Campaspe Shire Council
Address
Cnr Hare & Heygarth Sts, ECHUCA 3564
Postal
PO Box 35, ECHUCA 3564
Tel
03 5481 2200
Fax
03 5481 2290
shire@campaspe.vic.gov.au
Website
Municipality Profile
Campaspe Shire is located 180 km directly north of Melbourne on both the Murray and Goulburn Rivers. It is a popular tourist and retirement destination.
The main industries include dairying; tourism; food processing; cereal cropping; tomatoes; sheep/wool; aquaculture; floriculture; vegetables; feed lotting; viticulture; beef cattle and rice.
Localities
Ballendella, Bamawm, Bamawm Extension, Burnewang, Campaspe West, Carag Carag, Colbinabbin, Cornella, Corop, Creek View, Diggora, Dingee, Drummartin, Echuca, Echuca Village, Echuca West, Elmore, Fairy Dell, Girgarre, Gunbower, Harston, Kanyapella, Kotta, Kow Swamp, Koyuga, Ky Valley, Ky West, Kyabram, Lake Cooper, Lancaster, Lockington, McEvoys, Milloo, Mitiamo, Moora, Mount Scobie, Murchison, Muskerry, Myola, Nanneella, Patho, Piavella, Pine Grove, Redcastle, Rochester, Roslynmead, Runnymede, Rushworth, Simmie, Stanhope, Strathallan, Taripta, Tennyson, Terrick Terrick East, Terrick Terrick West, The Settlement, Timmering, Tongala, Toolleen, Torrumbarry, Wanalta, Waranga, Waranga Shores, Wharparilla, Whroo, Wyuna, Wyuna East and Yambuna. For a detailed map showing shire boundaries and locality names, visit
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Area
4519 sq km
Population
Estimated Resident Population
 | Total | 0-17 | 18-34 | 35-64 | 65+ |
| 2006 | 37,437 | 26% | 17% | 40% | 17% |
| 2007 | 37,763 | 26% | 17% | 41% | 17% |
| 2016 | 40,820 | 22% | 17% | 40% | 21% |
2006 & 2007 - Australian Bureau of Statistics - ABS Census 2006 (and updates).
2016 - DSE, Victoria in Future 2004 – Projections based on 2001 Census
Elections
Campaspe Shire is a subdivided municipality consisting of 5 wards and 9 councillors.
Councillors in the 3 single member wards are elected through preferential voting.
Councillors in the 2 multi-member wards are elected through proportional representation voting.
From November 2008 general council elections, all Victorian councillors serve a four year term.
The council's next independent Electoral Representation Review is scheduled to be conducted prior to the 2016 elections
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Victorian Electoral Commission for more elections details.Councillors
9 Councillors elected in Nov 2008.
Echuca - Cr Kevin Simpson
Echuca - Cr Judith O'Farrell
Echuca - Cr Peter Williams (Mayor)
Kyabram-Deakin - Cr Neil Repacholi
Kyabram-Deakin - Cr Carol Howell
Kyabram-Deakin - Cr Neil Pankhurst
Rochester - Cr Frank Oliver
Waranga - Cr Marion Riley
Western - Cr Gregory Toll
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Keith Baillie
Finances
| Recurrent Income | VGC Grants | Rates Income | % Income from rates |
| 2005/06 | $ 51.696 M | $ 7.616 M | $ 19.813 M | 38% |
| 2006/07 | $ 53.361 M | $ 8.005 M | $ 21.019 M | 39% |
| 2007/08 | $ 57.011 M | $ 8.360 M | $ 22.524 M | 40% |
Map Source: Maps prepared by the Victorian Electoral Commission using Vicmap spatial data provided by the Department of Sustainability and Environment.
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