The City of Moreton Bay, known until July 2023 as the Moreton Bay Region, is a local government area in the north of the Brisbane metropolitan city in South East Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it replaced three established local government areas, the City of Redcliffe and the Shires of Pine Rivers and Caboolture.

With an estimated operating budget of A$391 million and a 2018 population of 459,585, Moreton Bay is the third most populous local government area in Australia behind the City of Brisbane and City of Gold Coast, both of which are also amalgamated entities.

In the 2021 census, the City of Moreton Bay had a population of 476,340 people.

The original inhabitants, or Traditional Owners, of Moreton Bay are the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Aboriginal people.

Duungidjawu (also known as Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Duungidjawu country. The Duungidjawu language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Somerset Region and the City of Moreton Bay, particularly the towns of Caboolture, Kilcoy, Woodford and Moore.

At the time the Divisional Boards Act 1879 came into force on 11 November 1879, the present City of Morton Bay was entirely contained within the Caboolture Division, which also included the Sunshine Coast. By 1890, Caboolture Division had shrunk considerably with the separate incorporation of the Pine Division (21 January 1888), Redcliffe Division (5 April 1888) and Maroochy Division (5 July 1890).

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Caboolture, Pine and Redcliffe (as well as Maroochy) became Shires on 31 March 1903. Redcliffe was proclaimed a Town on 28 May 1921 and a City on 13 June 1959. A few weeks earlier, on 23 May 1959, Pine was renamed the Shire of Pine Rivers.

In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission released its report and recommended the amalgamation of the three local government areas:

• the City of Redcliffe
• the Shire of Pine Rivers
• and the Shire of Caboolture

It argued that the area was part of the South East Queensland Regional Plan's Urban Footprint, and would attract 11% of the region's population and housing growth to 2006. A very strong community of interest was identified through the region's links and dependencies to Brisbane. The councils disagreed with the commission's plans although, with the exception of Redcliffe, did not oppose alternative amalgamation options. On 15 March 2008, the City and Shires formally ceased to exist and were amalgamated into a new local government area called the Moreton Bay Region. Elections were held on the same day to elect councillors and a mayor to the regional council. In 2012, following the election of the LNP state government, Redcliffe sought to enter a de-amalgamation process; however, a deadline to gather signatures on a petition by 29 August 2012 was missed. The Hills District sought in 2011 to transfer to Brisbane City Council, but the local government Change Commissioner declined the proposal on cost grounds.

On 8 December 2021, the council unanimously voted to rename the council area to Moreton Bay City and to seek approval from the Local Government Change Commission for the renaming. The LGA was officially renamed the City of Moreton Bay on 21 July 2023.

In April 2023, the Queensland Government decided to reflect the growing population of the region by creating five new localities named Corymbia, Greenstone, Lilywood, Wagtail Grove, and Waraba by excising parts of the existing localities of Bellmere, Rocksberg, Upper Caboolture, and Wamuran.

In July 2023, the Moreton Bay Region was renamed the City of Moreton Bay.

The City of Moreton Bay is divided into 12 divisions, each of which elects one councillor. Additionally, the entire city elects a mayor. Allan Sutherland was elected as the first mayor at the 2008 elections, and Peter Flannery as the second Mayor in 2020.

Moreton Bay City Council
Leadership
Mayor	Peter Flannery
Deputy Mayor	Jodie Shipway
Structure
Political groups	Independent (10)   Ind. Labor (2)
Elections
Last election	16 March 2020

The current council, elected in 2024, is:

Ward	Councillor		Party
Mayor		Peter Flannery	Independent
Division 1		Brooke Savige	Independent
Division 2		Mark Booth	Independent
Division 3		Adam Hain	Independent
Division 4		Jodie Shipway	Independent
Division 5		Sandra Ruck	Independent
Division 6		Karl Winchester	Independent Labor
Division 7		Yvonne Barlow	Independent
Division 8		Jim Moloney	Independent Labor
Division 9		Cath Tonks	Independent
Division 10		Matthew Constance	Independent
Division 11		Darren Grimwade	Independent
Division 12		Tony Latter	Independent

No.	Portrait	Mayor	Party	Term start	Term end	Council control (term)
1		Allan Sutherland	Independent	15 March 2008	28 March 2020		Independents majority (2008–present)
2		Peter Flannery	Independent	28 March 2020	incumbent

