Hepburn Shire Council
Address
76 Vincent Street, DAYLESFORD 3460
Postal
PO Box 21, DAYLESFORD 3460
Tel
03 5348 2306
Fax
03 5348 2911
shire@hepburn.vic.gov.au
Website
Municipality Profile
Hepburn Shire is located in central Victoria, just over an hour from Melbourne. The region is renowned for its natural beauty and mineral springs. The eastern part of the Shire is hilly, with high rainfall and significant native forests. The west has medium to lower rainfall and broad acre farming land.
The shire's economic base is in agriculture, forestry, manufacturing and tourism. Tourism is most popular around the Daylesford-Hepburn Springs mineral springs. Tourism, the arts, service industries, retailing, education and health and community services are growing rapidly.
Localities
Allendale, Bald Hills, Basalt, Blackwood North, Blampied, Broomfield, Bullarook, Bullarto, Bullarto South, Cabbage Tree, Campbelltown, Clunes, Clydesdale, Coomoora, Creswick, Creswick North, Daylesford, Dean, Denver, Drummond, Drummond North, Dry Diggings, Dunach, Eganstown, Elevated Plains, Evansford, Fern Hill, Franklinford, Glengower, Glenlyon, Guildford, Hepburn, Hepburn Springs, Invermay, Kingston, Kooroocheang, Korweinguboora, Langdons Hill, Lawrence, Leonards Hill, Little Hampton, Lyonville, Malmsbury, Mollongghip, Mount Beckworth, Mount Cameron, Mount Franklin, Mount Prospect, Musk, Musk Vale, Newbury, Newlyn, Newlyn North, Porcupine Ridge, Rocklyn, Sailors Falls, Sailors Hill, Sandon, Shepherds Flat, Smeaton, Smokey Town, Spring Hill, Springmount, Stony Creek, Strangways, Sulky, Taradale, Tarilta, Trentham, Trentham East, Tylden, Tylden South, Ullina, Wattle Flat, Waubra, Werona, Wheatsheaf and Yandoit.
For a detailed map showing shire boundaries and locality names, visit
VICNAMES.
Area
1470 sq km
Population
Estimated Resident Population
 | Total | 0-17 | 18-34 | 35-64 | 65+ |
| 2006 | 14,235 | 23% | 15% | 45% | 17% |
| 2007 | 14,289 | 23% | 15% | 46% | 17% |
| 2016 | 15,749 | 17% | 14% | 46% | 23% |
2006 & 2007 - Australian Bureau of Statistics - ABS Census 2006 (and updates).
2016 - DSE, Victoria in Future 2004 – Projections based on 2001 Census.
Elections
Hepburn Shire is a subdivided municipality consisting of 5 wards and 7 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.
Visit the Victorian Electoral Commission for more elections details.
Councillors
7 Councillors elected in Nov 2008.
Birch - Cr Jonathan Barrell
Birch - Cr Rod May
Cameron - Cr Tim Hayes
Coliban - Cr Sebastian Klein
Creswick - Cr Janine Booth
Creswick - Cr Don Henderson
Holcombe - Cr Bill McClenaghan (Mayor)
Chief Executive Officer
Ms Kaylene Conrick
Finances
| Recurrent Income | VGC Grants | Rates Income | % Income from rates |
| 2005/06 | $ 17.748 M | $ 2.894 M | $ 8.446 M | 48% |
| 2006/07 | $ 18.766 M | $ 3.054 M | $ 9.234 M | 49% |
| 2007/08 | $ 18.848 M | $ 3.197 M | $ 10.108 M | 54% |
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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