City profile
Moorabool is a shire in Victoria's Central Highlands, between Melbourne and Ballarat. Most residents live in and around Bacchus Marsh (including Darley and Maddingley) and Ballan, with smaller towns such as Gordon, Mount Egerton, Blackwood, Myrniong and Greendale, and farmland and state forest in between. The council's principal office is in Ballan.
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- 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)
- 40,472ABS Estimated Resident Population (preliminary).
- Area
- 2,110.6 km²ABS. The VEC gives 2,109 km².
- Population density
- About 19 people per km²ABS ERP ÷ ABS area.
- Wards
- None — 9 councillors elected shire-wide
- Council group (LGPRF)
- Large shire
- Traditional Owners
- The Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung, Wadawurrung and Dja Dja Wurrung peoplesAs acknowledged on the council's website.
Suburbs & postcodes
- Bacchus Marsh3340
- Ballan3342
- Balliang (part)3340
- Balliang East3340
- Barkstead3364
- Barrys Reef3458
- Beremboke3342
- Blackwood3458
- Blakeville3342
- Bolwarrah3352
- Bullarook (part)3352
- Bullarto South (part)3461
- Bunding3342
- Bungal3334
- Bungaree3352
- Buninyong (part)3357
- Cargerie3334
- Clarendon3352
- Claretown3352
- Clarkes Hill3352
- Coimadai3340
- Colbrook3342
- Dales Creek3341
- Darley3340
- Dunnstown3352
- Durham Lead (part)3352
- Elaine3334
- Fiskville3342
- Glen Park (part)3352
- Glenmore3340
- Gordon3345
- Greendale3341
- Grenville (part)3352
- Hopetoun Park3340
- Ingliston3342
- Korobeit3341
- Korweinguboora (part)3461
- Lal Lal3352
- Leigh Creek3352
- Lerderderg3458
- Long Forest3340
- Maddingley3340
- Merrimu3340
- Millbrook3352
- Mollongghip (part)3352
- Morrisons (part)3334
- Mount Doran3334
- Mount Egerton3352
- Mount Wallace3342
- Myrniong3341
- Navigators3352
- Parwan (part)3340
- Pentland Hills3341
- Pootilla3352
- Rowsley3340
- Scotsburn (part)3352
- Spargo Creek3461
- Springbank3352
- Wallace3352
- Warrenheip (part)3352
- Wattle Flat (part)3352
- Yendon3352
On the map
The shaded area is the official Local Government Area boundary.
The council doesn't publish a single list of its localities, so this list comes from the official Vicmap locality boundaries, checked against the council boundary. A locality is listed when at least 5% of its area is inside the council, and marked '(part)' when less than 95% is. Shares inside Moorabool: Durham Lead about 16%, Glen Park 20%, Buninyong 21%, Mollongghip 38%, Warrenheip 45%, Grenville 52%, Balliang 55%, Scotsburn 57%, Wattle Flat 58%, Parwan 66%, Bullarto South 74%, Korweinguboora 88%, Bullarook 94%, Morrisons 94%. Trentham (about 10% inside) has no row in the CSA's postcode table for Moorabool, so we don't list it with a postcode. Postcodes come from the CSA's suburb and postcode table for Moorabool (all years of the table). The shaded area on the map is the council boundary from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ASGS 2025) — the same boundary the ABS area and population figures are measured on.
Sources — check it yourself
- ABS — Regional population 2024–25, data cube 32180DS0002 Table 2 (Victoria) · ERP 30 Jun 2025
- ABS — Regional population, latest release · Released Mar 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Moorabool Shire Council (unsubdivided, 9 councillors; council area) · Sep 2026
- Moorabool Shire Council — Contact us (Acknowledgement of Country) · Sep 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: Large Shire) · 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.