 43
Template:VICcity 61 60
Template:VICcity 18 13
Template:VICcity 19 27
Template:VICcity^ 89 72
Template:VICcity^ 183 185
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Population
Locality 2016 2021
Template:VICcity^ 70 90
Template:VICcity^ 131 147
Template:VICcity^ 10 14
Template:VICcity 13 7
Template:VICcity 30 30
Template:VICcity 17 11
Template:VICcity^ 33 29
Template:VICcity 31 13
Template:VICcity 95 99
Template:VICcity 36 31
Template:VICcity 29 22
Template:VICcity 8 3
Template:VICcity 61 49
Template:VICcity 180 200
Template:VICcity^ 41 49
Template:VICcity 400 336
Template:VICcity 231 284
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Population
Locality 2016 2021
Template:VICcity^ 29 85
Template:VICcity^ 580 635
Template:VICcity 46 42
Template:VICcity 27 32
Template:VICcity^ 19 22
Template:VICcity 167 185
Template:VICcity 26 28
Template:VICcity 42 44
Template:VICcity^ 94 89
Template:VICcity^ 98 99
Template:VICcity 15 14
Template:VICcity 17 20
Template:VICcity 39 22
Template:VICcity^ 15 12
Template:VICcity 231 223
Template:VICcity^ 21 19
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Population
Locality 2016 2021
Template:VICcity 23 31
Template:VICcity^ 94 102
Template:VICcity^ 13 3
Template:VICcity^ 586 609
Template:VICcity^ 1,032 1,189
Template:VICcity 743 820
Template:VICcity 49 49
Template:VICcity^ 45 45
Template:VICcity^ 156 158
Template:VICcity 26 15
Template:VICcity 141 140
Template:VICcity^ 68 72
Template:VICcity 17 16
Template:VICcity 110 122
Template:VICcity^ 0 0
Template:VICcity^ 275 308

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

References

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External links

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