Population 11,028 (2015 est) Mayor Cr Paul Hooper State electorate(s) LowanRipon Area 4,230 km² | Established 1994 Region Western Victoria Founded 1994 Gazetted 23 September 1994 | |
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The Rural City of Ararat is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 4,230 square kilometres (1,630 sq mi) and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 11,183. It includes the towns of Ararat, Armstrong, Dunneworthy, Lake Bolac, Moyston, Pomonal, Streatham, Tatyoon, Wickliffe and Willaura. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Ararat, Shire of Ararat and parts of the Shire of Mortlake and Shire of Stawell.
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Map of Ararat, VIC, Australia
The Rural City is governed and administered by the Ararat Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ararat. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the north of the LGA, that is Ararat, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 8,076.
Current composition
The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.
Administration and governance
The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Ararat Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre in Ararat.