Ward boundaries

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Yarra Ranges is home to over 150,000 people and covers approximately 2,500km². The municipality stretches from the densely populated outer suburbs into the foothills, agricultural valleys and forested areas of the Great Dividing Ranges.

Around 70% of our population lives in urban areas, which represent only 3% of the Yarra Ranges landmass.

Candidates can stand for election for any ward within a council, even if their enrolled address is in a different ward within the municipality.

An indication of the areas covered by the wards are:

  • Billanook Ward -most of Mount Evelyn and parts of Lilydale and Wandin North.
  • Chandler Ward - Kalorama, Macclesfield, Monbulk, Montrose (part), Mount Evelyn (part), Olinda (part), Seville, Seville East (most), Silvan, Wandin East, Wandin North (most), and Emerald (part).
  • Chirnside Ward - Chirnside Park and parts of Mooroolbark, Yering and Wonga Park.
  • Lyster Ward - Belgrave, Belgrave Heights, Belgrave South, Selby, Kallista, Tecoma, Sherbrooke, The Patch, most of Menzies Creek and Lysterfield and parts of Narre Warren East, Emerald, Upwey and Monbulk
  • Melba Ward -parts of Mooroolbark and Lilydale.
  • O'Shannassy Ward - Beenak, Big Pats Creek, Don Valley, East Warburton, Gilderoy, Gladysdale, Hoddles Creek, Launching Place, McMahons Creek, Millgrove, Powelltown, St Clair, Three Bridges, Reefton, Warburton, Wesburn, Yarra Junction, Yellingbo and most of Matlock and Woori Yallock.
  • Ryrie Ward - Badger Creek, Chum Creek, Coldstream, Dixon's Creek, Gruyere, Healesville, Mount Toolebewong Steels Creek, Tarrawarra, Yarra Glen, Yering, most of Fernshaw and parts of Toolangi, Seville East and Woori Yallock.
  • Streeton Ward - Upwey, Tremont, Ferny Creek, Sassafras and Mount Dandenong and parts of Olinda, Upper Ferntree Gully, Kilsyth and Montrose.
  • Walling Ward - most of Kilsyth and parts of Mooroolbark and Montrose.

For detailed information on ward boundaries, the VEC released a map showing the new ward boundaries for Yarra Ranges(PDF, 10MB) following a Subdivision Review undertaken by the VEC.