# Shire of Corangamite

The Shire of Corangamite is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of 4,408 square kilometres (1,702 sq mi) and in 2021 had a population of 16,115. It includes the towns of Camperdown, Terang, Cobden, Timboon, Port Campbell and Skipton. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Town of Camperdown, Shire of Hampden, Shire of Heytesbury, and parts of the Shire of Otway, Shire of Mortlake and Shire of Warrnambool.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Corangamite Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Camperdown. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, Lake Corangamite, which is located on the eastern boundary of the LGA.
It came into existence on 23 September 1994 through the amalgamation of the local government areas of Camperdown Town, Hampden Shire (part), Heytesbury Shire (part), Mortlake Shire (part), Otway Shire (part) & Warrnambool Shire (part).

## Council
### Current composition

The council is composed of seven wards and seven councillors, with one councillor elected to represent each ward.
| Ward | Party | Councillor |
| Lake Keilambete | Independent | Geraldine Conheady |
| Gnotuk | Independent | Ruth Gstrein |
| Leura | Independent | Laurie Hickey |
| Cooriemungle | Independent | Jamie Vogels |
| Mount Elephant | Independent | Nicholas Cole |
| Tandarook | Independent | Joanne Beard |
| Elingamite | Independent | Kate Makin |

### Administration and governance

The Council meets at the Killara Centre in Camperdown while its main Council offices are located at 181 Manifold Street.

## Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 16,115, compared to 16,051 in the 2016 census.
Population :
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Ayrford^ | 44 | 39 |
| Berrybank^ | 40 | 37 |
| Bookaar | 163 | 159 |
| Boorcan | 146 | 142 |
| Bostocks Creek | 83 | 85 |
| Bradvale | 59 | 46 |
| Brucknell^ | 116 | 127 |
| Bullaharre | 17 | 19 |
| Camperdown | 3,369 | 3,354 |
| Carlisle River^ | 135 | 168 |
| Carpendeit^ | 134 | 115 |
| Chapple Vale^ | 36 | 42 |
| Chocolyn | 67 | 61 |
| Cobden | 1,839 | 1,804 |
| Cobrico | 80 | 72 |
| Cooriemungle | 364 | 311 |
| Cowleys Creek | 37 | 34 |
| Cressy^ | 175 | 176 |
| Cundare North^ | 9 | 10 |
| Curdies River | 28 | 25 |
| Curdievale^ | 124 | 125 |
| Darlington^ | 107 | 84 |
| Derrinallum | 415 | 386 |
| Dixie | 131 | 148 |
| Duverney | 33 | 23 |
Population :
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Ecklin South^ | 188 | 222 |
| Elingamite | 55 | 57 |
| Elingamite North | 78 | 118 |
| Foxhow | 19 | 31 |
| Garvoc^ | 243 | 248 |
| Gellibrand Lower^ | 13 | 19 |
| Glenfyne | 135 | 131 |
| Glenormiston North^ | 56 | 63 |
| Glenormiston South | 108 | 123 |
| Gnotuk | 99 | 120 |
| Heytesbury Lower | 52 | 39 |
| Jancourt | 29 | 16 |
| Jancourt East^ | 188 | 185 |
| Kariah | 94 | 94 |
| Kennedys Creek | 42 | 44 |
| Koallah | 29 | 28 |
| Kolora^ | 142 | 188 |
| Larralea | * | # |
| Leslie Manor | 64 | 66 |
| Lismore | 420 | 472 |
| Mingay | 51 | 44 |
| Mount Bute^ | 58 | 61 |
| Naroghid | 71 | 66 |
| Newfield | 69 | 59 |
| Nirranda East^ | 14 | 12 |
| Noorat^ | 333 | 318 |
| Noorat East | 20 | 17 |
Population :
| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Paaratte | 31 | 36 |
| Peterborough^ | 247 | 322 |
| Pirron Yallock^ | 113 | 132 |
| Pittong^ | 15 | 12 |
| Pomborneit | 62 | 73 |
| Pomborneit East | 25 | 42 |
| Pomborneit North | 71 | 48 |
| Port Campbell | 478 | 440 |
| Princetown | 241 | 236 |
| Scotts Creek | 248 | 214 |
| Simpson^ | 569 | 583 |
| Skibo | 65 | 70 |
| Skipton^ | 586 | 609 |
| South Purrumbete | 109 | 124 |
| Stonyford^ | 51 | 65 |
| Tandarook | 19 | 46 |
| Taroon^ | 22 | 25 |
| Terang^ | 2,288 | 2,254 |
| Tesbury | 112 | 110 |
| Timboon | 1,202 | 1,250 |
| Timboon West | 54 | 57 |
| Vite Vite | 39 | 37 |
| Vite Vite North | 28 | 32 |
| Waarre | 15 | 0 |
| Wattle Hill | 6 | 11 |
| Weerite | 117 | 121 |
| Werneth^ | 60 | 66 |
^ - Territory divided with another LGA * - Not noted in 2016 Census # - Not noted in 2021 Census