For a former local government area with the same name that existed in the area prior to 1994, see Shire of South Gippsland (former).
Local government area in Victoria, Australia
Shire of South Gippsland Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population
29,576 (2018)[1]
• Density
8.9733/km2 (23.241/sq mi)
Established
1994
Gazetted
2 December 1994[2]
Area
3,296 km2 (1,272.6 sq mi)[1]
Mayor
Cr Nathan Hersey
Council seat
Leongatha
Region
Gippsland
State electorate(s)
Gippsland South
Federal division(s)
Monash
Website
Shire of South Gippsland
LGAs around Shire of South Gippsland:
Cardinia
Baw Baw
Latrobe
Bass Coast
Shire of South Gippsland
Wellington
Bass Strait
Bass Strait Flinders Council (Tasmania)
Bass Strait
The Shire of South Gippsland is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the south-eastern part of the state. It covers an area of 3,296 square kilometres (1,273 sq mi) and, in June 2018, had a population of 29,576.
It includes the towns of Leongatha, Korumburra, Foster, Poowong, Mirboo North and Meeniyan. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the former Shire of South Gippsland with the Shire of Mirboo, and parts of the Shire of Korumburra and Shire of Woorayl.[2]
The Shire is governed and administered by the South Gippsland Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Leongatha, it also has a service centre located in Mirboo North. The Shire is named after the Gippsland region, in which the LGA occupies the southernmost portion, including Wilsons Promontory at the southern tip of the Australian continent.
^ ab"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.
^ abVictoria Government Gazette – Online Archive (1837–1997). "S94 of 1994: Order estg (Part 6) the Shire of South Gippsland". State Library of Victoria. State Government of Victoria (published 2 December 1994). p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
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