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Inverleigh is located in the Golden Plains Shire Council which is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 2,704 square kilometres (1,044 sq mi) and at the 2016 Census, had a population of over 21,000.

It includes the towns of Inverleigh, Bannockburn, Gheringhap, Lethbridge, Linton, Berringa, Teesdale, 

Rokewood and Meredith.

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The Shire was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Bannockburn, Shire of Leigh, Shire of Grenville and part of the Shire of Buninyong. Upon its creation, it was known as the Southern Rural Shire, intended to exist temporarily until the Local Government Board drew up final council boundaries for the Ballarat region. However, a few months later it was decided to make the municipality permanent, and it was renamed to its current name on 1 October 1994.

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The Shire is governed and administered by the Golden Plains Shire Council. Its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the Council headquarters in Bannockburn.

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The Golden Plains Shire Council website is www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au

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