Local government facts
- Victoria has 79 municipalities:
- 31 metropolitan (including 10 interface councils)
- 48 rural and regional (including 10 regional cities)
- Populations range from fewer than 3,000 to more than 340,000
- Land area varies from 10.8 sq km to 22,000 sq km
- Each also varies in rate base, needs, infrastructure and resources.
- Each municipality manages significantly different budgets:
- Rural council budgets average $67 million (smallest is approximately $10.3 million)
- Metropolitan council budgets average $219 million (largest is approximately $705 million)
- Governed by 641 democratically elected councillors:
- 400 male councillors
- 240 female councillors
- Employs 43,469 people
- 26,283 female employees
- 17,106 male employees
- 7 gender neutral employees
- Annual revenue of $11.6 billion
- Responsible for more than $110 billion in community infrastructure and assets such as roads, bridges, town halls, recreation and leisure facilities, drains, libraries and parks.