# Shire of Hepburn

The Shire of Hepburn is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of 1,473 square kilometres (569 sq mi) and, in the 2021 Census the shire had a population of 16,604.
It includes the towns of Clunes, Creswick, Daylesford, Hepburn Springs and Trentham and the villages of Glenlyon, Allendale, Kingston, Leonard's Hill, Lyonville, Newlyn, Denver and Smeaton.
It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Creswick, Shire of Daylesford and Glenlyon and parts of the Shire of Kyneton and Shire of Talbot and Clunes.
The shire is governed and administered by the Hepburn Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Daylesford. It also has a service centre located in Creswick. The shire is named after an early squatter named John Hepburn, who established the Smeaton Hill pastoral run, which was located a few kilometres north of present-day Creswick.

## Council
### Current composition

The council is composed of five wards and seven councillors, with two councillors per ward elected to represent each of the Creswick and Birch wards, and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards. As of 2020, the councillors are:
| Ward | Party | Councillor |
| Birch | Independent | Jen Bray |
| Birch | Independent | Lesley Hewitt |
| Cameron | Independent | Tessa Halliday |
| Coliban | Independent | Brian Hood |
| Creswick | Independent | Don Henderson |
| Creswick | Greens | Tim Drylie |
| Holcombe | Independent | Juliet Simpson |

### Administration and governance

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

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Victorian local elections: Hepburn :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Independent | Pat Hockey |
| | Greens | Tim Drylie |
| | Independent | Don Henderson |
| | Independent | Brian Hood |
| | Independent | Tony Clark |
| | Independent | Leslie Hewitt |
| | Independent | Bernie Winfield-Gray |
| | Independent | Benny Pettersson |
| | Independent | Cameron Stone |
| | Independent | Derek Sedgman |
| | Independent | Christian Porochowsky |
| | Independent | Shirley Cornish |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

## Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 16,604, up from 15,330 in the 2016 census.
Population :
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Allendale | 166 | 185 |
| Bald Hills^ | 107 | 114 |
| Basalt | 10 | 23 |
| Blampied | 212 | 237 |
| Broomfield | 228 | 213 |
| Bullarook^ | 99 | 77 |
| Bullarto | 73 | 89 |
| Bullarto South^ | 33 | 48 |
| Bung Bong^ | 51 | 63 |
| Cabbage Tree | 18 | 10 |
| Campbelltown^ | 55 | 51 |
| Clunes | 1,728 | 1,844 |
| Clydesdale | 58 | 62 |
| Coomoora | 252 | 308 |
| Creswick^ | 3,170 | 3,279 |
| Creswick North | 58 | 55 |
| Daylesford | 2,548 | 2,781 |
| Dean | 120 | 132 |
| Denver^ | 150 | 148 |
| Drummond^ | 283 | 294 |
Population :
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Drummond North^ | 187 | 203 |
| Dry Diggings | 25 | 41 |
| Eganstown | 203 | 206 |
| Elevated Plains | 37 | 39 |
| Evansford^ | 131 | 147 |
| Fern Hill^ | 104 | 125 |
| Franklinford^ | 66 | 71 |
| Glengower^ | 13 | 15 |
| Glenlyon | 389 | 431 |
| Guildford^ | 333 | 330 |
| Hepburn | 599 | 631 |
| Hepburn Springs | 329 | 368 |
| Kingston | 177 | 190 |
| Kooroocheang | 28 | 41 |
| Korweinguboora^ | 168 | 196 |
| Langdons Hill | 21 | 23 |
| Lawrence | 17 | 8 |
| Leonards Hill | 45 | 47 |
| Lillicur^ | 29 | 85 |
Population :
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Little Hampton | 62 | 74 |
| Lyonville | 175 | 189 |
| Malmsbury^ | 831 | 905 |
| Mollongghip^ | 89 | 105 |
| Mount Beckworth | 9 | 15 |
| Mount Cameron^ | 9 | 15 |
| Mount Franklin | 89 | 99 |
| Mount Prospect | 41 | 41 |
| Musk | 150 | 177 |
| Musk Vale | 132 | 170 |
| Newbury | 71 | 84 |
| Newlyn | 128 | 136 |
| Newlyn North | 174 | 230 |
| North Blackwood | 51 | 50 |
| Porcupine Ridge | 122 | 149 |
| Rocklyn | 62 | 43 |
| Sailors Falls | 62 | 79 |
| Sailors Hill | 81 | 72 |
| Shepherds Flat | 66 | 71 |
Population :
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Smeaton | 231 | 245 |
| Smokeytown | 31 | 32 |
| Spring Hill^ | 198 | 200 |
| Springmount | 181 | 184 |
| Stony Creek | 6 | 0 |
| Strangways^ | 87 | 101 |
| Sulky^ | 232 | 234 |
| Taradale^ | 448 | 524 |
| Tarilta^ | 21 | 26 |
| Trentham^ | 1,180 | 1,382 |
| Trentham East^ | 153 | 181 |
| Tylden^ | 535 | 645 |
| Tylden South | * | # |
| Ullina | 34 | 25 |
| Wattle Flat^ | 97 | 104 |
| Waubra^ | 275 | 308 |
| Werona^ | 46 | 43 |
| Wheatsheaf | 241 | 252 |
| Yandoit | 154 | 181 |
^ - Territory divided with another LGA * - Not noted in 2016 Census # - Not noted in 2021 Census

## Traditional owners

The traditional owners of the Shire of Hepburn are the Dja Dja Wurrung.