Rural City of Ararat
| Rural City of Ararat Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 11,880 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.8212/km2 (7.307/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 23 September 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4,211 km2 (1,625.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | o Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Ararat | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Grampians | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wannon | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Rural City of Ararat | ||||||||||||||
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The Rural City of Ararat is an Australian local government area located in the western part of the state of Victoria. It covers an area of 4,211 square kilometres (1,626 sq mi) and in the 2021 had a population of 11,880.
The area includes the towns of Ararat, Armstrong, Dunneworthy, Lake Bolac, Moyston, Pomonal, Streatham, Tatyoon, Wickliffe and Willaura. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Ararat, Shire of Ararat, and parts of the Shire of Mortlake and Shire of Stawell.
The rural city is governed and administered by the Ararat Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ararat. The rural city is named after the main urban settlement located in the north of the LGA, that is Ararat, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 8,076.