Surf Coast Shire
Surf Coast Shire | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Barwon South West | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Torquay | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr Mike Bodsworth | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1,553 km2 (600 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 37,623 (2021) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 24.226/km2 (62.745/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 9 March 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Surf Coast Shire | ||||||||||||
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The Surf Coast Shire 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 1,553 square kilometres (600 mi2). It had a population of 32,251 in June 2018. It includes the coastal towns of Aireys Inlet, Anglesea, Lorne and Torquay and the inland towns of Moriac and Winchelsea.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Surf Coast Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Torquay. The Shire is named after its location on the popular surf coast of Victoria.