Shire of Mitchell

Shire of Mitchell Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	39,143 (2015 est)
• Density	13.6672/km2 (35.398/sq mi)
Established	1994
Gazetted	18 November 1994
Area	2,864 km2 (1,105.8 sq mi)
Mayor	Cr Sue Marstaeller
Council seat	Broadford
Region	Hume
State electorate(s)	Euroa Yan Yean
Federal Division(s)	Bendigo McEwen
Website	Shire of Mitchell
LGAs around Shire of Mitchell: Mount Alexander Greater Bendigo Strathbogie Macedon Ranges Shire of Mitchell Murrindindi Hume Whittlesea Nillumbik

The Shire of Mitchell is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located North of Melbourne. It covers an area of 2,864 square kilometres (1,106 sq mi) and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 34,637. It includes the towns of Broadford, Kilmore, Seymour, Tallarook, Pyalong and Wallan. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Pyalong, Shire of Kilmore, most of the Shire of Broadford, and parts of the Shire of McIvor and Rural City of Seymour.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Mitchell Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Broadford, it also has service centres located in Kilmore, Seymour and Wallan. The Shire is named after an early British surveyor and explorer, Major Thomas Mitchell, who explored the south-eastern part of Australia, and whose return route for his third expedition passed through the present-day LGA.

It is the second fastest growing regional municipality in Victoria.

The council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Broadford Civic Centre, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Broadford, and its service centres in Kilmore, Seymour and Wallan.