Stakeholder Analysis and Engagement Process Fire safety is a shared responsibility between individuals, the community, government agencies and organisations, and the private sector and requires a partnership approach. All stakeholders are given the opportunity to contribute to fire management planning and thus undertake appropriate action to address the risk of fire. Part 2 – Summary of Environmental Scan Extensive environmental scan information is contained in the Gippsland Regional Plan 2010 ( - The Gippsland Regional Plan website was launched in August 2012) and on the Latrobe City website. All data in Part 3 has been taken from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census 2011 unless otherwise stated. The ABS Expanded Community Profile (i.e. place of usual residence) was used. Latrobe City is located in the Gippsland region of Victoria, about 150 kilometers south-east of Melbourne. The City is bounded by Baw Baw Shire in the north and north-west, Wellington Shire in the east and and South Gippsland Shire in the south-west. Latrobe is an urban and rural area with the majority of the population living in the urban areas. The City includes the four urban Centers’ of Traralgon, Moe, Morwell and Churchill. The City encompasses a total land area of about 1,425 square kilometers. Latrobe is a significant energy provider for Victoria, with brown coal mining used to generate electricity. Rural land is used mainly for dairy farming and coal mining, general farming and plantation forestry. Land Managers Source: DELWP PLM25 GIS dataset 2011 and DAFF 2013 Population, Demographic and Settlement Information Latrobe City is only eastern regional city, home to 73,929 residents and 5,019 businesses and is Victoria’s the residential and commercial hub of a larger catchment of 262,000 people stretching across the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland region. Projected Population Growth to 2026 – Latrobe City Past 2011 Census 2016 Census Projected LGA 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 Latrobe City 71,115 70,645 72,075 72,396 74,329 83,531 87,145 2011 Distribution of Population by Size of Town Latrobe Towns > 1,000 Towns >5K Towns > 1K to 5K Towns > 500 to 1K Rest Overall
Stakeholder Analysis and Engagement Process Fire safety is a shared responsibility between individuals, the community, government agencies and organisations, and the private sector and requires a partnership approach. All stakeholders are given the opportunity to contribute to fire management planning and thus undertake appropriate action to address the risk of fire. Part 2 – Summary of Environmental Scan Extensive environmental scan information is contained in the Gippsland Regional Plan 2010 ( - The Gippsland Regional Plan website was launched in August 2012) and on the Latrobe City website. All data in Part 3 has been taken from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census 2011 unless otherwise stated. The ABS Expanded Community Profile (i.e. place of usual residence) was used. Latrobe City is located in the Gippsland region of Victoria, about 150 kilometers south-east of Melbourne. The City is bounded by Baw Baw Shire in the north and north-west, Wellington Shire in the east and and South Gippsland Shire in the south-west. Latrobe is an urban and rural area with the majority of the population living in the urban areas. The City includes the four urban Centers’ of Traralgon, Moe, Morwell and Churchill. The City encompasses a total land area of about 1,425 square kilometers. Latrobe is a significant energy provider for Victoria, with brown coal mining used to generate electricity. Rural land is used mainly for dairy farming and coal mining, general farming and plantation forestry. Land Managers Source: DELWP PLM25 GIS dataset 2011 and DAFF 2013 Population, Demographic and Settlement Information Latrobe City is Victoria’s only eastern regional city, home to 73,929 residents and 5,019 businesses and is the residential and commercial hub of a larger catchment of 262,000 people stretching across the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland region. Projected Population Growth to 2026 – Latrobe City Past 2011 Census 2016 Census Projected LGA 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 Latrobe City 71,115 70,645 72,075 72,396 74,329 83,531 87,145 2011 Distribution of Population by Size of Town Latrobe Towns > 1,000 Towns >5K Towns > 1K to 5K Towns > 500 to 1K Rest Overall