Swan Hill Rural City Council

Swan Hill Rural City Council is a large municipality situated in North West Victoria and covers more than 6,100 square kilometers. The Murray River provides frontage to approximately 500 kilometers of the municipality which gives the unique characteristic of lush irrigation districts reaching into the golden grain belt of the Mallee and is home to just under 21,000 people. It includes the townships of Swan Hill, Robinvale, Lake Boga, Nyah, Nyah West, Piangil, Woorinen, Ultima, Manangatang, Boundary Bend and Tresco. Almost 8,000 of our residents are employed, with agriculture, health care and retail making up almost 50 per cent of employment by industry.

The Swan Hill Rural City economy is driven by agriculture and manufacturing. Almost 16 per cent of the total economic output from the region comes from agricultural production with traditional livestock and broad acre farming accounting for almost four per cent. Irrigated farming (including stone fruit, grapes, nuts, olives and vegetable production) accounts for over 11 per cent of the total economic output for the municipality and more than 18 per cent of all jobs in the city are directly related to agriculture. Additionally food manufacturing (processing) accounts for almost 10 per cent of the municipality’s economic output.