Yarra City Council Revenue and Competitors

The City of Yarra is an inner-metropolitan municipality in Victoria, Australia. It is home to a diverse community of about 83,600 people and has a dynamic local economy, employing almost 67,000 people with a gross regional product of $9.084 billion. The City of Yarra was formed in 1994 following the amalgamation of the cities of Richmond, Collingwood, Fitzroy and part of Carlton North, formerly part of the City of Melbourne, and parts of Alphington and Fairfield, previously part of the former City of Northcote. Yarra's 19.5 square kilometres include the suburbs of Abbotsford, Burnley, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Cremorne, Fitzroy, North Carlton, North Fitzroy, Princes Hill and Richmond. Parts of Alphington and Fairfield - south of Heidelberg Road - are also included in Yarra. The Wurundjeri-willam people of the Kulin Nation are the Traditional Owners of the land that is now known as the City of Yarra and Council recognises them as the custodians of the cultural heritage of this land The administration of Council is spread across three historic town halls, including Richmond Town Hall in Bridge Road, Fitzroy Town Hall in Napier Street and Collingwood Town Hall in Hoddle Street. Council also provides customer service from the Connie Benn Centre at 160 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. The community is represented by nine councillors. The municipality is broken up into three geographic wards - Langridge Ward, Melba Ward and Nicholls Ward - each of which is represented by three Councillors.