48 municipalities cover land in regional Victoria that lies outside of Melbourne's metropolitan area.

The largest regional council in terms of land size is the Rural City of Mildura, while the City of Greater Geelong is home to the most people.

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1. Alpine Shire Population - 13,235 Size - 4,839 km² Headquarters - Bright	2. Rural City of Ararat Population - 11,880 Size - 4,207 km² Headquarters - Ararat	3. City of Ballarat Population - 113,763 Size - 740 km² Headquarters - Ballarat
4. Bass Coast Shire Population - 40,789 Size - 865 km² Headquarters - Wonthaggi	5. Baw Baw Shire Population - 57,626 Size - 4,028 km² Headquarters - Warragul	6. Rural City of Benalla Population - 14,528 Size - 2,351 km² Headquarters - Benalla
7. City of Greater Bendigo Population - 121,470 Size - 2,999 km² Headquarters - Bendigo	8. Buloke Shire Population - 6,178 Size - 8,004 km² Headquarters - Wycheproof	9. Campaspe Shire Population - 38,735 Size - 4,526 km² Headquarters - Echuca
10. Central Goldfields Shire Population - 13,483 Size - 1,534 km² Headquarters - Maryborough	11. Colac Otway Shire Population - 22,423 Size - 3,433 km² Headquarters - Colac	12. Corangamite Shire Population - 16,115 Size - 4,404 km² Headquarters - Camperdown
13. East Gippsland Shire Population - 48,715 Size - 20,931 km² Headquarters - Bairnsdale	14. Gannawarra Shire Population - 10,683 Size - 3,732 km² Headquarters - Kerang	15. City of Greater Geelong Population - 271,057 Size - 1,247 km² Headquarters - Geelong
16. Glenelg Shire Population - 20,152 Size - 6,212 km² Headquarters - Portland	17. Golden Plains Shire Population - 24,985 Size - 2,704 km² Headquarters - Bannockburn	18. Hepburn Shire Population - 16,604 Size - 1,470 km² Headquarters - Daylesford
19. Hindmarsh Shire Population - 5,698 Size - 7,527 km² Headquarters - Nhill	20. Rural City of Horsham Population - 20,429 Size - 4,249 km² Headquarters - Horsham	21. Indigo Shire Population - 17,368 Size - 2,044 km² Headquarters - Beechworth
22. City of Latrobe Population - 77,318 Size - 1,422 km² Headquarters - Morwell	23. Loddon Shire Population - 7,759 Size - 6,694 km² Headquarters - Wedderburn	24. Macedon Ranges Shire Population - 51,458 Size - 1,747 km² Headquarters - Kyneton
25. Mansfield Shire Population - 10,178 Size - 3,892 km² Headquarters - Mansfield	26. Rural City of Mildura Population - 56,972 Size - 22,087 km² Headquarters - Mildura	27. Mitchell Shire Population - 49,460 Size - 2,862 km² Headquarters - Broadford
28. Moira Shire Population - 30,522 Size - 4,057 km² Headquarters - Cobram	29. Moorabool Shire Population - 37,632 Size - 2,110 km² Headquarters - Ballan	30. Mount Alexander Shire Population - 20,253 Size - 1,529 km² Headquarters - Castlemaine
31. Moyne Shire Population - 17,374 Size - 5,478 km² Headquarters - Port Fairy	32. Murrindindi Shire Population - 15,197 Size - 3,889 km² Headquarters - Alexandra	33. Northern Grampians Shire Population - 11,948 Size - 5,728 km² Headquarters - Stawell
34. Pyrenees Shire Population - 7,671 Size - 3,433 km² Headquarters - Beaufort	35. Borough of Queenscliffe Population - 3,276 Size - 13 km² Headquarters - Queenscliff	36. City of Greater Shepparton Population - 68,409 Size - 2,422 km² Headquarters - Shepparton
37. South Gippsland Shire Population - 30,577 Size - 3,280 km² Headquarters - Leongatha	38. Southern Grampians Shire Population - 16,588 Size - 6,652 km² Headquarters - Hamilton	39. Strathbogie Shire Population - 11,455 Size - 3,302 km² Headquarters - Euroa
40. Surf Coast Shire Population - 37,694 Size - 1,560 km² Headquarters - Torquay	41. Rural City of Swan Hill Population - 21,403 Size - 6,116 km² Headquarters - Swan Hill	42. Towong Shire Population - 6,223 Size - 6,635 km² Headquarters - Tallangatta
43. Rural City of Wangaratta Population - 29,808 Size - 3,764 km² Headquarters - Wangaratta	44. City of Warrnambool Population - 35,406 Size - 121 km² Headquarters - Warrnambool	45. Wellington Shire Population - 45,639 Size - 10,989 km² Headquarters - Sale
46. West Wimmera Shire Population - 4,006 Size - 9,116 km² Headquarters - Edenhope	47. City of Wodonga Population - 43,253 Size - 433 km² Headquarters - Wodonga	48. Yarriambiack Shire Population - 6,556 Size - 7,310 km² Headquarters - Warracknabeal

• Population data is taken from the 2021 ABS Census
• Some councils have multiple offices and customer service centres located within the municipality