City profile
Latrobe City is the council for the Latrobe Valley in Gippsland, east of Melbourne. Its four main towns are Traralgon, Morwell, Moe–Newborough and Churchill, and it also takes in smaller towns such as Boolarra, Glengarry, Toongabbie, Tyers, Yallourn North and Yinnar. The council's headquarters are in Morwell.
New to these terms? Read them in plain English
- Local Government Area (LGA)
- The official area a council governs.
- Estimated Resident Population (ERP)
- The official population count for an area.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- The national statistics agency behind population figures.
The area at a glance
- Population (ERP, 30 June 2025)
- 79,112ABS Estimated Resident Population (preliminary).
- Area
- 1,425.6 km²ABS. The VEC's council page gives 1,425 km².
- Population density
- About 55 people per km²ABS population ÷ ABS area (our calculation). Much of the area is rural, so density varies widely.
- Wards
- 9, with one councillor each
- Council group (LGPRF)
- Regional City
- Rateable properties
- 41,697 assessments (2026/27 budget)
- Traditional Owners
- Brayakaulung people of the Gunaikurnai nationAs in the council's acknowledgement: 'the traditional land of the Brayakaulung people of the Gunaikurnai nation'.
- Council offices
- Morwell (headquarters), with service centres in Churchill, Moe and Traralgon
Suburbs & postcodes
- Boolarra3870
- Boolarra South3870
- Budgeree3870
- Callignee3844
- Churchill3842
- Cowwarr (part)3857
- Driffield3840
- Flynn (part)3844
- Flynns Creek (part)3844
- Glengarry (part)3854
- Glengarry North (part)3854
- Glengarry West3854
- Grand Ridge (part)3870
- Hazelwood3840
- Hazelwood North3840
- Hazelwood South3840
- Hernes Oak3825
- Jeeralang3840
- Jeeralang Junction3840
- Koornalla3844
- Loy Yang3844
- Maryvale3840
- Mirboo (part)3871
- Moe (part)3825
- Moe South (part)3825
- Morwell3840
- Newborough3825
- Tanjil South (part)3825
- Toongabbie (part)3856
- Traralgon3844
- Traralgon East3844
- Traralgon South3844
- Tyers3844
- Yallourn3825
- Yallourn North (part)3825
- Yinnar3869
- Yinnar South3869
On the map
The shaded area is the official Local Government Area boundary.
Localities and postcodes come from the CSA's suburb-and-postcode table for Latrobe. We checked each against the official Vicmap locality boundaries: a locality is marked '(part)' when less than 95% of its area is inside the council. Shared localities: Moe, Moe South, Tanjil South and Yallourn North with Baw Baw (the Vicmap boundary puts about 16% of the Moe locality in Baw Baw); Glengarry North with Baw Baw; Cowwarr, Flynn, Flynns Creek, Glengarry and Grand Ridge with Wellington; Toongabbie with Baw Baw and Wellington; and Mirboo with South Gippsland. Six more localities lie wholly or partly inside the council on the Vicmap map but have no row in the CSA table, so we don't list a postcode for them: Jumbuk and Mount Tassie (wholly inside), and Balook, Darlimurla, Delburn and Narracan (partly). If you live in a split locality, your rates notice shows which council you pay. The shaded area on the map is the ABS council boundary (ASGS 2025); area and density figures use the ABS area.
Sources — check it yourself
- ABS — Regional population 2024–25, data cube 32180DS0002 Table 2 (Victoria; LGA 23810 'Latrobe (Vic.)') · ERP 30 Jun 2025
- ABS — Regional population, latest release · Released Mar 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Latrobe City Council (9 single-councillor wards; area) · Sep 2026
- Latrobe City Council — Budget 2026/27, section 4.1.1(d) number of assessments (PDF) · 2026–27
- Latrobe City Council — Acknowledging Traditional Owners (read from an archived copy) · May 2026
- Latrobe City Council — Contact Us (office locations; read from an archived copy) · May 2026
- Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) — LGA Recorded Offences, Table 03 (suburb and postcode by LGA) · Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
- DataVic — Vicmap Admin locality polygons · Sep 2026
- Local Government Victoria — LGPRF 2020–2025 Full Council Data Set (council group: Regional City) · 2024–25
Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.