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Rural South

About the profile areas

The 2023 Estimated Resident Population for Rural South is 4,959, with a population density of 1.21 persons per square km.

Location and boundaries

Rural South is bounded by Perrys Road, Wychitella Bus Route Road, the localities of Boort and Mysia, Oaklands Road, Loddon West Road, the Loddon River, the locality of Bears Lagoon, Whites Pit Road, Pompapiel Mail Road, McCauleys Road, Waranga Western Channel, Dalrymples Road, Pyramid-Yarraberb Road, Thompsons Road, Hockings Road, Waranga Western Channel and Tandarra Road in the north, the City of Greater Bendigo in the east, Mount Alexander Shire and Central Goldfields Shire in the south, and the Avoca River and Northern Grampians Shire and Buloke Shire in the west.

Profile areas
Rural South

Included areas

  • Rural South includes the localities of Arnold,
  • Arnold West,
  • Auchmore,
  • Berrimal,
  • Brenanah,
  • Bridgewater,
  • Bridgewater North,
  • Bridgewater on Loddon,
  • Burkes Flat,
  • Campbells Forest,
  • Cochranes Creek,
  • Derby,
  • Fentons Creek,
  • Fiery Flat,
  • Glenalbyn,
  • Inglewood,
  • Kingower,
  • Kinypanial,
  • Korong Vale,
  • Kurraca,
  • Kurraca West,
  • Kurting,
  • Laanecoorie,
  • Llanelly,
  • McIntyre,
  • Murphys Creek,
  • Newbridge,
  • Painswick,
  • Powlett Plains,
  • Rheola,
  • Salisbury West,
  • Serpentine,
  • Skinners Flat,
  • Tarnagulla,
  • Waanyarra,
  • Wedderburn,
  • Wedderburn Junction,
  • Wehla,
  • Woodstock on Loddon,
  • Woodstock West,
  • Woolshed Flat,
  • Wychitella,
  • Wychitella North and Yarraberb,
  • The Loddon Shire parts of the localities of Bealiba,
  • Buckrabanyule,
  • Coonooer Bridge,
  • Dunolly,
  • Eastville,
  • Eddington,
  • Emu,
  • Gowar East,
  • Inkerman,
  • Leichardt,
  • Logan,
  • Marong,
  • Moliagul,
  • Nine Mile,
  • Raywood,
  • Richmond Plains,
  • Sebastian,
  • Shelbourne,
  • Slaty Creek,
  • Woosang and Yeungroon East,
  • parts of the localities of Borung,
  • Pompapiel and Tandarra,
  • and the southern section of the Loddon Shire part of the locality of Kamarooka.
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