City of Greater Geelong Victoria |
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Location of the City of Greater Geelong in Victoria
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Geelong Town Hall, 2007
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Population | 229,420 (2015) (12th) | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 183.98/km2 (476.50/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
Gazetted | 18 May 1993 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1,247 km2 (481.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Chairperson | Dr Kathy Alexander | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Geelong city centre | ||||||||||||||
Region | Barwon South West | ||||||||||||||
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Website | City of Greater Geelong | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Greater Geelong is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 1,247 square kilometres (481 sq mi) and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 210,875. It is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living in the Greater Geelong urban area, while other significant settlements within the LGA include Anakie, Balliang, Barwon Heads, Batesford, Ceres, Clifton Springs, Drysdale, Lara, Ocean Grove, Portarlington and St Leonards. It was formed in 1993 from the amalgamation of the Rural City of Bellarine, Shire of Corio, City of Geelong, City of Geelong West, City of Newtown, City of South Barwon, and parts of Shire of Barrabool and Shire of Bannockburn.
The City is governed and administered by the Greater Geelong City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Geelong, it also has service centres located in Drysdale, Ocean Grove and several other locations within Geelong. The City is named after the main urban settlement located in the centre-west of the LGA, that is Geelong, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 143,921.