Shire of Mornington Peninsula

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Mornington Peninsula Shire
Local government area
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Shire of Mornington Peninsula
Interactive map of Mornington Peninsula Shire
Country Australia
State Victoria
Region Greater Melbourne
Established1994
Council seat Rosebud
Government
 • MayorCr Anthony Marsh
 •  State electorates
 •  Federal divisions
Area
[1]
 • Total
724 km2 (280 sq mi)
Population
 • Total168,948 (2021) [2]  (40th)
 • Density233.35/km2 (604.4/sq mi)
Website Mornington Peninsula Shire
LGAs around Mornington Peninsula Shire
Port Phillip Frankston Casey
Port Phillip Mornington Peninsula Shire Western Port
Bass Strait Bass Strait Bass Strait

The Mornington Peninsula Shire is a local government area in southeastern metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Located to the south of the Melbourne city centre, it covers its namesake Mornington Peninsula, and is headquartered in the suburb of Rosebud. It has an area of 724 square kilometres (280 sq mi) and at the 2021 census it had a population of 168,948. [2]

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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. [3]

Mornington Peninsula Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots. Victoria LGAs pre- vs post-amalgamation Mornington Peninsula.png
Mornington Peninsula Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.

On August 13, 2019, the Shire voted to declare a climate emergency in response to other similar declarations from councils around Australia. This declaration was later overturned by a motion in April 2025, which passed with a 6–5 vote. [4]

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”. [5]

Council

Current composition

Shire of Mornington Peninsula
2024 ward boundaries. Expand the map and click on a ward to see the ward name

The Mornington Peninsula Shire is split into eleven single-member wards. The current council was elected at the 2024 council election: [6]

WardPartyCouncillorNotes
Beek Beek  Independent Kate Roper
Benbenjie IndependentMax Patton
Briars IndependentAnthony MarshMayor
Brokil IndependentPatrick Binyon
Coolart IndependentDavid Gill
Kackeraboite  Independent Liberal Stephen Batty
Moorooduc IndependentBruce Ranken
Nepean IndependentAndrea Allen
Tanti IndependentPaul PingiaroDeputy Mayor
Tootgarook IndependentCam Williams
Warringine IndependentMichael Stephens

Election results

2024

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in South-Eastern Melbourne § Mornington Peninsula results.[ edit ]
2024 Victorian local elections: Mornington Peninsula
PartyVotes%SwingSeatsChange
  Independent 90,46082.8610Decrease2.svg 1
  Independent Liberal 10,0139.171Increase2.svg 1
  Independent Labor 5,8645.370Steady2.svg
  Greens 2,0261.860Steady2.svg
  Victorian Socialists 8110.740Steady2.svg
 Formal votes109,17497.01
 Informal votes3,3602.99
 Total112,534100.0011Steady2.svg
 Registered voters / turnout134,81983.47

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 168,948 up from 154,999 in the 2016 census [7]

Population
Locality20162021
Arthurs Seat 394414
Balnarring 2,2702,371
Balnarring Beach 418471
Baxter 2,1622,166
Bittern 3,7054,276
Blairgowrie 2,3132,786
Boneo 354314
Cape Schanck 446569
Capel Sound 4,9305,246
Crib Point 3,1833,343
Dromana 5,8036,626
Fingal 529637
Flinders 9051,130
Hastings 9,60910,369
HMAS Cerberus 1,0401,124
Main Ridge 416453
McCrae 2,8233,311
Merricks 190184
Merricks Beach 127157
Merricks North 426423
Moorooduc 1,0981,004
Mornington 23,98925,759
Mount Eliza 17,88818,734
Mount Martha 18,54819,846
Pearcedale^3,8213,867
Point Leo 158178
Portsea 510787
Red Hill 9241,009
Red Hill South 603708
Rosebud 13,19514,381
Rye 8,4169,438
Safety Beach 4,8216,328
Shoreham 608679
Somers 1,6671,857
Somerville 11,33611,767
Sorrento 1,5922,013
St Andrews Beach 889974
Tootgarook 2,8693,178
Tuerong 354357
Tyabb 3,3383,449

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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. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mornington Peninsula (Local Government Areas)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 January 2026. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "Hastings". Victorian Places. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Preiss, Benjamin (23 April 2025). "Mornington Peninsula council scraps climate emergency plan". The Age . Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  5. ↑ McCullough, Cameron (14 December 2020). "God purged from council 'prayer'". Mornington Peninsula News. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Mornington Peninsula Shire Council results". VEC. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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