Shire of Mornington Peninsula

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Mornington Peninsula Shire
Victoria
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Population168,948 (2021) [1]  (40th)
 • Density233.35/km2 (604.4/sq mi)
Established1994
Area724 km2 (279.5 sq mi) [1]
MayorCr Simon Brooks
Council seat Rosebud
Region Greater Melbourne
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)
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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 Shire of Mornington Peninsula 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. [1]

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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. [2]

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”. [3]

Council

Electoral representation

The Mornington Peninsula Shire is split into six wards and eleven Councillors. The six wards are Briars, Cerberus, Nepean, Red Hill, Seawinds and Watson. [4] The current council, as of December 2020, is: [5]

WardPartyCouncillorNotes
Briars IndependentDespi O'Connor
 IndependentSteve Holland
 IndependentAnthony Marsh
Cerberus IndependentLisa Dixon
Nepean IndependentSusan BissingerElected at recount
 IndependentSarah Race
Red Hill IndependentDavid Gill
Seawinds IndependentAntonella CeliDeputy Mayor
 IndependentSimon BrooksMayor
 IndependentDebra Mar
Watson IndependentKate RoperElected at recount

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 168,948 up from 154,999 in the 2016 census [6]

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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