Data, Directories and Surveys

Local Government in Victoria

Local Government in Victoria brings together information from councils' annual reports to provide a snapshot of the current position of the sector. The report focuses on key performance indicators for local government which have been agreed by the Victorian Government and councils. Time series spreadsheets of the indicators for individual councils are available.


Annual Community Satisfaction Survey


On 1 June 2009, Local Government Victoria (LGV) coordinated the release of participating councils’ annual community satisfaction survey results. The Community Satisfaction Survey provides participating councils with information about how their performance is rated by the communities they represent. The survey is conducted independently by Wallis Consulting, and is coordinated by LGV.
The vast majority of Victoria’s councils participate in the survey, which offers a valuable benchmarking tool for measuring council performance. The trend in overall council performance since the survey’s inception in 1998 has been positive. The results in 2009 broadly reflect this trend, with 79 percent of respondents rating their councils’ overall performance as “excellent, good or adequate”. Town planning, economic development, and local roads and footpaths continue to be the key drivers of community satisfaction.

Annual Survey of Victorian Public Libraries

Each year a survey of public libraries in Victoria is undertaken, which includes information about service points, staffing, loans, circulation, collection size, information technology and financial data. These documents can be downloaded from the Libraries page. Hard copies may also be ordered from Information Victoria.


Victoria Grants Commission

Each year the Victoria Grants Commission issues its annual report. View the Commission's Annual Reports.


Find Your Local Council

Find Your Local Council is a database maintained by Local Government Victoria. It contains demographic information on each local government area in Victoria as well as contact information, links to websites and much more. It is the most visited page on this site and it has recently been upgraded to include more information. The online database and the downloadable Local Government Directory, listing all Victorian Councils, can be found on Find your local council.


Directory of Public Library Services in Victoria (March 2007)

The individual Victorian library services can be viewed online in the Find a Library section of this website, including links to their websites. If you wish to have a hard copy of the entire statewide directory, you can access it from the Libraries page, or request a copy from Information Victoria.



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Web Site Updates

DPCD's websites are progressively being updated to reflect the changes following the establishment of the department. This means you will continue to see some references to the Department for Victorian Communities (DVC) as changes are being made.


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