Moonee Valley City Council - VW

Moonee Valley City Council is one of 79 Local Governments in Victoria. Each of these Local Governments might look and feel very different, just as our communities have different priorities and needs. A rural Council might represent a very large geographic area, but have only a small number of councillors; while in inner metropolitan areas, the geographic size of your municipality is likely to be more condensed, while the number of councillors will be higher. This is because the number of councillors representing an area is determined on the basis of population. So for example, the Shire of Towong in Victoria's North-East covers a geographic area of 6,673 square kilometres, while here in the City of Moonee Valley, our land area is just 44 square kilometres - however Moonee Valley is represented by 9 councillors, while the Shire of Towong has 5! This is because the Shire of Towong represents a population of about 6,000 people, while Moonee Valley's population is around 117,000.