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Victoria Map
Every local government area, city and town in Victoria on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and local government areas above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a local government area to see its population, area and largest towns.
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Free to print for class and home: Victoria with its cities and towns, a map of its local government areas, and a blank outline map. PDFs fit one A4 or US Letter page.
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Victoria local government areas map
About Victoria
Victoria has 80 local government areas and about 7,073,859 people (2025) on 227,496 km² (87,837 sq mi). Melbourne is both the capital and the largest city, with 4,585,537 people (2021). It borders New South Wales and South Australia.
Casey is the most populous local government area (414,929 people) and Unincorporated Vic the least (917); Mildura is the largest by area (22,082 km²) and Queenscliffe the smallest (9 km²).
Largest cities in Victoria
The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 160 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.
| # | City | Local government area | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | Melbourne | 4,585,537 |
| 2 | Geelong | Greater Geelong | 180,239 |
| 3 | Ballarat | Ballarat | 105,348 |
| 4 | Bendigo | Greater Bendigo | 100,649 |
| 5 | Melton | Melton | 76,346 |
| 6 | Shepparton - Mooroopna | Greater Shepparton | 49,862 |
| 7 | Sunbury | Hume | 38,010 |
| 8 | Wodonga | Wodonga | 37,839 |
| 9 | Mildura | Mildura | 35,652 |
| 10 | Warrnambool | Warrnambool | 32,894 |
| 11 | Traralgon | Latrobe | 27,628 |
| 12 | Torquay - Jan Juc | Surf Coast | 22,998 |
| 13 | Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads | Greater Geelong | 22,035 |
| 14 | Bacchus Marsh | Moorabool | 21,692 |
| 15 | Wangaratta | Wangaratta | 19,712 |
| 16 | Warragul | Baw Baw | 19,134 |
| 17 | Horsham | Horsham | 16,289 |
| 18 | Drysdale - Clifton Springs | Greater Geelong | 16,199 |
| 19 | Lara | Greater Geelong | 15,772 |
| 20 | Moe - Newborough | Latrobe | 15,758 |
| 21 | Drouin | Baw Baw | 14,764 |
| 22 | Wallan | Mitchell | 14,741 |
| 23 | Sale | Wellington | 14,100 |
| 24 | Morwell | Latrobe | 14,068 |
| 25 | Echuca | Campaspe | 13,764 |
Local government area and state populations are the ABS's estimated resident population at 30 June 2025; town populations are 2021 Census counts for the ABS's urban centres and localities, so a city such as Melbourne includes its suburbs.
Local government areas of Victoria
All 80 local government areas. Select one to show it on the map.
| Shire | 13,236 | 4,788 | |
| Rural City | 11,732 | 4,211 | |
| City | 122,661 | 739 | |
| City | 132,770 | 63 | |
| Shire | 44,377 | 866 | |
| Shire | 62,784 | 4,028 | |
| City | 107,164 | 37 | |
| Rural City | 14,581 | 2,353 | |
| City | 178,601 | 60 | |
| City | 198,181 | 123 | |
| Shire | 5,887 | 7,998 | |
| Shire | 37,954 | 4,519 | |
| Shire | 133,472 | 1,283 | |
| City | 414,929 | 409 | |
| Shire | 13,753 | 1,533 | |
| Shire | 22,209 | 3,437 | |
| Shire | 15,712 | 4,407 | |
| City | 162,496 | 53 | |
| Shire | 49,669 | 20,940 | |
| City | 145,369 | 130 | |
| Shire | 10,311 | 3,738 | |
| City | 163,025 | 39 | |
| Shire | 19,908 | 6,219 | |
| Shire | 26,620 | 2,703 | |
| City | 126,568 | 3,000 | |
| City | 168,684 | 130 | |
| City | 295,052 | 1,248 | |
| City | 69,865 | 2,422 | |
| Shire | 17,011 | 1,473 | |
| Shire | 5,447 | 7,524 | |
| City | 97,031 | 64 | |
| Rural City | 20,252 | 4,267 | |
| City | 278,885 | 504 | |
| Shire | 17,758 | 2,040 | |
| City | 168,061 | 91 | |
| City | 163,820 | 114 | |
| City | 79,112 | 1,426 | |
| Shire | 7,718 | 6,696 | |
| Shire | 54,464 | 1,748 | |
| City | 132,912 | 113 | |
| Shire | 10,979 | 3,844 | |
| City | 94,672 | 31 | |
| City | 120,247 | 61 | |
| City | 194,481 | 38 | |
| City | 231,567 | 528 | |
| City | 189,108 | 51 | |
| Rural City | 57,309 | 22,082 | |
| Shire | 58,459 | 2,862 | |
| Shire | 30,866 | 4,046 | |
| City | 211,833 | 81 | |
| City | 130,501 | 43 | |
| Shire | 40,472 | 2,111 | |
| Shire | 172,217 | 724 | |
| Shire | 20,939 | 1,530 | |
| Shire | 17,760 | 5,482 | |
| Shire | 15,648 | 3,880 | |
| Shire | 63,797 | 432 | |
| Shire | 11,804 | 5,730 | |
| City | 114,434 | 21 | |
| Shire | 7,957 | 3,435 | |
| Borough | 3,317 | 9 | |
| Shire | 31,109 | 3,296 | |
| Shire | 16,483 | 6,654 | |
| City | 114,789 | 26 | |
| Shire | 11,839 | 3,303 | |
| Shire | 40,265 | 1,553 | |
| Rural City | 20,962 | 6,116 | |
| Shire | 6,158 | 6,675 | |
| Unincorporated area | 917 | 283 | |
| Rural City | 30,089 | 3,645 | |
| City | 36,255 | 121 | |
| Shire | 46,551 | 10,817 | |
| Shire | 3,915 | 9,109 | |
| City | 185,256 | 64 | |
| City | 259,759 | 490 | |
| City | 44,717 | 433 | |
| City | 347,830 | 542 | |
| City | 101,356 | 20 | |
| Shire | 160,906 | 2,468 | |
| Shire | 6,295 | 7,326 |
Quizzes and worksheets
Sources
- Local government areas: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), Local Government Areas 2025 (geo.abs.gov.au).
- Populations: ABS, Estimated Resident Population at 30 June 2025, by local government area and state (Regional population; ABS Data API, ERP_LGA2025).
- Council names: Geoscape Administrative Boundaries, Local Government Areas, published by Geoscience Australia (Digital Atlas of Australia).
- Towns: ABS, Urban Centres and Localities 2021 (ASGS Edition 3), with their 2021 Census usual resident counts (Census 2021, table G01; ABS Data API, C21_G01_UCL).
- Neighbouring states and territories: ABS, ASGS Edition 3, States and Territories 2021.
- Highways: Geoscape Major Roads, published by Geoscience Australia (Digital Atlas of Australia): national and state highways.