Total Expenditure
$203.9m
2020-21
Capital Works
$38.8m
19.0% of expenditure
Governance Spend
$42,036,909
Local Roads Spend
$9,897,884
Governance / Roads
4.25x
spending more on itself
State Rank (Expenditure)
#13
of 79 councils
State avg expenditure: $123.9m This council: $203.9m State avg capital: $35.1m This council: $38.8m
Per Capita (population: 178,420, 2023)
Expenditure / Resident
$1,143
Capital / Resident
$218
Governance / Resident
$236
Roads / Resident
$55
Expenditure Trend (9 Years)
Capital Works by Function (2020-21)
Expenditure by Function Over Time
Performance Indicators (LGPRF 2020-21)
Efficiency 2 indicators ▾
ID Indicator Result State Avg Trend
E2 Amount of council expenditure for each property 2504.6 3501.5 ·
Council says: applicable
E4 Amount of rates charged on average for each property. New indicator from July 2019. Please refer to retired indicators link for previous results. 1743.5 1794.3 ·
Council says: applicable
Governance 5 indicators ▾
ID Indicator Result State Avg Trend
G1 Percentage of council resolutions made at an ordinary or special meeting of council (or at a meeting of a special committee consisting only of councillors) closed to the public 0.0 0.1 ·
G2 Community satisfaction rating out of 100 with the consultation and engagement efforts of the council. This includes consulting and engaging directly with the community on key local issues requiring decisions by council. 59.0 56.7 ·
G3 Percentage of attendance at ordinary and special council meetings by councillors 1.0 1.0 ·
G4 Direct cost of delivering council's governance service per councillor 49265.0 51855.9 ·
G5 Community satisfaction rating out 100 with how council has performed in making decisions in the interests of the community 58.0 57.3 ·
Roads 5 indicators ▾
ID Indicator Result State Avg Trend
R1 Number of sealed local road requests received by council per 100 kilometres of sealed local road 98.9 49.3 ·
R2 Percentage of sealed local roads that are below the renewal intervention level set by council and therefore do not require renewal 1.0 1.0 ·
R3 Direct cost to council of sealed local road reconstruction per square metre reconstructed 237.5 92.4 ·
R4 Direct cost to council of sealed local road resealing per square metre resealed 19.6 14.4 ·
R5 Community satisfaction rating out of 100 with how council has performed on the condition of sealed local roads 60.0 58.0 ·
Statutory Planning 4 indicators ▾
ID Indicator Result State Avg Trend
SP1 Median number of days taken between receipt of a planning application and a decision on the application 94.0 67.4 ·
SP2 Percentage of VicSmart planning application decisions made within 10 days and regular planning application decisions made within 60 days 0.7 0.7 ·
SP3 Direct cost to council of the statutory planning service per planning application received 2293.0 2486.3 ·
SP4 Percentage of council planning application decisions subject to review by VCAT that were not set aside 0.8 0.5 ·
Waste Collection 5 indicators ▾
ID Indicator Result State Avg Trend
WC1 Number of kerbside bin collection requests received by council per 1,000 kerbside bin collection households 266.3 126.1 ·
WC2 Number of kerbside collection bins missed per 10,000 scheduled kerbside collection bin lifts 12.9 5.6 ·
WC3 Direct cost to council of the kerbside garbage bin collection service per kerbside garbage collection bin 101.0 113.3 ·
WC4 Direct cost to council of the kerbside recyclables collection service per kerbside recyclables collection bin 68.0 69.4 ·
WC5 Percentage of garbage, recyclables and green organics collected from kerbside bins that is diverted from landfill 0.5 0.5 ·