Auditor-General’s Results of 2017–18 Audits: Local Government

The raw data supports our interactive visualisation tool dashboard which summarises the financial statement data for Victoria’s 79 councils for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 financial years. We grouped councils into five cohorts based on size, demographics and funding: • metropolitan—predominately urban in character and located within Melbourne’s densely populated urban core • interface—one of the nine municipalities that form a ring around metropolitan Melbourne • regional city—urban and partly rural in character • large shire—a municipality with more than 16 000 inhabitants that is predominantly rural in character • small shire—a municipality with less than 16 000 inhabitants that is predominantly rural in character. The cohorts are consistent with Local Government Victoria’s classification of council types. Files (slice {"file": url}): - Annual Report 2018-19 (excel): https://www.audit.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/20191127-Local-Government-dashboard-data.xlsx

Cite as: Victorian Auditor General's Office. Auditor-General’s Results of 2017–18 Audits: Local Government. https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/auditor-general-s-report-on-the-annual-financial-report-of-the-state-of-victoria-2017-18