The City of Latrobe is a local government area in the Gippsland region in eastern Victoria, Australia, located in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of 1,426 square kilometres (551 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 75,211.[1] It is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living within the four major urban areas of Moe, Morwell, Traralgon, and Churchill, and other significant settlements in the LGA include Boolarra, Callignee, Glengarry, Jeeralang, Newborough, Toongabbie, Tyers, Yallourn North and Yinnar. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Moe, City of Morwell, City of Traralgon, Shire of Traralgon, and parts of the Shire of Narracan and Shire of Rosedale. The Yallourn Works Area was added in 1996.[3] When formed, the municipality was called the Shire of La Trobe, but on 6 April 2000, it adopted its current name.[2][4]

Latrobe City
Victoria
Population75,211 (2018)[1]
 • Density52.743/km2 (136.60/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted2 December 1994[2]
Area1,426 km2 (550.6 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Darren Howe
Council seatMorwell
RegionGippsland
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)
WebsiteLatrobe City
LGAs around Latrobe City:
Baw Baw Baw Baw Wellington
Baw Baw Latrobe City Wellington
South Gippsland South Gippsland Wellington

The city is governed by the Latrobe City Council, with its seat of local government and administrative centre located at the council headquarters, 141 Commercial Road, Morwell. It also has service centres located in Moe, Churchill and Traralgon. The city is named after the Latrobe River and Latrobe Valley, major geographical features that meander through the north of the LGA.

Industry and economy

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The City has traditionally been recognised as the centre of Victoria's electricity industry, which is derived from one of the largest brown coal reserves in the world. It also the centre of a large forestry industry which services Australian Paper's pulp and paper mill (the largest in Australia) and other sawmills. Other industries in the area include food processing (Lion Foods – Morwell), engineering, post secondary education (Federation University Australia), and the service sector. Being the largest population centre in the Gippsland region, Latrobe acts as the regional headquarters for Government agencies and private operators including banks and insurance companies.

Latrobe is also close to popular tourist attractions including the Baw Baw and Tarra-Bulga National Parks and is the natural service centre to the historic gold mining town of Walhalla.

The power generators include:

Two power stations have closed in recent years, including International Power Hazelwood (2017), and EnergyBrix (Morwell) power station and briquette manufacturing facility (2014).

Townships and localities

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The 2021 census, the city had a population of 77,318 up from 73,257 in the 2016 census[5]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Balook^ 4 9
Boolarra 973 1,023
Boolarra South 137 147
Budgeree 147 146
Callignee 319 391
Churchill 4,783 4,924
Cowwarr^ 368 389
Darlimurla^ 30 46
Delburn^ 32 37
Driffield 85 101
Flynn^ 180 188
Flynns Creek^ 9 12
Glengarry^ 1,084 1,113
Glengarry North 192 215
Glengarry West 122 155
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Grand Ridge^ 12 10
Hazelwood 184 189
Hazelwood North 1,478 1,552
Hazelwood South 297 289
Hernes Oak 327 365
Jeeralang 72 76
Jeeralang Junction 560 584
Jumbuk 31 42
Koornalla 98 89
Loy Yang 0 7
Maryvale 37 43
Mirboo^ 290 334
Moe^ 8,778 9,375
Moe South^ 541 529
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Morwell 13,771 14,389
Mount Tassie 0 0
Narracan^ 253 262
Newborough 6,763 6,886
Tanjil South^ 544 540
Toongabbie^ 989 1,085
Traralgon 24,933 26,907
Traralgon East 1,726 1,780
Traralgon South 562 553
Tyers 824 893
Yallourn 144 143
Yallourn North^ 1,545 1,511
Yinnar 907 1,021
Yinnar South 691 675

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

Council

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Current composition

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The council is composed of four wards and nine councillors, with four councillors elected to represent the East Ward, two councillors per ward elected to represent each of the Central and West wards, and one councillor elected to represent the South Ward.[6][7]

Ward Councillor Mayoral terms
Central   Graeme Middlemiss Mayor (2003-2004, 2018-2019)
  Tracie Lund
East   Dale Harriman Mayor (2014-2015)
  Dan Clancey Mayor (2019-2020)
  Kellie O'Callaghan Mayor (2009-2010, 2016-2017, 2021-present)
  Darren Howe
South   Melissa Ferguson
West   Bradley Law
  Sharon Gibson[8] Mayor (2013-2014, 2020-2021)

Administration and governance

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Order Constituting the Shires of ... La Trobe ... (Part 5)". Victoria Government Gazette (S94). State Government of Victoria: 3. 2 December 1994. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Order Altering the Boundaries of the Municipal District of the La Trobe Shire Council". Victoria Government Gazette (G28). State Government of Victoria: 1869. 18 July 1996. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Re-constitution and Name Alteration for La Trobe Shire Council" (PDF). Victoria Government Gazette (G14). State Government of Victoria: 45. 6 April 2000. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
  6. ^ Local Government in Victoria. "Latrobe City Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Councillors". www.latrobe.vic.gov.au. Latrobe City Council. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  8. ^ Durkin, Liam (1 November 2022). "Three's a crowd". Latrobe Valley Express. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
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