No.	Portrait	Mayor	Party	Term start	Term end	Mayor
1		Greg Chippendale	Independent	2008	2013		Sutherland (Independent)
2		Mike Charlton	Independent	2013	2020
3		Denise Sims	Independent	2020	October 2021		Flannery (Independent)
4		Jodie Shipway	Independent	2021	October 2021

Year	Div 1		Div 2		Div 3		Div 4		Div 5		Div 6		Div 7		Div 8		Div 9		Div 10		Div 11		Div 12
	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2008		Gary Parsons (Ind.)		Chris Whiting (Ind. Labor)		Greg Chippendale (Ind.)		Julie Greer (Ind.)		James Houghton (Ind.)		Rae Frawley (Ind.)		David Dwyer (Ind.)		Mick Gillam (Ind. Labor)		Mike Charlton (Ind.)		Brian Battersby (Ind.)		Bob Millar (Ind.)		Adrian Raedel (Ind.)
2012				Peter Flannery (Ind.)								Koliana Winchester (Ind. Labor)
2016		Brooke Savige (Ind.)				Adam Hain (Ind.)								Denise Sims (Ind.)						Matt Constance (Ind.)		Darren Grimwade (Ind.)
2020				Mark Booth (Ind.)				Jodie Shipway (Ind.)		Sandra Ruck (Ind.)		Karl Winchester (Ind. Labor)						Cath Tonks (Ind.)						Tony Latter (Ind.)
2021														Yvonne Barlow (Ind. LNP/Ind.)
2022
2024																Jim Moloney (Ind. Labor)

On 1 July 2010, Moreton Bay's water services (along with Sunshine Coast Regional Council's), moved over to the recently created water body, Unitywater. Unitywater was created by the Queensland Government as part of the State's takeover of South East Queensland's water facilities, dams and water supply networks. Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast Regional Council and Noosa Shire Council are joint owners of Unitywater.

The City of Moreton Bay includes the following places:

• Redcliffe
• Clontarf
• Deception Bay
• Kippa-Ring
• Margate
• Newport
• Rothwell
• Scarborough
• Woody Point

Urban suburbs:

Rural localities:

The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008. The 2011 census was the first for the amalgamated council.

Year	Population (Total)	(Caboolture)	(Pine Rivers)	(Redcliffe)
1933	11,928	5,316	4,604	2,008
1947	19,402	5,716	4,815	8,871
1954	27,267	7,101	6,309	13,857
1961	39,312	8,877	8,761	21,674
1966	50,785	10,149	13,309	27,327
1971	72,955	12,207	26,187	34,561
1976	103,669	19,404	45,192	39,073
1981	133,056	32,644	58,189	42,223
1986	166,210	47,494	73,783	44,933
1991	205,743	70,052	87,892	47,799
1996	250,077	98,859	103,192	48,026
2001	286,532	114,338	122,303	49,891
2005	325,067	131,667	141,380	52,020
2007	344,878	140,288	150,871	53,719
2009	371,155	151,290	163,510	56,355
2011	389,684	158,988	172,593	58,103
2016	425,302	-	-	-
2021	476,340	-	-	-

Selected historical census data for Moreton Bay local government area
Census year		2011	2016	2021
Population	Estimated residents on census night	378,045	425,302	476,340
	LGA rank in terms of size within Queensland	3rd	3rd	3rd
	% of Queensland population	8.73%	9.04%	9.24%
	% of Australian population	1.76%	1.82%	1.87%
Dwelling structure
Dwelling type	Separate house	85.9%	83.0%	81.1%
	Semi-detached, terrace or townhouse	7.4%	11.0%	13.3%
	Flat or apartment	5.7%	5.0%	4.7%

The City of Moreton Bay operates libraries at Albany Creek, Arana Hills, Bongaree (Bribie Island), Burpengary, Caboolture, Deception Bay, North Lakes, Redcliffe, Strathpine, and Woodford. It also operates a mobile library service on a fortnightly basis serving the suburbs of Beachmere, Bray Park, Dayboro, Donnybrook, Lawnton, Mount Glorious, Mount Mee, Mount Nebo, Mount Samson Petrie, Samford, Toorbul and Warner.

The City of Moreton Bay maintains its local heritage register in two parts:

• List of sites, objects and buildings of significant historical and cultural value
• List of significant trees

• City of Moreton Bay
• Moreton City News

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