Hume (region)

Hume Region Victoria
Victorian Alps pictured in Spring 2007.
Hume Region The location of Shepparton, a city in the Hume region
Coordinates	36°23′S 145°24′E / 36.383°S 145.400°E / -36.383; 145.400
Population	309,684 (2021 census)[Note 1]
• Density	7.66905/km2 (19.86275/sq mi)
Area	40,381 km2 (15,591.2 sq mi)[Note 2][1]
LGA(s)	(by population) Greater Shepparton Wodonga Mitchell Moira Wangaratta Indigo Benalla Murrindindi Alpine Strathbogie Mansfield Towong
State electorate(s)	Benambra Eildon Euroa Ovens Valley Shepparton
Federal division(s)	Bendigo Indi McEwen Nicholls
Website	Hume Region
Localities around Hume Region: Loddon Mallee New South Wales New South Wales Loddon Mallee Hume Region New South Wales Loddon Mallee Greater Melbourne Gippsland

The Hume is an economic rural region^[2] located in the north-eastern part of Victoria, Australia.^[3] Comprising an area in excess of 40,000 square kilometres (15,000 sq mi) with a population that has grown from 263,000 (in 2011) to 309,684 (in 2021), the Hume region includes the local government areas of Alpine Shire, Rural City of Benalla, City of Wodonga, City of Greater Shepparton, Shire of Indigo, Shire of Mansfield, Shire of Strathbogie, Shire of Towong and the Rural City of Wangaratta, and also includes five unincorporated areas encompassing the alpine ski resorts in the region.

The Hume region is located along the two major interstate transport corridors – the Hume corridor and the Goulburn Valley corridor. The region comprises four distinct and inter-connected sub-regions or districts: Upper Hume, Central Hume, Goulburn Valley, and Lower Hume. The regional cities and centres of Wodonga, Shepparton and Wangaratta (supported by Benalla) function as a network of regional hubs that service their own distinct sub-regions. The region is bounded by the Victorian Alps in the south and east, the New South Wales border defined by the Murray River in the north, the Loddon Mallee region in the west and the Greater Melbourne northern, western, and eastern metropolitan and Gippsland regions to the south.^[4]

For the purposes of Australian federal elections for the House of Representatives, the Hume region is contained within all or part of the electoral divisions of Bendigo,^[5] Indi,^[6] McEwen,^[7] and Nicholls.^[8]

For the purposes of Victorian elections for the Legislative Assembly, the Hume region is contained within all or part of the electoral districts of Benambra, Eildon, Euroa, Kalkallo, Ovens Valley, Shepparton and Yan Yean.

The region contains twelve local government areas and five unincorporated areas of Victoria, which are:

The Hume region contains many protected areas such as Barmah, Burrowa-Pine Mountain and Chiltern-Mt Pilot national parks; and the Winton Wetlands restoration site.

• Geography of Victoria
• Regions of Victoria

• "Hume region". Regional Development Victoria. Government of Victoria. 14 October 2013.
• State of the Hume Region 2010–2012 (PDF). Urban Development Division, Department of Planning and Community Development, Government of Victoria. August 2012. ISBN 978-1-921940-57-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
• "Draft Regional Growth Plan: Hume region" (PDF). Department of Planning and Community Development, Government of Victoria. June 2013.