It covers an area of 1,533 square kilometres (592 sq mi) and, in August 2021 had a population of 13,483.

[3] It includes the towns of Bealiba, Carisbrook, Dunolly, Maryborough and Talbot.

[2] The Shire is governed and administered by the Central Goldfields Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Maryborough.

[4] In 2017, the Victorian Government removed the elected councillors because of financial mismanagement, and Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins appointed three administrators to oversee the city until the 2020 local government elections: Noel Harvey OAM, Hugh Delahunty, and Karen Douglas.

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