Undivided council

In Australian local government, an undivided council (also referred to as unsubdivided, a single ward or an at-large ward) is a council that does not have any wards, meaning all councillors are elected in a single area representing the entire local government area (LGA).

[3] As a result of the Local Government Act 2020, all rural-based councils in Victoria now have the option to become undivided or have equal-sized multi-member wards.

[4] From the 2024 local elections onwards, the City of Melbourne will be the only metropolitan local government area in Victoria using an undivided structure.

[5] In New South Wales and Victoria, undivided councils use forms of proportional representation.

[6][7] In Queensland, plurality block voting (also referred to as first-past-the-post by the Electoral Commission) is used.