Horsham Rural City is some 3.5 hours' drive north west of Melbourne and north of the Grampians Ranges, in Victoria's Wimmera region. The city of Horsham, with over 13,000 people, is the main provider of retail, community and government services in the Wimmera. The region has a range of educational and health facilities including several secondary colleges and a TAFE. The main industry is dryland, broadacre agriculture.

	2012-13	2011-12	2010-11	2009-10
Expenditure ($)	42.038m	40.190m	35.553m	32.615m
Revenue ($)	50.627m	51.585m	47.001m	32.219m
- Charges ($)	19.377m	17.859m	16.330m	14.979m
- VGC Grants ($)	5.551m	5.330m	5.085m	4.684m