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Shire Of Mornington Peninsula

The Mornington Peninsula Shire is a local government area in southeastern Metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located to the south of the Melbourne City Centre. It has an area of 724 square kilometres and in June 2018 it had a population of 165,822.

History

The Mornington Peninsula Shire came into existence on 15 December 1994 when the state government amalgamated the previous Shires of Flinders, Hastings and Mornington.

On August 13, 2019, the Shire voted to declare a climate emergency in response to other similar declarations from councils around Australia.

The Shire abolished the 150-year-old tradition of reciting a prayer before Council meetings in December 2020. According to the Australian National Secular Lobby, the Shire was the first council or parliament to be removed from their list of government institutions that impose prayers on elected representatives”.

Council

Current composition

The Mornington Peninsula Shire is split into eleven single-member wards. The current council was elected at the 2024 council election:

Ward Party Councillor Notes
Beek Beek   Independent Kate Roper
Benbenjie   Independent Max Patton
Briars   Independent Anthony Marsh
Brokil   Independent Patrick Binyon
Coolart   Independent David Gill
Kackeraboite   Liberal Stephen Batty
Moorooduc   Independent Bruce Ranken
Nepean   Independent Andrea Allen
Tanti   Independent Paul Pingiaro
Tootgarook   Independent Cam Williams
Warringine   Independent Michael Stephens

Election results

2024

2024 Victorian local elections: Mornington Peninsula
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independent 90,460 82.86 10 Decrease 1
  Independent Liberal 10,013 9.17 1 Increase 1
  Independent Labor 5,864 5.37 0 Steady
  Greens 2,026 1.86 0 Steady
  Victorian Socialists 811 0.74 0 Steady
 Formal votes 109,174 97.01
 Informal votes 3,360 2.99
 Total 112,534 100.00 11 Steady
 Registered voters / turnout 134,819 83.47

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 168,948 up from 154,999 in the 2016 census

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Arthurs Seat 394 414
Balnarring 2,270 2,371
Balnarring Beach 418 471
Baxter 2,162 2,166
Bittern 3,705 4,276
Blairgowrie 2,313 2,786
Boneo 354 314
Cape Schanck 446 569
Capel Sound 4,930 5,246
Crib Point 3,183 3,343
Dromana 5,803 6,626
Fingal 529 637
Flinders 905 1,130
Hastings 9,609 10,369
HMAS Cerberus 1,040 1,124
Main Ridge 416 453
McCrae 2,823 3,311
Merricks 190 184
Merricks Beach 127 157
Merricks North 426 423
Moorooduc 1,098 1,004
Mornington 23,989 25,759
Mount Eliza 17,888 18,734
Mount Martha 18,548 19,846
Pearcedale^ 3,821 3,867
Point Leo 158 178
Portsea 510 787
Red Hill 924 1,009
Red Hill South 603 708
Rosebud 13,195 14,381
Rye 8,416 9,438
Safety Beach 4,821 6,328
Shoreham 608 679
Somers 1,667 1,857
Somerville 11,336 11,767
Sorrento 1,592 2,013
St Andrews Beach 889 974
Tootgarook 2,869 3,178
Tuerong 354 357
Tyabb 3,338 3,449

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

References

  1. ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017–18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), Mornington Peninsula Shire has three offices throughout Frankston and Mornington 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Hastings". Victorian Places. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ McCullough, Cameron (14 December 2020). "God purged from council 'prayer'". Mornington Peninsula News. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Mornington Peninsula Shire Council results". VEC. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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