Global InformationCity of Greater Geelong information
| City of Greater Geelong Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Location of the City of Greater Geelong in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
 Geelong Town Hall, 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 271,057 (2021) (12th) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 217.19/km2 (562.53/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 18 May 1993[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,248 km2 (481.9 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Trent Sullivan (Liberal) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Geelong city centre | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Barwon South West | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | City of Greater Geelong | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Greater Geelong is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 1,248 square kilometres (482 sq mi) and, had a population of 271,057 as of the 2021 Australian census.[3] It is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living in the Greater Geelong urban area, while other significant settlements within the LGA include Anakie, Balliang, Barwon Heads, Batesford, Ceres, Clifton Springs, Drysdale, Lara, Ocean Grove, Portarlington and St Leonards. It was formed in 1993 from the amalgamation of the Rural City of Bellarine, Shire of Corio, City of Geelong, City of Geelong West, City of Newtown, City of South Barwon, and parts of Shire of Barrabool and Shire of Bannockburn.[1]
The City is governed and administered by the Greater Geelong City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Geelong, it also has service centres located in Drysdale, Ocean Grove and several other locations within Geelong. The City is named after the main urban settlement located in the centre-west of the LGA, that is Geelong, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 211,986.[4]
In 2019, City of Greater Geelong announced a new headquarters across the road from WorkSafe Victoria. The project will be part of the new "Civic Precinct" in the Geelong CBD.
- ^ a b Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "Order estg the City of Greater Geelong: S27 of 1993". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 18 May 1993). pp. 1–3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2021 Greater Geelong, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "2021 Geelong, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 9 July 2022.