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Rural North

About the profile areas

The 2023 Estimated Resident Population for Rural North is 1,711, with a population density of 0.44 persons per square km.

Location and boundaries

Rural North is located in the far north of the Southern Grampians Shire. Rural North is bounded by the Glenelg River, Horsham Rural City and Northern Grampians Shire in the north, Ararat Rural City in the east, the localities of Dunkeld, Moutajup, Strathkellar, Hamilton, Bochara, Wannon, Gritjurk, Coleraine and Muntham in the south, and Glenelg and West Wimmera Shires in the west.

Profile areas
Rural North

Included areas

  • Rural North encompasses the localities of Balmoral,
  • Brit Brit,
  • Bulart,
  • Cavendish,
  • Cherrypool,
  • Coojar,
  • Culla,
  • Englefield,
  • Gatum,
  • Grampians,
  • Gringegalgona,
  • Hensley Park,
  • Karabeal,
  • Konongwootong,
  • Melville Forest,
  • Mirranatwa,
  • Mooralla,
  • Pigeon Ponds,
  • Rocklands,
  • Vasey,
  • Victoria Point,
  • Victoria Valley and Wootong Vale,
  • and the Southern Grampians Shire parts of the localities of Bellfield,
  • Carapook,
  • Glenisla,
  • Harrow,
  • Nareen,
  • Tarrayoukyan and Wando Vale.
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