Rural City of Swan Hill

Rural City of Swan Hill Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	20,409 (2015 est)
• Density	3.3364/km2 (8.6413/sq mi)
Established	1995
Gazetted	20 January 1995
Area	6,117 km2 (2,361.8 sq mi)
Mayor	Cr Les McPhee
Council seat	Swan Hill
Region	Northern Victoria
State electorate(s)	Murray Plains Mildura
Federal Division(s)	Mallee
Website	Rural City of Swan Hill
LGAs around Rural City of Swan Hill: Mildura Balranald (NSW) Balranald (NSW) Mildura Rural City of Swan Hill Murray River (NSW) Buloke Buloke Gannawarra

The Rural City of Swan Hill is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the north-western part of the state. It covers an area of 6,117 square kilometres (2,362 sq mi) and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 20,449. It includes the towns of Swan Hill, Lake Boga, Manangatang, Nyah, Nyah West, Piangil, Robinvale, Ultima and Woorinen South. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Swan Hill, Shire of Swan Hill and part of the Shire of Kerang.

The Rural City is governed and administered by the Swan Hill Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Swan Hill, it also has a service centre located in Robinvale. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement lying in the south-east of the LGA, that is Swan Hill, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 10,431.

The council is composed of four wards and seven councillors, with four councillors elected to represent the Central Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Swan Hill Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Swan Hill, and its service centre in Robinvale.