The Shire of Croydon is a local government area in western Queensland, Australia.

The shire, administered from the town of Croydon, covers an area of 29,498 square kilometres (11,389.2 sq mi).

[1] The area was originally settled as part of a gold rush in the 1880s, and at one time had a population of 7,000.

[4] Croydon, like many western local government areas, was not affected by amalgamations in 2007–2008, mainly because of the large geographical size and remoteness of the shire.

Despite being rated as "weak" by the Financial Sustainability Review, analysis by the Local Government Commissioners revealed this to be due to factors upon which amalgamation would have no effect.